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Midland – The Last Resort Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
C  F  G  C
C  F  G  C

VERSE:
    F
The AC's broke but I got
           C
the ocean breeze
F
 I got nothinn' but
                 C
 nothin's all I need
             Em
'Cause it's free
      Am                   D7
Sail away kind of c'est la vie

CHORUS:
 C                    F
I'll hit every bar on A1A
 G
Thought the blue would
          C        C G
chase my blues away
 C              F
But I'm on day seventeen
 G
Losin' my mind and my memory
              C
So I've been shootin' Tequila
             F
'cause it's all my fault
 G
Take it or leave it with
   C           C G
a grain of salt
Am
And I've been runnin' 'til
  Dm
I ran out of shore
G
If you need me I'm at
     C         F  G  C
the last resort

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VERSE:
     F
In Miami my Amy left
             C
me high and dry
     F
The whole damn thing went
                 C
south and so did I
       Em
So bye bye
                     Am
Don't know if these keys
                   D7
will work but I'll try

CHORUS:
 C                    F
I'll hit every bar on A1A
 G
Thought the blue would
          C        C G
chase my blues away
 C              F
But I'm on day twenty-three
 G
Losin' my mind and my memory
              C
So I've been shootin' Tequila
             F
'cause it's all my fault
 G
Take it or leave it
        C           C G
with a grain of salt
Am
And I've been runnin' 'til
  Dm
I ran out of shore
G                          C
If you need me I'm at the last
resort

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INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
F  G  C  C  F  Dm  G

BREAK:
 Am
Note in a bottle yeah
       Dm
that's all she wrote
G
So I've been coasting
    C            C G
on down the coast
Am
My buzz is high,
         Dm
my expectations low
       G
And I got nowhere else to go,
so-oo

CHORUS:
 C                    F
I'll hit every bar on A1A
 G
Thought the blue would
          C        C G
chase my blues away
 C                  F
But I'm on day one hundred three
 G
Losin' my mind and my memory
              C
So I've been shootin' Tequila
             F
'cause it's all my fault
 G
Take it or leave it
        C           C G
with a grain of salt
Am
I've been runnin' 'til
  Dm
I ran out of shore
G
If you need me I'm
        C          F
at the last resort
     G   C
Hey-eeey-ey
C                     F  G  C
I'm at the last resort

How to play The Last Resort: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Last Resort by Midland on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play The Last Resort by Midland, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 7 chords: C, F, G, Em, Am, D7 and Dm.

Most of the song cycles through C – F – G – C (I – IV – V – I in C major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.