Hotel California chords
The Eagles  1976 (Hotel California)

[Intro]

        2x

[Verse 1]

            
On a dark dese

            
rt highway, co

ol wind in my 

hair
             
Warm smell of 

         
colitas, risin

g up through t

he air
             
Up ahead in th

              
e distance, I 


saw a shimmeri

ng light

My head grew h

eavy and my si

ght grew dim,

I had to stop 

for the night


There she stoo

d in the doorw

ay;

I heard the mi

ssion bell

And I was thin

king to myself

,
              
this could be 


heaven or this

 could be hell
             
Then she lit u

              
p a candle and

     
 she showed me

 the way

There were voi

ces down the c

orridor,

I thought I he

ard them say..

.

[Chorus]

             
Welcome to the

           
 hotel Califor

nia;
       
such a lovely 

place,
       
such a lovely 

face
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the hotel 

    
California,
            
any time of ye

            
ar, you can fi

nd it here

[Verse 2]

            
Her mind is ti

              
ffany-twisted,

 
 she got the M

ercedes Benz
             
She got a lot 

              
of pretty, pre

              
tty boys, that

 
 she calls fri

ends
             
How they dance

              
 in the courty

     
ard, sweet sum

mer sweat.
            
Some dance to 

          
remember, some

 dance to forg

et

            
So I called up

 the captain,

please bring m

e my wine
             
He said, we ha

              
ven t had that

              
 spirit here s

     
ince nineteen 

sixty nine
             
And still thos

              
e voices are c

            
alling from fa

r away
          
Wake you up in

 the middle of

 the night,

just to hear t

hem say

[Chorus]

             
Welcome to the

           
 hotel Califor

nia;
       
such a lovely 

place,
       
such a lovely 

face
             
They re living

              
 it up at the 

          
hotel Californ

ia
            
What a nice su

              
rprise, bring 

     
your alibis

[Verse 3]

          
Mirrors on the

 ceiling,

the pink champ

agne on ice
             
And she said w

              
e are all just

              
 prisoners her

   
e, of our own 

device
        
And in the mas

ter s chambers

,

they gathered 

for the feast

The stab it wi

th their steel

y knives,
         
but they just 

can t kill the

 beast


Last thing I r

emember, I was

running for th

e door

I had to find 

the passage ba

ck,
       
to the place I

 was before

relax, said th

e night man,
       
we are program

med to receive

.

You can checko

ut any time yo

u like,

but you can ne

ver leave!

[Outro]

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