Tabbed by: Emrldeyzs
Capo 2

[Intro]
                        x2

[Verse]
            
  On a dark de

             
sert highway, 


cool wind in m

y hair
             
  Warm smell o

         
f colitas risi

ng up through 

the air
             
  Up ahead in 

             
the distance, 

I saw a shimme

ring light

   My head gre

w heavy and my

 sight grew di

m

  I had to sto

p for the nigh

t

            
  There she st

              
ood in the doo

     
rway; I heard 

the mission be

ll

  And I was th

inking to myse

lf
              
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 th

e corridor,

  I thought I 

heard them say

...

[Chorus]
             
  Welcome to t

             
he Hotel Calif

ornia.
            
Such a lovely 

              
place, (such a

              
 lovely place)

         
, such a lovel

y face
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the Hotel 

    
California
            
Any time of ye

              
ar, (any time 

              
of year) You c

   
an find it her

e

[Verse]
            
 Her mind is T

              
iffany-twisted

  
, She got the 

Mercedes bends
             
 She got a lot

              
 of pretty pre

         
tty boys   she

 calls friends
             
  How they dan

              
ced in the cou

        
rtyard, sweet 

summer sweat
            
  Some dance t

           
o remember, so

me dance to fo

rget

            
  So I called 

              
up the captain

 
; Please bring

 me my wine (h

e said)
             
 We haven't ha

              
d that spirit 

          
here since 196

9
             
  and still th

              
ose voices are

              
 calling from 


far away

   Wake you up

 in the middle

 of the night

  Just to hear

 them say...

[Chorus]
             
 Welcome to th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia.
            
Such a lovely 

              
place, (such a

              
 lovely place)

         
, such a lovel

y face
             
They're livin'

              
 it up at the 

          
Hotel Californ

ia
            
What a nice su

              
rprise, (what 

              
a nice surpris

              
e) Bring your 


alibis

[Verse]
            
   Mirrors on 

            
the ceiling; t

he pink champa

gne on ice (an

d she said)
             
  We are all j

              
ust prisoners 

     
here, of our o

wn device
             
  and in the m

              
aster's chambe

   
rs, they gathe

red for the fe

ast

 They stab it 

with their ste

ely knives but

 they

just can't kil

l the beast

            
   Last thing 

              
I remember, I 

   
was running fo

r the door
             
  I had to fin

              
d the passage 

            
back to the pl

ace I was befo

re
             
  "Relax" said

              
 the night man

        
; we are progr

ammed to recei

ve

  You can chec

k out any time

 you like

 But you can n

ever leave...

[Outro Solo]
                        x3

[Harmonies]
         
(fade out)