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