If The Lord Does Not Build (Lyrics and Chords)
Song Title: If the Lord Does Not Build (Lyrics and Chords)
Based on Psalm 27 and Jeremiah 9
Dan Schutte
Intro: Bb - G7 - Cm7 - Cm7/Bb - F/A - F7/A - Bb
Refrain:
Bb G7 Cm7 Cm7/Bb
If the Lord does not build a house,
F/A F7/A Bb
Then in vain do the builders labor.
And in vain does the
Eb Cm Cm/Bb
watchman stand his guard,
F/A F7/A Gsus/D
If the Lord is not his help,
G Cm F/A Bb
If the Lord is not his help.
Verse 1
Eb Cm7 Bb
If a man wants to boast,
G7 Cm Cm7/Bb
Let him boast in the Lord,
Fm Bbm C
In the Lord who is kind and merciful,
Bbm Gm C C7 F F7
Who forgives our sins.
Refrain:
Bb G7 Cm7 Cm7/Bb
If the Lord does not build a house,
F/A F7/A Bb
Then in vain do the builders labor.
And in vain does the
Eb Cm Cm/Bb
watchman stand his guard,
F/A F7/A Gsus/D
If the Lord is not his help,
G Cm F/A Bb
If the Lord is not his help.
Verse 2
Eb Cm7 Bb G7
Who is man to compare
Cm Cm7/Bb
With the Lord who is God?
Fm Bbm C
What is man that the Lord should care,
Bbm Gm C C7 F F7
or that God should be moved?
Refrain:
Bb G7 Cm7 Cm7/Bb
If the Lord does not build a house,
F/A F7/A Bb
Then in vain do the builders labor.
And in vain does the
Eb Cm Cm/Bb
watchman stand his guard,
F/A F7/A Gsus/D
If the Lord is not his help,
G Cm F/A Bb
If the Lord is not his help.
3. Put not your faith in man
Whose life must fade like the fields.
From the earth he is born and to earth returns.
Put your trust in the Lord.
Refrain:
Bb G7 Cm7 Cm7/Bb
If the Lord does not build a house,
F/A F7/A Bb
Then in vain do the builders labor.
And in vain does the
Eb Cm Cm/Bb
watchman stand his guard,
F/A F7/A Gsus/D
If the Lord is not his help,
G Cm F/A Bb
If the Lord is not his help.
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