Hotel California

Written by Glenn Frye, Don Felder, Don Henley

Key of Am · Chords: III IV V VI VII i iv

# columns: 2


# Tabbed By: Howard R.
# Reviewed By: Denny S.

Intro: verse 2x

Verse

Am
On a dark desert highway
E
Cool wind in my hair
G
Warm smell of a colitas
D
Rising up through the air.
F
Up a head in the distance,
C
I saw shimmering light
Dm
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
E
I had to stop for the night.

Verse

There she stood in the door way
I heard the mission bell
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

F                        C
Welcome to the Hotel California.
       E7                   Am
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face.
F                                   C
Plenty of the room at the Hotel California
    Dm                    E7
Any time of year, you can find it here.

Verse

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes Benz
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

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 faraway
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say:

Chorus

Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face.
They’re living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis.

Verse

Mirrors on the ceiling
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

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.”

guitar leads repeats over verse 4x then fade.

The recorded version is in Bm

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