Hotel California

by Eagles

Ukulele

4.8 (17)

intermediate Tuning: G C E A

Version:

v5 v1 v2 v3 v4 v6 v7

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Hotel California

In the bottom of the page you will find tabs with the plucking pattern form my version of this song.

I also included the intro tab at the start + chords from other tabs in the lyrics.

I hope you enjoy it! Please leave a comment if you have any feedback, and please rate, thanks :)

LYRICS/CHORDS/TABS:

Intro

  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]
A|---0---0---2--1---2------2---2-----0--0----------0---0-----3--3---3-----0---0---1----2--1---------|
E|0-0-0-0-0--0----0--0--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-222--1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-0-0---0----0-00----|
C|00---0-----22---------22---2---2---22---2-22--00---0---0---00---0---0---2-2---2---2--22-----22----|
G|2------------1-1-1----0-------------------22-------------------------------------------1-1-111----|

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

Then 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 Californi

Such a

lovely place (Such a lovely place)

Such a

lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel Californi

Any

time of year (Any time of year)

You can

find it here

Verse 2

Her mind is Tiffany twisted

, she got the Mercedes Benz

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

that 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 nigh

t just to hear them say

Chorus

Welcome to the Hotel Californi

Such a

lovely place (Such a lovely place)

Such a

lovely face

They livin' it up at the Hotel Californi

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 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, bu

t you can never leave"

Outro

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(Try to adjust the singing and text with the playing and sound, the way the song should be)

PLUCKING PATTERN - INTRO/OUTRO:

  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]
A|---0---0---2--1---2------2---2-----0--0----------0---0-----3--3---3-----0---0---1----2--1---------|
E|0-0-0-0-0--0----0--0--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-222--1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1-0-0---0----0-00----|
C|00---0-----22---------22---2---2---22---2-22--00---0---0---00---0---0---2-2---2---2--22-----22----|
G|2------------1-1-1----0-------------------22-------------------------------------------1-1-111----|

PLUCKING PATTERN - VERSE:

In the first part of the verse, pluck like shown under first and sing(si) the vers line with the chord.

Strum up and down(st) at end of verse line one time, and tap(t) the strings with your hand to mute the sound.

Do this over and over again with every chord in the first part of the verses.

First part:

---si-st-t--

2--si-st-t--

---si-st-t--

3--si-st-t--

---si-stt--

2--si-st-t--|

E|0--si-st-t--0--si-st-t--3--si-st-t--2--si-st-t--1--si-st-t--0--si-st-t--1--si-stt--0--si-st-t--|

C|0--si-st-t--2--si-st-t--2--si-st-t--2--si-st-t--0--si-st-t--0--si-st-t--2--si-stt--2--si-st-t--|

G|2--si-st-t--1--si-st-t-----si-st-t--2--si-st-t--2--si-st-t-----si-st-t--2--si-stt-----si-st-t--|

In the second part I increase the plucking to make a different sound.

It can be done in so many ways. Play around with different pluckings to find your sound.

This is the plucking pattern that I like the best.

Second part:
  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]
A|-----------2-22-2---2--2-22-2-22----------0-----------0--3-33-3---3----------2-22-2-2--|
E|0-00-0-00--0-00-0--0---3-33-3-33--2------2---1-11-1--1---0-00-0--0---1-11-1--0-00-0-0--|
C|0-00-0-00--2-22-2-2----2-22-2-22--2-----2----0-00-0-0----0-00-0-0----2-22-2--2-22-2-2--|
G|2-22-2-22-------------------------2----------2-22-2------------------2-22-2------------|

PLUCKING PATTERN - CHORUS:

The plucking in the chourus is pretty much the same thing I do in the verses.

But different chords and different sound, so i will show it to you in the following tab.

At end of chorus part, after last pluck on the E7, tap on strings to mute the sound and go right to verse.

-------00--

--33---33--

2-22-2-22--

----------

-------0--

--33---3--

0----0----

2-22-222-t-|

E|1-11-1-11--0-00-0-00--0----0-----0-00-0-0--1-11-1-1--0-00--0---1-11-1-1--0--------t-|

C|0-00-0-00--0-00-0-00--2-22-2-22--0-00-0-0--0-00-0-0--0-00-0----2-22-2-2--2-22-222-t-|

G|--22--------------------11---11----22---2----22------------------22---2----11-111-t-|

Thank you for taking a look at my tabs! Enjoy!

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