Bob Dorough - Naughty number nine

^G7Number nine will ^C7put you on the ^G7spot ^C7Number nine ^Eb9will tie you up, oh, ^G7in a knot ^D7When you're trying Multiplying ^C7by nine ^G7You might give it everything you've got And still be ^C7stopped ^G7If you don't know s^Cm7ome secret ^EbM7#11way you can ^Em7check on ^F9You'll break your ^F#9neck on ^G7Naughty ^AbMaj7number ^G7nine ^G7Now the first thing to keep in mind ^C9When you're multiplying by nine ^G7Is that it's one less than ten ^G7You see, nine is the same as ten minus one ^C9So you could multiply your number by ten ^C7And then subtract the number from the result ^G7And you'd get the same product

I mean, ^D7eight times nine is 80 minus eight And ^C9seven times nine is 70 minus seven ^G7And six times nine is 60 minus six ^C7You could use those tricks G7 Cm7 EbMaj7#11 Em7 Because you must have some secret way you can beat it ^F9Or else ^F#9you'll meet it ^G7With ^AbMaj7naughty ^G7number nine^{F9 G7}Of course, i^AbMaj7t doesn't hurt ^G7To know the table of nines by memory ^D7It goes like this: ^G7One times nine is nine^C7, and two times nine is ^G718 (^G7Mean ol' number nine) T^C7hree times nine is 27, ^Eb9and four times nine is ^G736 ^D7Five times nine is 45, ^C7and six times nine is 54 ^G7And seven times nine is ^C763 ^G7Eight times nine is 72, ^Eb9and nine times nine is ^G781 ^F9And ten times n^F#9ine is ^G790 ^G7Now the digit sum is ^AbM7always equal to nine ^G7I mean, if you add two and seven, the digits ^F9You get nine, the digit sum That's ^AbM7true of any product of nine ^A9If they don't add up, ^D7you've made a mistake ^G7Because you must have ^Cm7some secret ^EbM7#11way you can ^Em7check it ^F9Or else ^F#9you'll wreck it ^G7With naughty, ^AbM7nasty, ^A9mean old ^Ab7number ^G9nine