Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: C F C I sat down by the sea and it whispered to me G7 C It brought back an old love affair that used to be F C It told me that you had found someone new G7 C And lead me to cry over you Chorus: F C Whispering sea rolling by why don't you listen to me cry F G7 I cry because my love has proved untrue C F C Oh how I love him so no one will ever know G7 C No one but the drifting whispering sea
Verse 2: F C Well I thought I'd left behind all his love but I was blind G7 C I should have known that there was no use to pretend F C I thought a new love I would find that you'd never cross my mind G7 C But the whispering sea it talked to me Chorus: F C Whispering sea rolling by why don't you listen to me cry F G7 I cry because my love has proved untrue C F C Oh how I love him so no one will ever know G7 C No one but the drifting whispering sea