I Eat Dinner When The Hungers Gone Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays631

I Eat Dinner When The Hungers Gone by Kate & Anna McGarrigle is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, G, C, Dm, F, Am and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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Intro: Em  D  G  (4x) 

verse 1 
      Em    D               G 
I eat dinner at the kitchen table 
       Em   D              G 
By the light that switches on 
      Em       D              G 
I eat leftovers with mashed potatoes 

 
        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 


verse 2 
      Em     D              G 
I eat dinner at the kitchen table 
      Em   D            G 
And I wash it down with pop 
      Em        D             G 
I eat leftovers with mashed potatoes 


        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 
D              G         Dm 
When the hunger stops 


verse 3 
                   Em      C       F 
Never thought that I’d end up this way 
      C         G        Am 
I who loved the sparks 
                 Bb        G          C 
Never thought my hair’d be turning to grey 
           G    D 
It used to be so dark 
  G 
So dark 

 
        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 

        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                G        D  G    D  G    Dm 
When the hunger’s gone 



verse 4 
                   Em      C       F 
Never thought that I’d end up like this 
      C         G       Am 
I who loved the night 
                  Bb     G     C 
Never thought I’d be without a kiss 
          G            D 
No one to turn off the light 
         G           Em 
Turn off the light 

 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                G 
When the hunger’s gone 


Verse 5 
      Em    D               G 
I eat dinner at the kitchen table 
        Em      D           G 
With my daughter who is thirteen 
       Em       D              G 
We eat leftovers with mashed potatoes 


        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the plate is clean 

        Em 
No more candlelight 
        C 
No more romance 
        D  
No more small-talk 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 


Outro   (fade to end) 
                 C      D 
When the hunger’s gone 
                 Em 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                 G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                 G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                 G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                 G 
When the hunger’s gone 
D                 G       D  G    D  G    D  G 
When the hunger’s gone 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante