Build It, Lord — Nashville Number Chart
Key: G major   |   84 BPM   |   4/4
4=C  5=D  6m=Em  1=G
Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear.
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[Verse 1]
  1 5 5 4    (Up before the light, out the door by five)
  1 1 5    (Coffee going cold on the dash)
  6m 1 1    (Twenty years of doing it right)
  1 6m    (Building something meant to last)
  1 1 1    (And I never once stopped to ask)
  6m 1    (Whose hands were on it)

[Pre-Chorus]
  1 5 4    ('Cause I can pour the concrete)
  1 5    (I can set the beam)
  5 4 4    (But I can't make it stand)

[Chorus]
  1 1 1    (Unless the Lord builds the house)
  1 5 6m    (It's labor in vain, labor in vain)
  4 1 5    (Unless the Lord keeps the gate)
  4 4 1 5    (I can watch the road all night for nothing)
  6m 1 1    (So build it, Lord, build it)
  5 4    (I'm done building alone)

[Verse 2]
  1 1 5    (Sat up late again running down the numbers)
  4 4 1    (Bread of sorrow and a kitchen light)
  1 5 6m    (Chasing something that keeps getting further)
  4 4 1 1    (Telling my wife I'll be up in a while)
  1 1 1    (And she already knows the answer)
  1 1 1    (It's the same as last night)

[Pre-Chorus]
  5 1 1    ('Cause I can carry the weight)
  1 1    (I can hold the line)
  5 1 1    (But I can't make it stand)

[Chorus]
  1 4 4    (Unless the Lord builds the house)
  1 5 5    (It's labor in vain, labor in vain)
  4 1 1    (Unless the Lord keeps the gate)
  5 6m 1 1    (I can watch the road all night for nothing)
  1 6m 1    (So build it, Lord, build it)
  1 1    (I'm done building alone)

[Bridge]
  6m 1    (Not the strong arm)
  1 5    (Not the early start)
  4 1    (Not the long hours)
  5 5    (Not the willing heart)
  4 4 1    (Every good thing I ever held)
  1 1 1    (Came down from Him and not myself)

[Chorus]
  5 6m 4    (Unless the Lord builds the house)
  1 5 4    (It's labor in vain, labor in vain)
  4 1 5    (Unless the Lord keeps the gate)
  6m 1 1 5    (I can watch the road all night for nothing)
  4 1 1    (So build it, Lord, build it)
  5 4    (I'm done building alone)

[Outro]
  4 1 1    (And He gives His beloved sleep)
  5 6m    (He gives His beloved sleep)
  4 4    (So lay it down)
  1 1    (Lay it down)