Key: Bb major
Intro 1
D
C
Dsus4
G
C
D
C
G
C
D
G
Verse 1
G
C
Dsus4
Unless it is the Lord
G
C
D
G
Who builds the house?
C
D
G
They labor in vain
Dsus4
D
Who built it?
C
G
Unless it is the Lord
D
G
Who guards the city
Csus4
C
G
The watch man, watch in vain
Fsus4
F
Bb
an d to stay up late,
Adim
D
Gm
to toil and labor greatly
Bb
C
F
for our daily bread.
that our souls
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
He will not keep.
Ddim
G
Cm
He gives His loved ones
Ddim
G
sleep.
Cm
Adim
Dsus4
For He Himself has said,
D
C
G
Unless it is the Lord who
C
D
G
built the house,
C
D
G
Dsus4
They will labor in vain to build it.
D
C
G
C
D
G
Unless it is the one who guards the city,
C
Am
G
the watchman, watchman of pain.
Fsus4
F
Bb
houses on the sand.
Cm
D
Gm
Csus4
They cannot withstand the storms
C
Fsus4
F
we must endure.
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
to build on solid ground.
Ddim
G
Cm
Though rain and wind may pound,
Adim
Dsus4
D
we'll still stand secure.
Interlude 1
C
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
C
G
C
D
G
Csus4
C
Am
G
Cm
Verse 2
Fsus4
F
Bb
and embarrassed to admit.
Adim
D
Gm
I've often almost quit,
Bb
C
Fsus4
yet on and on I go.
F
Fm
And though I'm slow of step,
Fsus4
Bb
Eb
and though my heart is filled with fears,
Ddim
G
Cm
still after all these years,
F
Bb
Eb
Bb
Unless it is the Lord
Eb
F
Bb
who built the house,
Eb
F
Bb
Fsus4
they labor in vain who built it.
F
Eb
Bb
unless it is the Lord
Eb
F
Bb
who guards the city.
Eb
Cm
Bb
The watchman, watch in vain.
Eb
Cm
F
Gm
The watchman, watch in vain.
Outro 1
unless it is the Lord.
Eb
Bb
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