Food On The Table

D A E D A E E Daddy was a worker - was all he ever knew Times were far from easy - he did what he had to do A B7 A E We didn't have a lot to spare but you couldn't count the riches of our love B7 A E We had food on the table, and faith in the Man up above. E Ma was turning seven months with baby number three I hear them talking late at night of how things were gonna be A B7 A E There wouldn't be much money - and we couldn't live on love B7 A E We'd have food on the table, and faith in the Man up above. A Learn to use what you have got, and you won't need what you have not E Learn to love your neighbour as your own A Keep your head up in the tide, carrying your name with pride E B7 And watering the seeds that you have sown. E I left home at seventeen, and then I met Marie When our love began to show it made a man of me. A B7 A E We only had each other - and we were so in love. B7 A E We had food on the table, and faith in the Man up above. A Learn to use what you have got, and you won't need what you have not E Learn to love your neighbour as your own A Keep your head up in the tide, carrying your name with pride E B7 And watering the seeds that you have sown. E Looking back on many years of having to make do This simple philosophy I'm handing on to you. A B7 A E Wealth is health and happiness - and standing by the ones you love. B7 A E Food on the table, and faith in the Man up above. D A E (Man up above) D A E (Man up above) D A E