The Devil's Nine Questions chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
D 
You  (D major) must answer me questions nine,
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety,
Bm 
To see if you're God's or  (B minor) one of mine,
A 
D 
 (A major) And  you are the weaver's  (D major) bonnie.
Bm 
D 
What is whiter  (B minor) than  (D major) the milk,
A 
D 
sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety
Bm 
And what is  (B minor) softer than the silk,
A 
D 
 (A major) and you are the weaver's  (D major) bonny
Bm 
D 
Snow is whiter  (B minor) than the  (D major) milk,
A 
D 
Sing ninety  (A major) -nine and ninety,  (D major) 
Bm 
And  (B minor) down is softer than the silk,
A 
D 
And  (A major) I am the weaver's  (D major) bunny.
Bm 
D 
What is higher  (B minor) than a  (D major) tree?
A 
D 
Sing ninety  (A major) -nine and  (D major) ninety.
Bm 
And what is  (B minor) deep er than the sea?
A 
D 
And  (A major) you are the weaver's  (D major) bunny.
Heaven is higher than a tree.
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety.
Bm 
And And hell is deeper  (B minor) than the sea,
A 
D 
And  (A major) I am the weaver's  (D major) bunny.
Bm 
D 
What is louder  (B minor) than a  (D major) horn?
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety,
Bm 
And what is  (B minor) sharper than a thorn?
A 
D 
And  (A major) you are the weaver's  (D major) bunny.
Bm 
D 
Thunder's  (B minor) louder than a  (D major) horn,
A 
D 
Sing ninety  (A major) -nine and  (D major) ninety,
Bm 
And death is sharper than  (B minor) a thorn,
A 
D 
 (A major) An d I am the weaver (D major) 's bunny.
What's more innocent than a lamb,
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine  (D major) an d ninety,
And what is meaner than womankind,
Bm 
A 
D 
 (B minor) And  (A major) you are the weaver's  (D major) bonnie?
A babe's more innocent than a lamb,
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety,
Bm 
She devil is meaner  (B minor) than womankind,
A 
D 
And  (A major) I am the weaver's  (D major) bonnie.
Bm 
D 
You have answered my  (B minor) ques tions  (D major) nine,
A 
D 
Sing  (A major) ninety -nine and  (D major) ninety,
You are God's own and
Bm 
 (B minor) none of mine,
A 
D 
 (A major) And you are the weaver's  (D major) body.