Fairport Convention

What Is True(Chords)

Fairport Convention

Key: G

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	        Intro 
G  D  Em  D 
G  D  Em    Gm 

Verse 
D                  A                 G             D 
Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night 
                             Em A 
I must be myself and I'll do alright 
G   A         D        A              Em   D 
Oh, please my darling, do not make me sad 
                A           G                 D      D  Em  A 
Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad 

Verse 
    D               A          G             D 
The rain it beats impatiently upon the windowpane 
                             Em   A     G 
I must close my ears or I'll go insane 
          A    D                A           Em        D 
Can't you be a gentle breeze or silent as a snowfall 
                  A              G                D 
Won't you try and listen for the voice behind the wall 
   Em       A 
It cries to you 

G D Em D Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows G D Em D And it's never ventured through the locks where the brazen river flows G D Em Gm Gm7 It's the fingerprint which is never made, it's the perfume of a rose....
Verse D A G D And it is there if you are searching, but the moment must be right Em A As the night is black, as the day it is light G A D A Em D Please.. my friend, help to make me glad A G D Help me find the one and only thing I've never had Em A What is true
G D Em D Even though it only ever whispers part of what it knows G D Em D And it's never ventured through the locks where the brazen river flows G D Em Gm Gm7 D It's the fingerprint which is never made, it's the perfume of a rose....
Outro G D Em D G D Em D G D Em Gm D

Written by Sandy Denny

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