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Hotel California
The Eagles

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00:00 Song Demo (no capo)
01:53 Lesson Intro
03:59 Chords (no capo)
06:38 Chords (capo 2)
09:02 Strumming Pattern 1
11:56 Strumming Pattern 2
15:36 Control your strumming hand...!
16:02 Fancy intro
18:50 Song Demo (capo 2)
21:05 Lesson Outro
Alternate version(s):
Hotel California (capo 2)

[Intro]

|Bm  |F#7 |A  |E   |

|G   |D  |Em  |F#7 |

 

[Verse]

Bm                         F#7

  On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

A                      E

  Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

G                          D

  Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

Em

   My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

F#7

  I had to stop for the night

 

Bm                               F#7

  There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell

A

  And I was thinking to myself

              E

This could be heaven or this could be hell

G                          D

  Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way

Em

   There were voices down the corridor,

F#7

  I thought I heard them say

 

 

[Chorus]

G                          D

  Welcome to the Hotel California.

       F#7                                         Bm

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

G                               D

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

    Em                                       F#7

Any time of year (any time of year), you can find it here

 

 

[Verse]

Bm                            F#7

 Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

A                                    E

 She got a lot of pretty pretty boys   she calls friends

G                                   D

  How they danced in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

Em                       F#7

  Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

 

Bm                           F#7

  So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)

A                                     E

 We haven't had that spirit here since 1969

G                                         D

  and still those voices are calling from far away

Em

   Wake you up in the middle of the night

F#7

  Just to hear them say

 

 

[Chorus]

G                         D

 Welcome to the Hotel California.

       F#7                                         Bm

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

        G                             D

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California

       Em                                               F#7

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis

 

[Verse]

Bm                        F#7

   Mirrors on the ceiling; the pink champagne on ice (and she said)

A                                E

  We are all just prisoners here, of our own device

G                              D

  and in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast

Em

 They stab it with their steely knives but they

F#7

just can't kill the beast

 

Bm                             F#7

   Last thing I remember, I was running for the door

A                                       E

  I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

G                                   D

  "Relax" said the night man; we are programmed to receive

Em

  You can check out any time you like

F#7

 But you can never leave

 

 

[Outro]

|Bm  |F#7 |A  |E   |

|G   |D  |Em  |F#7 |

(repeat)