The Last Resort

	 
[Verse]
E             A           B         
She came from Providence, the one in
       E 
 Rhode Island. 
She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island. 
E                    A           
Where the old world shadows hang,
 B            E 
 heavy in the air. 
Where the old world shadows hang, heavy in the air. 
E              A                 B   
She packed her hopes and dreams, like
       E 
 a refugee. 
She packed her hopes and dreams, like a refugee. 
E           A            B         
Just as her father came, across the
 E 
 sea.
Just as her father came, across the sea.
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E         A              B          
She heard about a place, people were
 E 
 smiling, 
She heard about a place, people were smiling, 
E               A               B  
Spoke about the red man's ways, how
       E 
 they loved the land. 
Spoke about the red man's ways, how they loved the land. 
E              A           B     
They came from everywhere, to the
         E 
 Great Divide, 
They came from everywhere, to the Great Divide, 
E         A               B         
Seeking a place to stand, or a place
    E 
 to hide.
Seeking a place to stand, or a place to hide.
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E           A             B        
Down in the crowded bars, out for a
      E 
 good time, 
Down in the crowded bars, out for a good time, 
E             A             B        
can't wait to tell you all, what it's
         E 
 like up there. 
can't wait to tell you all, what it's like up there. 
E              A         B           
They called it paradise, I don't know
 E 
 why, 
They called it paradise, I don't know why, 
E                 A             
somebody laid the mountains low,
 B                  E 
 while the town got high.
somebody laid the mountains low, while the town got high.
[Instrumental]
(E - A (2x))  (E - B7 - E)
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E                   A               
And then the chilly winds blew down,
 B          E 
 across the desert, 
And then the chilly winds blew down, across the desert, 
E                   A             B 
through the canyons of the coast, to
         E 
 the Malibu, 
through the canyons of the coast, to the Malibu, 
E                A              B   
Where the pretty people play, hungry
       E 
 for power, 
Where the pretty people play, hungry for power, 
E              A         B        
To light their neon ways, give 'em
          E 
 things to do.
To light their neon ways, give 'em things to do.
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E                      A        
Some rich men came and raped the
       B             E 
 land, nobody caught 'em, 
Some rich men came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em, 
E                 A           B  
put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and
                   E 
 Jesus people bought 'em. 
put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus people bought 'em. 
E              A         B           
They called it paradise, the place to
 E 
 be, 
They called it paradise, the place to be, 
E                A         B         
they watched the hazy sun, sinking in
     E 
 the sea.
they watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea.
[Instrumental]
(E - A  (2x))  (G - C (2x))  (G - D)  (G - C (8x))
[Verse]
G               C           D       
We can leave it all behind, and sail
    G 
 to Lahaina, 
We can leave it all behind, and sail to Lahaina, 
G                     C         D 
just like the missionaries did, so
            G 
 many years ago. 
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago. 
G                   C           D    
They even brought a neon sign, “Jesus
    G 
 is coming”, 
They even brought a neon sign, “Jesus is coming”, 
G                       C           
brought the white man's burden down,
 D                       G 
 brought the white man's reign.
brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign.
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G                     C           
Who will provide the grand design,
  D                 G 
 what is yours and what is mine, 
Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine, 
G                     C            
'cuz there is no more new frontier,
 D              G 
 we have got to make it here. 
'cuz there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here. 
G                C              D
We satisfy our endless needs, and
                 G 
 justify our bloody deeds, 
We satisfy our endless needs, and justify our bloody deeds, 
G              C        D         
in the name of destiny, and in the
         G 
 name of God.
in the name of destiny, and in the name of God.
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    G       C               D        
And you can see them there, on Sunday
 G 
 morning, 
And you can see them there, on Sunday morning, 
G                 C           D   
they stand up and sing about, what
              G 
 it's like up there. 
they stand up and sing about, what it's like up there. 
G              C         D           
They called it paradise, I don't know
 G 
 why 
They called it paradise, I don't know why 
G                 C         D   
Call someplace paradise, kiss it
    G 
 goodbye.
Call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye.