Song:   Hotel California
Artist: Eagles
Tuning: Standard (GCEA)
No Capo

Hey guys, this version hasn't been posted but it sounds pretty good to me. Leave a comment regarding corrections
and/or questions.

Few things:

FINGER PICKING
This song could be played with a variation of finger picking and strumming, or strumming alone.
I've included a simple finger picking pattern which sounds familiar to the solo in the original guitar version
below for anyone interested. The pattern is pretty much the chords in the verses picked out. I usually finger
pick the pattern twice as the intro and then I follow up with 
strumming the chords.
STRUMMING & RHYTHM
My strumming pattern for the Verse is D-D-U--U-D-U(2x per chords Bm, A, G, and Em)
As for the chords Gb7, E7, and D I play D-D-U--U-D-U-D while allowing the string to ring on the last down.


A|------------
E|-------2----
C|------2-----
G|---4-------4

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---2----------
--2-----2-----
-------4----4-

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--2-------2---
-2-------2----
------4-------

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---------2----
-2------4-----
4----3-------3

----------4---
---2----------
--4-----4-----
-------3------

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A|------------
E|-------0----
C|------1-----
G|---2-------2

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---0----------
--1-----1-----
-------2----2-

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--0-------0---
-1-------1----
------2-------

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---------0----
-1------2-----
2----1-------1

----------2---
---0----------
--2-----2-----
-------1------

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A|------------
E|-------3----
C|------2-----
G|---0-------0

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---3----------
--2-----2-----
-------0----0-

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--3-------3---
-2-------2----
------0-------

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---------2----
-2------2-----
0----2-------2

----------0---
---2----------
--2-----2-----
-------2------

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A|------------
E|-------3----
C|------4-----
G|---0-------0

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---3----------
--4-----4-----
-------0----0-

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--3-------3---
-4-------4----
------0-------

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---------2----
-4------4-----
0----3-------3

----------4---
---2----------
--4-----4-----
-------3------

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Verse:
            
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 f

or 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 tho

ught I heard t

hem 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 o

              
f year) You ca

                                      
n find it here
 
 
Verse:
            
Her mind is Ti

              
ffany-twisted,

 
 she got the M

ercedes bends
             
She got a lot 

             
of pretty, pre


tty boys she c

alls friends 
             
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 
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the Hotel 

    
California  
            
Any time of ye

              
ar (Any time o

              
f year) You ca

                                      
n find it here
 
 
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 the plac

e I was before

 
             
"Relax, " said

              
 the night man

  
, "We are prog

rammed to rece

ive. 
            
You can check-

              
out any time y

         
ou like, But y

ou can never l

eave!"