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