The Eagles —
Hotel California

Guitar Chords

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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: D#m | Bb7 | C#sus2 | G#9
       B | F# | G#m7 | Bb7
       D#m | Bb7 | C#add9
       G#9 | B | F# | G#m7 | Bb7

D#m                       Bb7
On a dark desert highway,
                      C#add9
Cool wind in my hair,
                      G#9
Warm smell of colitas
                           B
Rising up through the air.
                          F#
Up ahead in the distance,
                          G#m7
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy
                       Bb7
And my sight grew dim;
I had to stop for the night.

D#m                             Bb7
There she stood in the doorway;
                          C#add9
I heard the mission bell.
                   C#add9/G#
And I was thinking to myself:
              G#9
This could be heaven
                       B
Or this could be hell.
                          F#
Then she lit up a candle,
                           G#m7
And she showed me the way.
                                     Bb7
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:

Chorus:
   B                           F#
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            Bb7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            D#m    C#/F F# G#m7sus2 G#m7sus2/Bb
     Such a lovely face.
     B                               F#
     Plenty of room at the Hotel California.
         G#m
     Any time of year
     (Any time of year)
             Bb7
     You can find it here.”

D#m                          Bb7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted.
                                  C#add9
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      G#9
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
                        B
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard;
F#                  G#m7
Sweet summer sweat.
                        Bb7
Some dance to remember;
              Bb7sus4 Bb7
Some dance to forget.

D#m                         Bb7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        C#add9                C#add9/G#
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     G#9                    B
Since nineteen sixty nine”.
And still those voices are calling from
F#        G#m7
Far away;
                                       Bb7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say, hey:

Chorus:
   B                           F#
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            Bb7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            D#m    C#/F F# G#m7sus2
     Such a lovely face.
 G#m7sus2/Bb B
     They’re living it up
                      F#
     At the Hotel California.
            G#m
     What a nice surprise
     (What a nice surprise).
                Bb7
     Bring your alibis.”

D#m                     Bb7
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
              C#add9
And she said,
                                G#9
“We are all just prisoners here
                    B
Of our own device.”
                              F#
And in the master’s chambers,
                             G#m7
They gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives,
         Bb7
But they just can’t kill the beast.

D#m
Last thing I remember
     Bb7                    C#add9
I was running for the door.
                  C#add9/G#
I had to find the passage back
       G#9                 B
To the place I was before.
“Relax,” said the nightman,
       F#                      G#m7
“We are programmed to receive.
                                    Bb7
You can check out any time you like
                  Bb5 A5 Bb5
But you can never leave.”

Instrumental: D#m | Bb7 | C#add9 | G#9
              B | F# | G#m7 | Bb7       } ×5