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: Dm | A7 | Csus2 | G9
       Bb | F | Gm7 | A7
       Dm | A7 | Cadd9
       G9 | Bb | F | Gm7 | A7

Dm                        A7
On a dark desert highway,
                      Cadd9
Cool wind in my hair,
                      G9
Warm smell of colitas
                           Bb
Rising up through the air.
                          F
Up ahead in the distance,
                          Gm7
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy
                       A7
And my sight grew dim;
I had to stop for the night.

Dm                              A7
There she stood in the doorway;
                          Cadd9
I heard the mission bell.
                   Cadd9/G
And I was thinking to myself:
              G9
This could be heaven
                       Bb
Or this could be hell.
                          F
Then she lit up a candle,
                           Gm7
And she showed me the way.
                                     A7
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:

Chorus:
   Bb                          F
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            A7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Dm     C/E  F Gm7sus2 Gm7sus2/A
     Such a lovely face.
     Bb                              F
     Plenty of room at the Hotel California.
         Gm
     Any time of year
     (Any time of year)
             A7
     You can find it here.”

Dm                           A7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted.
                                  Cadd9
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      G9
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
                        Bb
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard;
F                   Gm7
Sweet summer sweat.
                        A7
Some dance to remember;
              A7sus4  A7
Some dance to forget.

Dm                          A7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        Cadd9                 Cadd9/G
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     G9                     Bb
Since nineteen sixty nine”.
And still those voices are calling from
F         Gm7
Far away;
                                       A7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say, hey:

Chorus:
   Bb                          F
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            A7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Dm     C/E  F Gm7sus2
     Such a lovely face.
 Gm7sus2/A   Bb
     They’re living it up
                      F
     At the Hotel California.
            Gm
     What a nice surprise
     (What a nice surprise).
                A7
     Bring your alibis.”

Dm                      A7
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
              Cadd9
And she said,
                                G9
“We are all just prisoners here
                    Bb
Of our own device.”
                              F
And in the master’s chambers,
                             Gm7
They gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives,
         A7
But they just can’t kill the beast.

Dm
Last thing I remember
     A7                     Cadd9
I was running for the door.
                  Cadd9/G
I had to find the passage back
       G9                  Bb
To the place I was before.
“Relax,” said the nightman,
       F                       Gm7
“We are programmed to receive.
                                    A7
You can check out any time you like
                  A5  G#5 A5
But you can never leave.”

Instrumental: Dm | A7 | Cadd9 | G9
              Bb | F | Gm7 | A7     } ×5