Steeleye Span – Tell Me Why (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] F [Verse]
                        Bb
What is deeper than the sea?

Gm      C             F      C
What is higher than a tree?

    F                     Bb
And what is louder than a horn?

Gm      C              F
What is sharper than a thorn?
[Verse]
                        Bb
What is whiter than the light?

Gm      C               F       C
What is darker than the night?

    F                       Bb
And what is colder than the clay?

Gm      C                Dm
What is broader than the way?
[Chorus]
Dm   C  Bb
Tell me why, so many questions

     C  Bb
Tell me why the devil lies

     C  Bb
Tell me why

F        Eb      Bb       G
Who will live or who will die?

Dm   C  Bb
Tell me why, so many questions

     C  Bb
Tell me why the devil lies

     C  Bb
Tell me why

F         Eb       Bb  G
Which way leads to paradise?

Dm   C  Bb
Tell me why

     C  F
Tell me why
[Verse]
                        Bb
Hell is deeper than the sea

Gm        C             F     C
Heaven is higher than a tree

    F                        Bb
And thunder is louder than a horn

Gm        C              F
Hunger is sharper than a thorn
[Verse]
                         Bb
Truth is whiter than the light

    Gm       C               F      C
The devil is darker than the night

    F                        Bb
And death is colder than the clay

Gm      C                Dm
Love is broader than the way
[Chorus]
Dm   C  Bb
Tell me why, so many questions

     C  Bb
Tell me why the devil lies

     C  Bb
Tell me why

F        Eb      Bb       G
Who will live or who will die?

Dm   C  Bb
Tell me why, so many questions

     C  Bb
Tell me why the devil lies

     C  Bb
Tell me why

F         Eb       Bb  G
Which way leads to paradise?

Dm   C  Bb
Live or die

     C  F
Tell me why