The Last Resort -- The Eagles, from the album _Hotel California_ (also featured on their latest release, _Hell Freezes Over_)
Note: This is how I learned the song. If you want to play along with the recorded version, you need to drop everything one half step (i.e. F-:E, Bb-:A, etc.). At the end of this post, along with the fingerings for the listed chords, I'll list the half-step dropped chords/fingerings also.
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She came from Providence
The one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
Heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
Like a refugee
Just as her father came
Across the sea
She heard about a place People were smiling Spoke about the red man's ways How they loved the land They came from everywhere To the Great Divide Seeking a place to stand Or a place to hide
Down in the crowded bars Out for a good time Can't wait to tell you all What it's like up there They called it paradise I don't know why Somebody laid the mountains low While the town got high
When the chilly winds blew down Across the canyon Through the canyons of the coast To the malibus Where the pretty people played Hungry for power To light their neon ways Give 'em things to do
Some rich man came and raped the land Nobody caught him Put up a bunch of ugly boxes And Jesus people bought them They called it paradise The place to be They watched the hazy sun Sinking in the sea
(Key Change: changes from F to Ab)
You can leave it all behind
Sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did
So many years ago
They even brought a neon sign
Jesus is Coming
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign
And we'll provide the grand design What is yours and what is mine 'Cuz there is no more new frontier We have got to make it here We satisfied our endlees needs And justified our bloody deeds In the name of destiny And in the name of God
And you can see them there On sunday morning Stand up and sing about What it's like up there They called it paradise I don't know why To call someplace paradise Kiss it goodbye
----------------------------------------------------------------- Sekhar Narayanaswami "I wanna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing numbers In each others paint-by-number dreams" -- Jackson Browne -----------------------------------------------------------------
