Grateful Dead – Built To Last (Guitar)

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[Intro] (single notes on G string)
G  G#  A
(chords)
F C G C G F [Verse 1]
          G                  C
There are times that you can beckon

          F                   C
There are times when you must call

        G             Am
You can take a lot of reckoning

    Dm                F
But you can't take it all

          G                C
There are times when I can help you out

    F                   C
And times that you must fall

          G                   Am
There are times when you must live in doubt

    F               G
And I can't help at all
[Chorus 1]
F     C    G       C    G      F
Three blue stars / Rise on the hill

F   C  G                   Dm
Say no more, now / Just be still

F   C     G        C    G  F
All these trials / Soon be past

F    C   G                    Dm
Look for something / Built to last
[Verse 2]
  G                C
A wind held by the collar

       F                 C
Yes, a cloud held by the breeze

        G                Am
You can walk on coals of fire

    Dm                 F
But sometimes you must freeze

          G              C
There are times when you offend me

F                    C
And I do the same to you

      G              Am
If we can't or won't forget it,

     F                   C
Then I guess we could be through
[Chorus 2]
F   C    G      C    G      F
One blue star / Sets on the hill

F    C  G                Dm
Call it back / You never will

F   C    G      C     G      F
One more star / Sinks in the past

F    C  G                    Dm     C   Dm  Em
Show me something / Built to last
[Verse 3]
F                  C
Built to last till time itself

      G
Falls tumbling from the wall

C                  G
Built to last till sunshine fails

    F
And darkness moves on all

F                   C
Built to last while years roll past

     G                  Am     G
Like cloudscapes in the sky

F                               Em
Show me something built to last

   Dm                      F      Bb
Or something built to try
[Break] (Instrumental on verse progression) Bb back into verse [Verse 4]
          G                  C
There are times when you get hit upon

    F                   C
Try hard but you cannot give

G                 Am
Other times you'd gladly part

     Dm               F
With what you need to live

      G                    C
Don't waste your breath to save your face

     F                  C
When you have done your best

    G            Am
And even more is asked of you

     F               C
Fate will decide the rest.
[Chorus 3]
F   C   G       C        G   F
All the stars / Are gone but one

F   C    G                      Dm
Morning breaks / Here comes the sun

F     C   G         C  G    F
Cross the sky now / Sinking fast

F    C  G                    Dm
Show me something / Built to last