Foolish Questions - Silly Answers chords by
Arthur Smith

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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You all have heard

of foolish questions

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and no doubt you've wondered why.

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A person who will ask them

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will expect a sensible reply.

Did you ever bring a girl a

box of candy,

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say right after tea,

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and notice how she grabs it

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and then she'll say, is this for me?

Foolish questions you should

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answer when you can.

The candy's for your father, or mother,

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or John the Hard Hand

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I just wanted you to see it,

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and now I'm gonna take it away

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Wasn't that a foolish question?

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Well, you'll hear them nearly every day

Then nearly every morning,

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there's someone round the place

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Who sees you take the shaving brush

and lather up your face

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And as you give the razor

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a preliminary wave

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This person'll always ask you,

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Are you gonna shave?

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Foolish questions, your answer is, I hope.

No, I ain't prepared for shaving,

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I just like to taste the soap.

I like to take the shaving brush

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And paint myself this way.

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Wasn't that a foolish question?

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Well, you'll hear them

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nearly every day.

And then you all have seen

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the man who meets you on your way

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He asks you where you're going,

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then he'll listen while you say

That you're going to the funeral

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of poor old brother Ned

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Just as soon as you've told him he'll say,

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is Ned dead?

Foolish questions, you might as well reply

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No, he thought he'd have the funeral

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and then later on he'd die

Brother Ned was so original

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till he wanted it that way

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Wasn't that a foolish question

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you'll hear merely every day

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Suppose an elevator boy

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forgets to close the door

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And you should tumble down the shaft,

say, twenty -seven floors

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And as you've reached the bottom,

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and you're lying there inert,

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The first person who comes along

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will ask you, Are you hurt?

Foolish questions,

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your dying words are no.

I was in an awful hurry,

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and this here elevator runs too slow.

I find I save a lot of time

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by coming down this way.

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Wasn't that a foolish question?

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You'll hear it nearly every day.

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