Hotel California - The Eagles

Words & Music by Don Felder & Glenn Frey

Chords Used:
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[Verse]

            
On a dark dese

            
rt highway, co


ol wind in my 

hair
             
Warm smell of 

        
colitas rising

 up through th

e 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 th

e mission bell
             
And I was thin

              
king to myself

              
, "This could 

   
be Heaven or t

his could be H

ell"
             
Then she lit u

           
p a candle and

 she showed me

 the way
            
There were voi

              
ces down the c

        
orridor I thou

ght I heard th

em 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 

              
of year) you c

   
an find it her

e...


[Verse]

            
Her mind is Ti

              
ffany-twisted,

 
 she got the M

ercedes Bends
             
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 

me my wine"
             
He said, "We h

              
aven't had tha

              
t spirit here 

      
since nineteen

 sixty nine"
             
And still thos

              
e voices are c

            
alling from fa

r away,
            
Wake you up in

              
 the middle of

           
 the night jus

t to hear them

 say...


[Chorus]

             
Welcome to the

            
 Hotel Califor

nia...
           
Such a lovely 

              
place, (such a

              
 lovely place)

            
 such a lovely

    
 face...
             
They livin' it

              
 up at the Hot

       
el California.

..
            
What a nice su

              
rprise, (what 

              
a nice surpris

              
e) bring your 


alibis...


[Verse]

            
Mirrors on the

          
 ceiling, the 

pink champagne

 on ice
              
And she said "

             
We are all jus

              
t prisoners he

    
re, of our own

 device"
             
And in the mas

              
ter's chambers

 
, they gathere

d for the feas

t
            
They stab it w

              
ith their stee

              
ly knives, but

      
 they just can

't kill the be

ast

            
Last thing I r

              
emember, I was

 
 running for t

he door
             
I had to find 

              
the passage ba

      
ck to place I 

was before
             
"Relax" said t

              
he night man, 

        
"We are progra

mmed to receiv

e.
            
You can check 

              
out any time y

         
ou like, but y

ou can never l

eave".