Fairport Convention – Devils Work (Guitar)

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[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