Hotel California

by Eagles

Ukulele

4.5 (17)

intermediate Tuning: G C E A

Version:

v3 v1 v2 v4 v5 v6 v7

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

Song: Hotel California

Artist: Eagles

Tuning: Standard (GCEA)

No Capo

Hey guys, this version hasn't been posted but it sounds pretty good to me. Leave a comment regarding corrections

and/or questions.

Few things:

FINGER PICKING

This song could be played with a variation of finger picking and strumming, or strumming alone.

I've included a simple finger picking pattern which sounds familiar to the solo in the original guitar version

below for anyone interested. The pattern is pretty much the chords in the verses picked out. I usually finger

pick the pattern twice as the intro and then I follow up with

strumming the chords.

STRUMMING & RHYTHM

My strumming pattern for the Verse is D-D-U--U-D-U(2x per chords Bm, A, G, and Em)

As for the chords Gb7, E7, and D I play D-D-U--U-D-U-D while allowing the string to ring on the last down.

A|----------------------------------------------------------------4---------|
E|-------2-------2------------2-------2------------2-------2----------------|
C|------2-------2-----2------2-------2-----2------4-------4-----4-----------|
G|---4-------4-------4----4-------4-------4----3-------3-------3------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------2---------|
E|-------0-------0------------0-------0------------0-------0----------------|
C|------1-------1-----1------1-------1-----1------2-------2-----2-----------|
G|---2-------2-------2----2-------2-------2----1-------1-------1------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
E|-------3-------3------------3-------3------------2-------2----------------|
C|------2-------2-----2------2-------2-----2------2-------2-----2-----------|
G|---0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----2-------2-------2------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------4---------|
E|-------3-------3------------3-------3------------2-------2----------------|
C|------4-------4-----4------4-------4-----4------4-------4-----4-----------|
G|---0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----3-------3-------3------------|

Verse:

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 a

nd 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) Su

ch a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali

fornia

Any

time of year (Any time of year) You can

find it here

Verse:

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,

she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pr

etty boys she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard,

sweet summer sweat.

Some dance to remember, so

me dance to forget

So I called up the Captain, "

Please bring me my wine"

He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since

nineteen sixty nine"

And still those voices are calling f

rom 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) Su

ch a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali

fornia

Any

time of year (Any time of year) You can

find it here

Verse:

Mirrors on the ceiling, T

he 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

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!"