Hotel California is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was
released as a single in February 1977. Three months after its release, the single
was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Eagles
also won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at
the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists
and polls; Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of "The 500
Greatest Songs of All Time".


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 022000                    *** ATTENTION CAPO on 7th FRET ***
 021202                    12 String guitar it is preferable
 000230                 But 6 String guitar is more than OK as well. 
 042000                    These are the precise chords Don Felder
 032010                     used to compose the music. If you play it with 
 320003                     an electric guitar add Chorus & Reverb to 
 002210                    simulate the original Pitch.
 

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Strum the Em c
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------9--
D 7 ---9------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

hord and then 
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Strum the B7 c
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------9--
D 7 ---8------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

hord and then 
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Strum the Dsus
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------9--
D 7 ---0------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

2 chord then P
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ick these notes          
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Strum the A9 c
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------0--
D 7 ---9------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

hord then Pick
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Strum the C ch
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------0--
D 7 ---9------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

ord then Pick 
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Strum the G ch
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------0--
D 7 ---0------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

ord then Pick 
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Strum the chor
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------9--
D 7 ---9------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

d Am then Pick
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Strum the chor
e 7 ----------
B 7 ----------
G 7 -------9--
D 7 ---8------
A 7 ----------
E 7 ----------

d B7 then Pick
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*** CAPO 7th FRET ***

[Intro] 
(strumming and picking)

                


[Verse]


On a dark dese

rt highway

Cool wind in m

y hair

Warm smell of 

colitas (bud o

f marijuana)

Rising up thro

ugh the air

Up ahead in th

e distance

I saw a shimme

ring 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 place)

Such a lovely 

face
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the Hotel 

     
California

Any time of ye

ar (Any time o

f year)

You can find i

t here


[Verse]


Her mind is Ti

ffany-twisted

She got the Me

rcedes bends

She got a lot 

of pretty, pre

tty boys

She calls frie

nds

How they dance

 in the courty

ard

Sweet summer s

weat

Some dance to 

remember

Some dance to 

forget

So I called up

 the Captain

"Please bring 

me my wine"

He said, "We h

aven't had tha

t spirit here

Since nineteen

 sixty-nine"

And still thos

e voices

Are calling fr

om far 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 place)

Such a lovely 

face
             
They living' i

              
t up at the Ho

      
tel California

What a nice su

rprise (what a

 nice surprise

)

Bring your ali

bis


[Verse]


Mirrors on the

 ceiling

The pink champ

agne on ice

And she said "

We are all jus

t prisoners he

re

Of our own dev

ice"

And in the mas

ter's chambers

They gathered 

for the feast

They stab it w

ith their stee

ly 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 

the night man

"We are progra

mmed to receiv

e

You can check 

out any time y

ou like

But you can ne

ver leave!"