We Come To Your Feast Michael Joncas

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We place up-on Your tab-le, a gleaming cloth of white,
C D
The weaving of our stor-ies, the fabric of our lives
G Em C
The dreams of those be-fore us, the an-cient hopeful cries
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The promise of our future, our needing and our nur-ture, lie here before our eyes.
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We come to your feast, we come to your feast,
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The young and the old, the frightened, the bold, the greatest and the least.
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Chorus
We come to your feast, we come to your feast,
Am D
With the fruit of our lands, and the work of our hands,
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We come to your feast
We place upon your [C]table a humble loaf of [G]bread
The gift of field and [C]hill-side, the grain by which we’re [D]fed
Verse 2
We come to taste the [G]presence [Em] of Him on whom we [C]feed
[Am] To strengthen and con-[G]nect us, to chal-lenge and cor-[Am]rect us
To [D]loving word and [G]deed [Gsus G] Repeat Chorus
We place upon your [C]table a simple cup of [G]wine
The fruit of human [C]la-bor, the gift of sun and [D]vine
Verse 3
We come to taste the [G]presence [Em] of him we claim as [C]Lord
[Am] His dying and his [G]living, His leading and his [Am]giving
His [D]loving cup out-[G]poured [Gsus G] Repeat Chorus
We gather round your [C]table because we feel op-[G]pressed
To stand beside our [C]neigh-bors we name the stranger [D]guest
Verse 4
The feast is spread be-[G]fore us [Em] You bid us come and [C]dine
[Am]The blessing we’ll un-[G]cover In sharing we’ll dis[Am]cover,
Your [D]substance and your [G]sign [Gsus G] Repeat Chorus
(silence) A - - - A
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We come to your feast, we come to your feast,
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Outro The young and the old, the frightened, the bold, the greatest and the least.
D A
Chorus We come to your feast, we come to your feast,
Bm E
With the fruit of our lands, and the work of our hands,
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We come to your feast