| C | G | F |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | C | G | Dm | C | Dm | G | |
| Show | me | something / Built to | last. |
| 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. |
| 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 |