Whispering Grass
Soprano
Words and Music by Fred Fisher & Doris Fisher - Recorded by the Ink Spots 1940
4/4
Baritone
C6
C6
Cdim
Cdim
Dm7
Dm7
G7
G7
C
C
Em2
G7
• = 1st beat of measure
Intro: C6 (2) Cdim (2) Dm7 (2) G7 (2)
(x2)
• C
•Em2
Em
Why do you whisper green ...grass?
• Dm
Dm7 Dm
Why tell the trees what
ain’t
•Fm6
so?
Fm
•C
Em
•Dm
G
C
Whispering grass, the trees don’t need to know.
G7 •
No, no.
• C
•Em2
Em
Why tell them all our sec......rets?
• Dm
Dm7
Who kissed there long
Dm •Fm6
a.......go?
•C
Em
•Dm7
Fm6
Whispering grass, the trees don’t need
Fm •C
•
to know.
Coda
7
•C
Am
Don’t you tell it to the trees
Em
Em
Dm
Dm
Fm6
Fm6
Fm
Fm
G
G
Am
Am
F
F
Dm •
G
For they will tell the birds and bees
C
•
Am
And everyone will know,
•F
G
Because you told the blabbering trees.
•Em
•Am
Yes you told them once be-fore,
Dramatic ending
for Soprano
2nd pos 3rd pos
•F
G •G7
And it’s no secret any more.
• C
•Em2
Why tell them all the old
Fm6 (2 pos)
Em
things?
• Dm
•Fm6
They’re buried under the snow.
Fm6 (3 pos)
7
Fm (2 pos)
Fm (3 pos)
Fm
•C
Em
•Dm
Dm7
Whispering grass, don’t tell the trees,
8
C
•Fm6
Fm
•C
‘Cause the trees don’t need to know.
C (3 pos)
7
(1. Back to Coda “Don’t you tell...” – spoken & ad lib)
(2. Retard – Last line can be played in 2nd or
3rd position - dramatic end on C3)
Arranged for ukulele for the Seattle Ukulele Players Association, 2008 (www.seattleukulele.org)