Hotel California


In the bottom of the page you will find tabs with the plucking pattern form my version of this song.
I also included the intro tab at the start + chords from other tabs in the lyrics.

I hope you enjoy it! Please leave a comment if you have any feedback, and please rate, thanks :)


LYRICS/CHORDS/TABS:


[Intro]

           
A|---0---0---2
E|0-0-0-0-0--0
C|00---0-----2
G|2-----------

            
--1---2------2
----0--0--3-3-
2---------22--
-1-1-1----0---

             
---2-----0--0-
3-3-3-3--2-2-2
-2---2---22---
--------------

             
---------0---0
-222--1-1-1-1-
2-22--00---0--
--22----------

             
-----3--3---3-
1-1--0-0-0-0-0
-0---00---0---
--------------

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

   
---2--1-------
---0----0-00--
2--22-----22--
-----1-1-111--

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[Verse 1]

            
  On a dark de

            
sert highway, 

cool wind in m

y hair
             
  Warm smell o

         
f colitas risi

ng up through 

the air
             
  Up ahead in 

            
the distance,I

 saw a shimmer

ing light

  My head grew

 heavy and my 

sight grew dim

  I had to sto

p for the nigh

t

            
  There she st

              
ood in the doo

    
rway, I heard 

the mission be

ll
             
  Then I was t

              
hinking to mys

              
elf this could

    
 be Heaven or 

this could be 

Hell
             
  Then she lit

            
 up a candle a

nd she showed 

me the way

  There were v

oices down the

 corridor,

  I thought I 

heard them say


[Chorus]

             
  Welcome to t

              
he Hotel Calif

    
ornia
         
  Such a lovel

y place (Such 

a lovely place

)
         
  Such a lovel

y face
             
  Plenty of ro

              
om at the Hote

           
l California
      
  Any time of 

year (Any time

 of year)
          
  You can find

 it here


[Verse 2]

            
  Her mind is 

              
Tiffany twiste

 
d, she got the

 Mercedes Benz
             
  She got a lo

              
t of pretty, p

          
retty boys tha

t she calls fr

iends
             
  How they dan

              
ce in the cour

      
tyard, sweet s

ummer sweat
            
  Some dance t

              
o remember, so

  
me, dance to f

orget

            
  So I called 

              
up the captain

 
, "Please brin

g me my wine"
             
  He said, "We

              
 haven't had t

              
hat spirit her

       
e since 1969"
             
  And still th

              
ose voices are

              
 calling from 


far away
            
  Wake you up 

              
in the middle 

           
of the night j

ust to hear th

em say


[Chorus]

             
  Welcome to t

              
he Hotel Calif

    
ornia
         
  Such a lovel

y place (Such 

a lovely place

)
         
  Such a lovel

y face
             
  They livin' 

              
it up at the H

              
otel Californi


a
        
  What a nice 

surprise (what

 a nice surpri

se)
             
  Bring your a


libis


[Verse 3]

            
  Mirrors on t

           
he ceiling, th

e pink champag

ne on ice
              
  And she said

             
, "We are all 

              
just prisoners

     
 here of our o

wn device"
             
  And in the m

              
aster's chambe

  
rs they gather

ed for the fea

st
            
  They stab it

              
 with their st

              
eely knives bu

      
t they just ca

n't kill the b

east

            
  Last thing I

              
 remember, I w

   
as running for

 the door
             
  I had to fin

              
d the passage 

            
back to the pl

ace I was befo

re
             
  "Relax," sai

              
d the night ma

          
n, "We are pro

grammed to rec

eive
            
  You can chec

              
k out any time

             
 you like, but


 you can never

 leave"


[Outro]

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(Try to adjust the singing and text with the playing and sound, the way the song should be)


PLUCKING PATTERN - INTRO/OUTRO:

           
A|---0---0---2
E|0-0-0-0-0--0
C|00---0-----2
G|2-----------

            
--1---2------2
----0--0--3-3-
2---------22--
-1-1-1----0---

             
---2-----0--0-
3-3-3-3--2-2-2
-2---2---22---
--------------

             
---------0---0
-222--1-1-1-1-
2-22--00---0--
--22----------

             
-----3--3---3-
1-1--0-0-0-0-0
-0---00---0---
--------------

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

   
---2--1-------
---0----0-00--
2--22-----22--
-----1-1-111--

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PLUCKING PATTERN - VERSE:

In the first part of the verse, pluck like shown under first and sing(si) the vers line with the chord.
Strum up and down(st) at end of verse line one time, and tap(t) the strings with your hand to mute the sound.
Do this over and over again with every chord in the first part of the verses.

First part:
            
A|---si-st-t--
E|0--si-st-t--
C|0--si-st-t--
G|2--si-st-t--

           
---si-st-t--2-
0--si-st-t--3-
2--si-st-t--2-
1--si-st-t----

             
-si-st-t-----s
-si-st-t--2--s
-si-st-t--2--s
-si-st-t--2--s

             
i-st-t-----si-
i-st-t--1--si-
i-st-t--0--si-
i-st-t--2--si-

             
st-t--3--si-st
st-t--0--si-st
st-t--0--si-st
st-t-----si-st

            
-t-----si-stt-
-t--1--si-stt-
-t--2--si-stt-
-t--2--si-stt-

 
-2--si-st-t--|
-0--si-st-t--|
-2--si-st-t--|
----si-st-t--|

In the second part I increase the plucking to make a different sound.
It can be done in so many ways. Play around with different pluckings to find your sound.
This is the plucking pattern that I like the best.

Second part:
           
A|-----------2
E|0-00-0-00--0
C|0-00-0-00--2
G|2-22-2-22---

            
-22-2---2--2-2
-00-0--0---3-3
-22-2-2----2-2
--------------

             
2-2-22--------
3-3-33--2-----
2-2-22--2-----
--------2-----

             
--0-----------
-2---1-11-1--1
2----0-00-0-0-
-----2-22-2---

             
0--3-33-3---3-
---0-00-0--0--
---0-00-0-0---
--------------

       
---------2-22-
-1-11-1--0-00-
-2-22-2--2-22-
-2-22-2-------

2-2--|
0-0--|
2-2--|
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PLUCKING PATTERN - CHORUS:

The plucking in the chourus is pretty much the same thing I do in the verses.
But different chords and different sound, so i will show it to you in the following tab.
At end of chorus part, after last pluck on the E7, tap on strings to mute the sound and go right to verse.

            
A|-------00---
E|1-11-1-11--0
C|0-00-0-00--0
G|--22--------

            
-33---33--2-22
-00-0-00--0---
-00-0-00--2-22
------------11

            
-2-22---------
-0-----0-00-0-
-2-22--0-00-0-
---11----22---

            
----------0---
0--1-11-1-1--0
0--0-00-0-0--0
2----22-------

            
-33---3--0----
-00--0---1-11-
-00-0----2-22-
-----------22-

     
0----2-22-222-
1-1--0--------
2-2--2-22-222-
--2----11-111-

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