Capo 2nd

[Intro]
                x2

[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
             
Then I was thi

              
nking to mysel

              
f this could b

  
e Heaven or th

is could be He

ll
             
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]
             
  Welcome to t

             
he Hotel Calif

ornia
       
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]
            
Her mind is Ti

              
ffany twisted,

 
 she got the M

ercedes bends
             
She got a lot 

              
of pretty, pre

         
tty boys that 

she calls frie

nds
             
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 1969"
             
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 t

             
he Hotel Calif

ornia
       
Such a lovely 

place (Such a 

lovely place)
       
Such a lovely 

face
             
They're livin'

              
 it up at the 

          
Hotel Californ

ia
       
What a nice su

rprise (What a

 nice surprise

)
           
Bring your ali

bis

[Verse]
            
Mirrors on the

              
 ceiling, the 


pink champagne

 on ice
             
And she said, 

              
"We are all ju

              
st prisoners h

    
ere of our own

 device"
             
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 bea

st

            
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 progr

ammed to recei

ve
            
You can check 

              
out any time y

         
ou like, but y

ou can never l

eave"

[Solo]

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