Hotel California

by Eagles

Chords

4.9 (7,600)

novice Key: B Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 2th fret

Version:

v3 v1 v2 v4 v5 v6 v7

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Capo

None

Size

100%

* = Play softer chords or individual strings like intro.

** = Hard strums getting back into final verse.

[Intro] (х2)
   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]
e|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|
B|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|-0-----0---0-----|-3-----3---3-----|
G|-2-----2---2-----|-1-----1---1-----|-0---0-------0---|-2---2-------2---|
D|-2---2-------2---|-0---0-------0---|-0-------------0-|-0-------------0-|
A|-0-------------0-|-2-------------2-|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|

   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]
e|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|-1---------------|-0---------------|
B|-1-----1---1-----|-1-----1---1-----|-3-------3-------|-0-------1-------|
G|-2---2-------2---|-0---0-------0---|-2-----2---2-----|-1-----1---1-----|
D|-3-------------3-|-2-------------2-|-0---0-------0---|-2---2-------2---|
A|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------------0-|-2-------------2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|

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

Verse 2

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 Cali

fornia

Such a

lovely place (such a lovely place), such a

lovely face

There's

plenty of room at the Hotel Cali

fornia

Any

time of year, (any time of year) You can

find it here...

Verse 3

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,

She got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

that she calls friends

How they danced in the courtyard,

sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember,

some dance to forget

Verse 4

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 Cali

fornia

Such a

lovely place (such a lovely place), such a

lovely face

They're

livin' it up at the Hotel Cali

fornia

What a

nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your

alibis

Verse 5

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 gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives, but they

Just can't kill the beast

Verse 6

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