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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Hotel California
By:   The Eagles

[intro:] 2 x [ Bm F#7 A  E  G D Em7 F#7 ] 

[verse:1]
Bm              
  On a dark desert highway
F#7
  Cool wind in my hair
A 
  Warm smell of a colitas
E                  
  Rising up through the air
G
  Up a head in the distance
D
  I saw shimmering light
Em7
  My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
F#7
  I had to stop for the night

[verse:2]
Bm
  There she stood in the door way
F#7
  I heard the mission bell
A
  And I was thinking to myself
                E
This could be heaven and this could be hell
G
  Then she lit up a candle
D
  And she showed me the way
Em7   
  There were voices down the corridor
F#7
  I thought I heard them say

[Chorus:]
G                            D
  (Welcome to the Hotel California)
   Welcome to the Hotel California
        F#7
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
        Bm
Such a lovely face
  G                                 D
(Plenty of the room at the Hotel California)
 Plenty of the room at the Hotel California
    Em7
Any time of year  (any time of year)
    F#7
You can find it here

[verse:3]
Bm 
  Her mind is Tiffany twisted
F#7
  She got the Mercedes Benz
A
  She got a lot of pretty pretty boys
E
  She calls friends
G
  How they dance in the courtyard
D
Sweet summer sweat
Em7
  Some dance to remember
F#7
  Some dance to forget

[verse:4]
Bm
  So I called up the Captain
F#7
  Please bring me my wine he said
 A
"We haven't had that spirit here since
   E
Nineteen sixty nine"
G
(and still those voices are calling)
 And still those voices are calling
      D
(from far away)
 From far away
Em7
  Wake you up in the middle of the night
F#7
  Just to hear them say

[Chorus:]
G                            D
  (Welcome to the Hotel California)
   Welcome to the Hotel California
        F#7
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
        Bm
Such a lovely face

  G                                 D
(The're living it up at the Hotel California)
 The're living it up at the Hotel California
    Em
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
    F#7 {let ring}
bring your alibis

[verse:5] {strum}
Bm 
 Mirrors on the ceiling
F#7
  The pink champagne on ice, and she said:
A
"We are all just prisoners here
E
  Of our own device"
G
  And in the master's chambers
D
  They gathered for the feast
Em7
  They stab it with their steely knives
F#7
  But they just can't kill the beast

[verse:6]
Bm
  Last thing I remember, I was
F#7
Running for the door
A
  I had to find the passage back 
        E
To the place I was before
G
"Relax" said the night man 
            D
"We are programmed to receive"
Em7
"You can check out anytime you like
F#7
 But you can never leave"

[coda:] {guitar solo over} [ Bm F#7 A  E  G D Em7 F#7 ] 
        {finish on Bm}

chords:

A       002220  or 577655
Bm      224432
D       000232  or 557775
Em7     020000  or 022030 or 020030
F#7     242322
G       320003  or 355433