G Em C D G Em C D G C G
[Verse 1]
Em C D G
Never had no biscuit
Em C D G
Never had no sweater to wear
Em D
To keep me from the cold
[Verse 2]
Em C D G
Never no potato
Em C D G
Never had no leather on my feet
C G
‘Til I was five years old
[Bridge]
D7
When I was a baby my mama said
G C
I never had no food to keep me full
G C
And I never had no sweater made of wool
G C D
And that went and made my daddy have to pull a job
N.C.
Which means he had to rob
[Verse 3]
Em C D G
But now, though I have a biscuit
Em C D G
And I have a sweater to wear
C D
To keep me from the cold
[Verse 4]
G C
My mammy she is crying
G C
‘Cause my daddy he is lying
G
With no biscuit and no sweater
Em D
On the cold stone floor
N.C. G D
While my mammy and me
G C G
We don’t want for nothing more
