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