Devils Work chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC D MajorD x2

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

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

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

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC D MajorD x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G