Eagles - Hotel California
Tuning: Open C6 (G C E A)
Key: B minor (B C# D E F# G A B)
Tempo: 75 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqyNM4w4nMs

This is a straight off adaptation of the original on guitar, which means we have some 
advanced chords, i.e. it might be a good idea to watch the tutorial also. So if you're 
looking for an easy version, try some of the other available transcriptions instead.



[Intro]

          x2


[Verse 1]

            
On a dark dese

          
rt highway, co

ol wind in my 

hair
         
Warm smell of 

        
colitas, risin

g up through t

he 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


[Verse 2]

            
There she stoo

              
d in the doorw

  
ay, I heard th

e mission bell
         
And I was thin

              
king to myself

              
, this could b

   
e heaven or th

is could be he

ll
             
Then she lit u

           
p a candle, an

d she showed m

e the way
           
There were voi

              
ces down the c

       
orridor, I tho

ught I heard t

hem say


[Chorus 1]

             
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 c

   
an find it her

e


[Verse 3]

            
Her mind is Ti

             
ffany-twisted,

#
 she got the M

ercedes Benz o

h
         
She got a lot 

              
of pretty, pre

         
tty boys, she 

calls friends
             
How they dance

              
 in the courty

       
ard, sweet sum

mer sweat
           
Some dance to 

        
remember, some

 dance to forg

et


[Verse 4]

            
So I called up

            
 the captain, 


please bring m

e my wine
         
He said, we ha

              
ven't had that

              
 spirit here s

    
ince nineteen 

sixty nine
             
And still thos

              
e voices are c

             
alling from fa

r away
           
Wake you up in

              
 the middle of

          
 the night, ju

st to hear the

m say


[Chorus 2]

             
Welcome to the

            
 Hotel Califor

nia
           
Such a lovely 

              
place (such a 

              
lovely place),

         
 such a lovely

 face
             
They living it

              
 up at the Hot

        
el California
            
What a nice su

              
rprise (what a

              
 nice surprise

             
), bring your 

#
alibis


[Verse 5]

            
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


[Verse 6]

            
Last thing I r

             
emember, I was

#
 running for t

he door
         
I had to find 

              
the passage ba

            
ck to the plac

e I was before
             
Relax said the

              
 night man, we

    
 are programme

d to receive
           
You can check-

              
out any time y

       
ou like, but y

ou can never l

eave


[Outro]

          x5 (starts fading in the beginning of the fifth round)



Chords:
Bm    (4 2 2 2)
F#7   (3 1 0 1) or (X 1 0 1)
Aadd2 (2 1 0 2)
E9    (1 2 2 2) or (4 4 2 5)
G     (0 2 3 2)
D     (2 2 2 0)
Em7   (0 2 0 2)
Em    (0 4 3 2)

Clarification:
Chordname (G C E A)
X = muffle / don't play



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//Robert