James Vincent McMorrow - We Don’t Eat: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "We Don’t Eat" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     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
Still I'd rather be working at something,
Em
than praying for the rain
C              D                  G
So I wander on, till someone else is saved

I moved to the coast, under a mountain
Swam in the ocean, slept on my own
At dawn I would watch the sun cut
ribbons through the bay
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
And never once has any man
           G  D/F# Em
I've met been able to love
   C                 D                G
So if I were you, I'd have a little trust

Two thousand years, I've been in that water
Two thousand years, sunk like a stone
Desperately reaching for nets
That the fishermen have thrown
Trying to find, a little bit of hope

Me I was holding, all of my secrets soft and hid
Pages were folded, then there was nothing at all
So if in the future I might need myself a savior
I'll remember what was written on that wall

Chorus

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:
So we don't eat until your father's at the table
We don't drink until the devil's turned to dust
Never once has any man I've met been able to love
So if I were you my friend,
I'd learn to have just a little bit of trust


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "We Don’t Eat" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "We Don’t Eat" by James Vincent McMorrow.