Nanci Griffith-More Than A Whisper
(Capo 5)
G—320033
C (weird)–x32013
F (weird)–xx3213
D—xx0232
Dsus4—xx0233
Intro
“um hm mmmm mmm…”
G C F C G
Verse 1
G
Oh, I wish that you would call
C
We have not spoken since last fall
F C G
And that smoky conversation's coming home
G
Do I just read between your lines
C
Yeah could be this winter wine
F C
So sweet upon my tongue tonight
G
It recalls your tender eyes
Chorus
C
And I need more than a whisper
F
So much more than a whisper
C
It takes more than a whisper
D Dsus4 G
To wake this weary fool
C
Oh give me more than a whisper
F
If you're saying I love you
C D Dsus4 G
'cause it's the whispers that I've never understood
C
Verse 2
G
And it's snowing up in the northlands
C
I read your warm words from the plains
F C
While the poets say that I should never
G
Be thinking of you this way
G
They say that I misread your lines
C
‘cause I've been lonely all my life
F C
And I'd be reaching for some silver
G
And leaving my heart out in the fire
Chorus
C
And I need more than a whisper
F
So much more than a whisper
C
It takes more than a whisper
D Dsus4 G
To wake this weary fool
C
Oh give me more than a whisper
F
If you're saying I love you
C D Dsus4 G
'cause it's the whispers that I've never understood
Instrumental break with humming
G C F C G
Verse 3
G
Well I will drink my winter wine
C
When I get home I'll change my mind
F C
I'll only whisper that I love you
G
In those smoky bars at night
G
And though the poets say I'm lonely
C
There's still this woman here inside
F C
And I've never been a fool
G
When my heart was on the line
Chorus
C
‘cause I need more than a whisper
F
So much more than a whisper
C
It takes more than a whisper
D Dsus4 G
To wake this weary fool
C
Oh give me more than a whisper
F
If you're saying I love you
C D Dsus4 G
'cause it's the whispers that I've never understood
(humming over chord progression like intro and break)
G C F C G
