7 7 7 7 7 8 -7 Why do you whisper, green grass? -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -5 Why tell the trees what ain't so? 6 6 6 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 Whispering grass don't tell the trees, 6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 'Cause the trees don't need to know. 7 7 7 7 7 8 -7 Why tell them all the secrets -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 -6 -5 That are buried under the snow. 6 6 6 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 Whispering grass don't tell the trees 6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 'Cause the trees don't need to know.