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 | C | G7
       Bb | F | Gm7 | A7
       Dm | A7 | C
       G7 | Bb | F | Gm7 | A7

Dm                        A7
On a dark desert highway,
                      C
Cool wind in my hair,
                      G7
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;
                          C
I heard the mission bell.

And I was thinking to myself:
              G7
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    F Gm7
     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.
                                  C
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      G7
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;

Some dance to forget.

Dm                          A7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        C
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     G7                     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    F Gm7
     Such a lovely face.
             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,
              C
And she said,
                                G7
“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                     C
I was running for the door.

I had to find the passage back
       G7                  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 | C | G7
              Bb | F | Gm7 | A7  } ×5