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.