This is how I play it solo acoustic.  On the album, the song is in the key of C#, so I 
with a capo on the 6th fret and form the chords as if it were in G.  I'm fairly sure this 
NOT how it's done on the album, but it sounds good to me.  Corrections welcome.


Chords used:

   G  G/f# Em7  Cadd9  D  Dsus4  Bm
e -3---3----3-----3----2----3----2-|
b -3---3----3-----3----3----3----3-|
g -0---0----0-----0----2----2----4-|
d -0---0----2-----2----0----0----4-|
a -2---x----2-----3----x----x----2-|
e -3---2----0-----x----x----x----x-|

INTRO:
G   Em7   G D G

VERSE
G                                       G/f#
I've looked for love in stranger places
Em7       Cadd9              D  Dsus4 D
but never found someone like you
G
someone whose smile
G                          G/f# Em7
makes me feel I've been holding back
                Cadd9         D
and now there's nothing I can do

CHORUS:
              Bm                C
cause this is real, and this is good
             Bm                  C
it warms the inside just like it should
            Dadd9
but most of all
        D                  G
most of all, it's built to last
              Em7
it's built to last

G D G

VERSE:
all of our friends
saw from the start
so why didn't we believe it too?
now look, where we are
you're in my heart now
and there's no escaping it for you

CHORUS:
cause this is real, and this is good
it warms the inside just like it should
but most of all
most of all, it's built to last

G
walking on the hills at night
G                                    G/f#
with those fireworks and candlelight
Em7            Cadd9            D   Dsus4 D
you and i were made to get love right

CHORUS:
cause this is real, and this is good
it warms the inside just like it should
but most of all
most of all, it's built to last


                  Bm           C
cause you are the sun in my universe
             Bm                    C
consider the best when we felt the worst
            Dsus4        D
and most of all, most of all
        Bm           Cadd9
most of all, most of all,
         Dsus4        D
most of all, most of all
              G
it's built to last

OUTRO:
G   Em7   G   Em7   G D G
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