Devils Work chords by Fairport Convention

Intro:
G  C G  C D x2

Verse:
     G
When you think I'm doing nothing
           C
And you feel up for a fight
   G
It's me you should be trusting
      C        D
'Cause you know I'll get it right

Verse:
     G
Won't you listen to my story
           C
How the Devil took my hand
  G
And led me to a bench and vise
C        D
Where I made my stand

Chorus:
D
I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away
D
I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Instrumental:
G  C G  C D x2

Verse:
    G
Well, I could have been a builder
          C
With muscles for a heart
  G
I'm making straight lines for you
  C        D
Or digging turf and sod

Verse:
   G
Just look at that musician
            C
How soft his hands must be
   G
There is no intuition
  C        D
Perform it too like me

Chorus:
D
I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away
D
I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Verse:
    G
Oh, the power and the glory
           C
The pleasure and the pain
   G
That Scandinavian's got it made
  C        D
I'm buying stuff for debt

Verse:
     G
When you think I'm doing nothing
          C
I'm still up for a fight
   G
It's me you should be trusting
      C        D
'Cause you know I'll get it right

Verse:
     G
Won't you listen to my story
           C
How the Devil took my hand
  G
And led me to a bench and vise
C        D
Where I made my stand

Chorus:
D
I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away
   D
Yes, I'm doing the deed I like, finish it some day
                  C       D
Shoring up this house of god, while life it slips away

Outro:
G C G D
G C G D G