Hotel California - Eagles

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Joe Walsh Harmony voicing - Hotel California by The Eagles4

~ = hold note
b = bend up
r = release bend
^ = bend up to next note
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
(#) = optional note

[Verse 1]
(1:18)

There she stoo
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d...    I hear
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d the...      
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nking..
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 ...heaven and
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 this...  Then
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 she lit up...
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    And she sh
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owed me...
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ices down the 
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corridor thoug
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ht I heard the
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m say.
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[Verse 2]
(2:10)

Her mind is Ti
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ffany twisted 
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       she got
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 the Mercedes 
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bends
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     She got a
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 lot of pretty
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That she calls
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 friends
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     How they 
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dance in ...  
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    sweet summ
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er sweat
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      Some dan
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ce to remember
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et
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[Verse 2 pt.2]
(2:36)

        So I c
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alled up the c
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aptain        
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     Please br
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ing me....."
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     We haven`
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t had that spi
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rit here since
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y nine
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still those vo
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ices are calli
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ng from far aw
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ay
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dle.....      
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      Last thi
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ck to the plac
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he night man, 
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we are program
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med to recieve
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k out any time
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[Solo]
(4:20-5:23)
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(walk down @ 5:24)

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[Ending Harmony]
@ 5:39

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 2x or fade

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| ~    Vibrato
| r    Release
| b    Bend
| /    Slide up
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| (n)  Ghost note
| \    Slide down


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