Difficulty: Novice
    
Capo: 2nd Fret

  

Strumming
  Verse & Chorus
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Tabbed by: Royce D.


[Verse 1: Don Henley]
 
On a dark dese

rt highway

Cool wind in m

y hair

Warm smell of 

colitas

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 thi

s could be Hel

l"

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: Don Henley]
             
"Welcome to th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia

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 2: Don Henley]

Her mind is Ti

ffany-twisted

She got the Me

rcedes Benz

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 196

9"

And still thos

e voices are c

alling from

far away

Wake you up in

 the middle of

 the night
 
Just to hear t

hem say


[Chorus: Don Henley]
             
"Welcome to th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia
       
Such a lovely 

place (Such a 

lovely place)
       
Such a lovely 

face
        
They’re living

 it up at the 

Hotel
    
California
       
What a nice su

rprise (what a

 nice surprise

)
           
Bring your ali

bis"


[Verse 3: Don Henley]

Mirrors on the

 ceiling

The pink champ

agne on ice

And she said: 

"We are all ju

st prisoners h

ere

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...