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More Than A Whisper

Nanci Griffith
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D-DU-UDU
 Oh, I wish  that you would call
 We have not spoken  since last fall
 That smoky  conversation's  coming home
Do  I just read between your lines
 Yeah it could be  this winter wine
 So sweet  upon my tongue  tonight
 It recalls your tender eyes
 And I need  more than a whisper
 So much more  than a whisper
 It takes more  than a whisper
 To wake  this weary fool
 Oh give me more  than a whisper
 If you're saying  I love you
 Cuz it's the whispers  that I've never  understood
And  it's snowing up in the northlands
 I read your warm  words from the plains
 While the poets  say that I  should never
 Be thinking of you this way
They  say that I misread your lines
 Because I've been lonely  all my life
 And I'd be reaching  for some silver
 And leave my heart out in the fire
 And I need more  than a whisper
 So much more  than a whisper
 It takes more  than a whisper
 To wake  this weary fool
 Oh give me more  than a whisper
 If you're saying  I love you
 Cuz it's the whispers  that I've  never understood
 Well  I will drink my winter wine
 When I get home  I'll change my life
 I'll only whisper  that I love  you
 In those smoky bars at night
And  though the poets say I'm lonely
 There's still this woman  here inside
 And I've never  been a fool
 When my heart was on the line
 Cuz I need more  than a whisper
 So much more  than a whisper
 It takes more  than a whisper
 To wake  this weary fool
 Oh give me more  than a whisper
 If you're saying  I love you
 Cuz it's the whispers  that I've never  understood

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Readable chord sheet for More Than A Whisper by Nanci Griffith

Oh, I w[D]ish that you would call
We have not sp[G]oken since last fall
That s[C]moky convers[G]ation's coming [D]home
[D]Do I just read between your lines
Yeah it could [G]be this winter wine
So s[C]weet upon my t[G]ongue tonight
It recalls your tender e[D]yes
And I n[G]eed more than a whisper
So much m[C]ore than a whisper
It takes [G]more than a whisper
To w[A]ake this weary f[D]ool
Oh give me m[G]ore than a whisper
If you're s[C]aying I love you
Cuz it's the w[G]hispers that I've n[A]ever understoo[D]d
[D]And it's snowing up in the northlands
I read your [G]warm words from the plains
While the [C]poets say that [G]I should never
Be thinking of you this w[D]ay
[D]They say that I misread your lines
Because I've been l[G]onely all my life
And I'd be [C]reaching for some s[G]ilver
And leave my heart out in the f[D]ire
And I need m[G]ore than a whisper
So much [C]more than a whisper
It takes [G]more than a whisper
To w[A]ake this weary f[D]ool
Oh give me m[G]ore than a whisper
If you're s[C]aying I love you
Cuz it's the [G]whispers that I[A]'ve never understo[D]od
W[D]ell I will drink my winter wine
When I get [G]home I'll change my life
I'll only w[C]hisper that I l[G]ove you
In those smoky bars at nig[D]ht
[D]And though the poets say I'm lonely
There's still this [G]woman here inside
And I've [C]never been a [G]fool
When my heart was on the l[D]ine
Cuz I need m[G]ore than a whisper
So much [C]more than a whisper
It takes [G]more than a whisper
To w[A]ake this weary f[D]ool
Oh give me [G]more than a whisper
If you're s[C]aying I love you
Cuz it's the w[G]hispers that I've [A]never understo[D]od

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