Hotel California

by Eagles

Chords

4.8 (318)

intermediate Tuning: E A D G B E

Version:

v6 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v7

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

Intro

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e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--------------------------2--------------------------------|
G|------4-----4-----------3--------2-----2------------1-----------------|
D|----4---4-----------4----------2---2------------2---------------------|
A|--2---------------4---4------0----------------2---2-------------------|
E|----------------2---------------------------0-------------------------|

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G|----------0---------2---2----------------0---------------3------------|
D|------0-----0--0--0------------------2-----2---------4----------------|
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E|--3------------------------------0---------------2--------------------|

Verse 1

On a dark desert highway,

Cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas,

Rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance,

I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,

I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway,

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself,

"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"

Then she lit up a candle,

And she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor,

I thought I heard them say

Chorus

Welcome to the Hotel Calif

ornia

Such a

lovely place (Such a lovely place), Such a

lovely face

lenty of room at the Hotel Calif

ornia

Any

time of year (Any time of year), You can f

ind it here"

Verse 2

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,

She got the Mercedes Benz

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,

She calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard,

Sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember,

Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain, "

Please bring me my wine"

He said, "

We haven't had that spirit here since

- 1969"

And still those voices are calling from

far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night,

Just to hear them say

Chorus

Welcome to the Hotel Calif

ornia

Such a

lovely place (Such a lovely place), Such a

lovely face

They

living it up at the Hotel Calif

ornia

What a

nice surprise (what a nice surprise), Bring your

alibis"

Verse 3

Mirrors on the ceiling,

The pink champagne on ice

And she said: "

We are all just prisoners here,

Of our own device"

And in the master's chambers, They g

athered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives, But they

just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was

Running for the door

I had to find the passage back, To the

place I was before

"Relax," said the night man

"We are

programmed to receive,

You can check out any time you like

But you can never leave!"

Outro

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