| A | |
| Each day I'll do (each day I'll do) |
| D | A | |
| A go | lden d | eed(a golden deed) |
| E | |
| By helping th | ose(by helping those) |
| A | |
| Who are in n | eed (who are in need) |
| my life on earth (my life on earth) |
| D | A | |
| Is b | ut a sp | an (is but a span) |
| E | A | |
| and so I'll do (and so I'll | do the best I | can) |
| (chorus) |
| A | |
| Life's evening | sun (life's evening sun) |
| D | |
| is sinking l | ow (is sinking low) |
| E | |
| A few more d | ays (a few more days) |
| A | |
| and I must | go (and I must go) |
| To meet the deed (to meet the deed) |
| that I have done (that I have done) |
| where there will be (where there will be no setting sun) |
| (2nd verse) |
| While traveling down (while traveling down) |
| life's weary road (life's weary road) |
| I'll try to lessen (I'll try to lessen) |
| some travelers load (some travelers load) |
| I'll try to turn (I'll try to turn) |
| the nights to day (the nights to day) |
| make flowers bloom (make flowers bloom along the way) |
| (to chorus) |