• Song:

    Built To Last

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Nightfall of Diamonds

Built to Last - Grateful Dead



          G (320003@1)                CThere (x32010@1)are times that you can beckon
          F (133211@1)                 CThere (x32010@1)are times when you must call
        G (320003@1)           AmYou (x02210@1)can take a lot of reckoning
    Dm (xx0231@1)              FBut (133211@1)you can't take it all
          G (320003@1)              CThere (x32010@1)are times when I can help you out
    F (133211@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)times that you must fall
          G (320003@1)                 AmThere (x02210@1)are times when you must live in doubt
    F (133211@1)             GAnd (320003@1)I can't help at all

F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)    FThree (133211@1)blue stars / Rise on the hill
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                 DmSay (xx0231@1)no more, now / Just be still
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)FAll (133211@1)these trials / Soon be past
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)                  DmLook (xx0231@1)for something / Built to last


A wind held by the collar
Yes, a cloud held by the breeze
You can walk on coals of fire
But sometimes you must freeze
There are times when you offend me
And I do the same to you
If we can't or won't forget it,
Then I guess we could be through

One blue star / Sets on the hill
Call it back / You never will
One more star / Sinks in the past
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)GShow (320003@1)me something / Built to last.

F (133211@1)                CBuilt (x32010@1)to last till time itself
      GFalls (320003@1)tumbling from the wall
C (x32010@1)                GBuilt (320003@1)to last till sunshine fails
    FAnd (133211@1)darkness moves on all
F (133211@1)                 CBuilt (x32010@1)to last while years roll past
     G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)   GLike (320003@1)cloudscapes in the sky
F (133211@1)                             EmShow (022000@1)me something built to last
   Dm (xx0231@1)                    F (133211@1)    BbOr (x1333x@1)something built to try

Break (Instrumental on verse progression)

Bb back into verse.

There are times when you get hit upon
Try hard but you cannot give
Other times you'd gladly part
With what you need to live
Don't waste your breath to save your face
When you have done your best
And even more is asked of you
Fate will decide the rest.

All the stars / Are gone but one
Morning breaks / Here comes the sun
Cross the sky now / Sinking fast
Show me something / Built to last

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