The Eagles —
Hotel California

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© Chorded by Anton Gavzov // chief of the project (https://Muzland.info)
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 74 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Don Felder

Intro: Am | E7 | G | D7
       F | C | Dm7 | E7
       Am | E7 | G
       D7 | F | C | Dm7 | E7

Am                        E7
On a dark desert highway,
                      G
Cool wind in my hair,
                      D7
Warm smell of colitas
                           F
Rising up through the air.
                          C
Up ahead in the distance,
                          Dm7
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy
                       E7
And my sight grew dim;
I had to stop for the night.

Am                              E7
There she stood in the doorway;
                          G
I heard the mission bell.

And I was thinking to myself:
              D7
This could be heaven
                       F
Or this could be hell.
                          C
Then she lit up a candle,
                           Dm7
And she showed me the way.
                                     E7
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:

Chorus:
   F                           C
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            E7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Am     G    C Dm7
     Such a lovely face.
     F                               C
     Plenty of room at the Hotel California.
         Dm
     Any time of year
     (Any time of year)
             E7
     You can find it here.”

Am                           E7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted.
                                  G
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      D7
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
                        F
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard;
C                   Dm7
Sweet summer sweat.
                        E7
Some dance to remember;

Some dance to forget.

Am                          E7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        G
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     D7                     F
Since nineteen sixty nine”.
And still those voices are calling from
C         Dm7
Far away;
                                       E7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say, hey:

Chorus:
   F                           C
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            E7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Am     G    C Dm7
     Such a lovely face.
             F
     They’re living it up
                      C
     At the Hotel California.
            Dm
     What a nice surprise
     (What a nice surprise).
                E7
     Bring your alibis.”

Am                      E7
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
              G
And she said,
                                D7
“We are all just prisoners here
                    F
Of our own device.”
                              C
And in the master’s chambers,
                             Dm7
They gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives,
         E7
But they just can’t kill the beast.

Am
Last thing I remember
     E7                     G
I was running for the door.

I had to find the passage back
       D7                  F
To the place I was before.
“Relax,” said the nightman,
       C                       Dm7
“We are programmed to receive.
                                    E7
You can check out any time you like
                  E5  D#5 E5
But you can never leave.”

Instrumental: Am | E7 | G | D7
              F | C | Dm7 | E7  } ×5