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Built To Last by Grateful Dead - Guitar Chords

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            Built to Last - Grateful Dead


[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
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