More Than a Whisper[D] - Nanci Griffith How I [D]wish that you would call We have not sp[G]oken since last fall and that [C]smoky conver[G]sation's come and[D] gone [D]Do I just read between your lines Or could it [G]be this winter wine So [C]sweet upon my [G]tongue tonight It recalls your tender [D]eyes And I [G]need more than a whisper So much [C]more than a whisper It takes [G]more than a whisper To [A]wake this weary [D]fool Oh give me [G]more than a whisper If you're [C]saying I love you Cuz it's the [G]whispers that I've [A]never under[D]stood [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 [D]way [D]They say that I misread your lines Because I've been [G]lonely all my life And I'd be [C]reaching for some s[G]ilver And leave my heart out in the [D]fire And I need [G]more than a whisper So much [C]more than a whisper It takes [G]more than a whisper To [A]wake this weary [D]fool Oh give me [G]more than a whisper If you're [C]saying I love you Cuz it's the [G]whispers that [A]I've never under[D]stood [D]Well I will drink my winter wine When I get [G]home I'll change my mind I'll only [C]whisper that I [G]love you In those smoky bars at [D]night [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 [D]line Cuz I need [G]more than a whisper So much [C]more than a whisper It takes [G]more than a whisper To [A]wake this weary [D]fool Oh give me [G]more than a whisper If you're s[C]aying I love you Cuz it's the [G]whispers that I've[A] never under[D]stood