What Is True chords by Fairport Convention

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

Chorus:
   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

Chorus:
   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