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 (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)Verse 1
          GOh, (320003@1)I wish that you would call
                          CWe (x32010@1)have not spoken since last fall
         F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)                                   GAnd (320003@1)that smoky conversation's coming home
                 GDo (320003@1)I just read between your lines
                          CYeah (x32010@1)could be this winter wine
     F (133211@1)                           CSo (x32010@1)sweet upon my tongue tonight
                                          GIt (320003@1)recalls your tender eyes


Chorus

                      CAnd (x32010@1)I need more than a whisper
                  FSo (133211@1)much more than a whisper
                CIt (x32010@1)takes more than a whisper
       D (xx0232@1)             Dsus4 (xx0233@1)G (320003@1)To wake this weary fool
                       COh (x32010@1)give me more than a whisper
                  FIf (133211@1)you're saying I love you
                           C (x32010@1)                               DDsus4          G'cause (320003@1)it's the whispers that I've never understood

C (x32010@1)Verse 2
                GAnd (320003@1)it's snowing up in the northlands
                       CI (x32010@1)read your warm words from the plains
                    F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)
While the poets say that I should never
                                             G (320003@1)Be thinking of you this way
                           GThey (320003@1)say that I misread your lines
                                   C'cause (x32010@1)I've been lonely all my life

                     F (133211@1)                                CAnd (x32010@1)I'd be reaching for some silver
                                                              GAnd (320003@1)leaving my heart out in the fire


Chorus


CAnd (x32010@1)I need more than a whisper
                  FSo (133211@1)much more than a whisper
                CIt (x32010@1)takes more than a whisper
       D (xx0232@1)             Dsus4 (xx0233@1) G (320003@1)To wake this weary fool
                       COh (x32010@1)give me more than a whisper
                  FIf (133211@1)you're saying I love you
                           C (x32010@1)                               DDsus4          G'cause (320003@1)it's the whispers that I've never understood

Instrumental break with humming

G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)


Verse 3

                     GWell (320003@1)I will drink my winter wine
                      CWhen (x32010@1)I get home I'll change my mind
                F (133211@1)                       CI'll (x32010@1)only whisper that I love you
                                             GIn (320003@1)those smoky bars at night
                               GAnd (320003@1)though the poets say I'm lonely
                                CThere's (x32010@1)still this woman here inside
                 F (133211@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)I've never been a fool
                                                    GWhen (320003@1)my heart was on the line


Chorus

C'cause (x32010@1)I need more than a whisper
                  FSo (133211@1)much more than a whisper
                CIt (x32010@1)takes more than a whisper
       D (xx0232@1)              Dsus4 (xx0233@1)G (320003@1)To wake this weary fool
                       COh (x32010@1)give me more than a whisper
                  FIf (133211@1)you're saying I love you
                           C (x32010@1)                               DDsus4          G'cause (320003@1)it's the whispers that I've never understood

(humming over chord progression like intro and break)
G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)