Whispering Grass

Words & Music by Fred Fisher & Doris Fisher
Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1940 (#10)


C                   Em
Why do you whisper, green grass?

Dm                            F  Fm
Why tell the world what ain't so?

C           Em        Dm         G         C        G7
Whispering grass, the trees don't need to know. (Oh no...)

C                     Em
Why tell them all our secrets?

Dm                       F   Fm
They're buried under the snow.

C          Em           Dm       Dm7
Whispering grass, don't tell the trees,

F           Fm      C
'Cause the trees don't need to know.


C                 Am
Don't you tell it to the trees

Dm                 G
For they will tell the birds and bees

C             Am
And everyone will know

F              G
Because you told it to the trees,

C        Em       Am
Yes you told them once before,

F          G
And it's no secret any more


C                       Em
Why tell them all those old songs?

Dm                       F   Fm
They're buried under the snow.

C          Em           Dm       Dm7
Whispering grass, don't tell the trees,

F           Fm      C
'Cause the trees don't need to know.


Adapted from a chart forwarded by a recent visitor who declined to be credited.


 
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