James Vincent McMorrow – We Dont Eat (Guitar)
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Versions
(3)
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Chords
INFO BY THE TABBER
The chords are pretty straightforward, what's more difficult is capturing
the beat and piano bass.
Personally, I like to play the first verse through the second chorus (i.e.
until the bridge) in a pretty straight 4/4 strum, with a small crescendo
throughout. I play the first part of the bridge pretty sparsely (one strum
per chord), but the second part (G F Am G) I pick up the beat again,
go 8/8 with crescendo, and then culminate in the release on the chorus.
Again, this is a personal choice. In other words, play it as you like.
[Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
G If this is redemption, why do I bother at all? Em C G There's nothing to mention, and nothing has changed C D Em Still I'd rather be working at something, than praying for the rain C D G So I wander on, till someone else is saved
[Verse 2](same chords as Verse 1)
G I moved to the coast, under a mountain Em C G Swam in the ocean, slept on my own C D Em At dawn i would watch the sun, cut ribbons through the bay C D G I'd remember all, the things my mother wrote
[Chorus]
Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D/F# Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C D G G4 G So if I were you, I'd have a little trust
[Verse 3]
G Two thousand years, I've been in that water Em C G Two thousand years, sunk like a stone C D Em Desperately reaching for nets that the fishermen have thrown C D G Trying to find a little bit of hope
[Verse 4]
G Me, I was holding, all of my secrets soft and hid Em C G Pages were folded; then there was nothing at all C D Em So if in the future I might, need myself a savior C D G I'll remember what was written on that wall
[Chorus]
Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D/F# Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C D G G4 G So if I were you, I'd have a little trust
[Bridge]
Dm Em Am I an honest man and true? Dm Have I been good to you at all? Am Oh I'm so tired of playing these games
We'd just be running down
G The same old lines, the same old stories of F Breathless trains and, worn down glories Am Houses burning, worlds that turn G On their own
[Chorus]
Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D/F# Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C So if I were you my friend D G Learn to have just a little bit of trust.