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: Em | B7 | D | A7
       C | G | Am7 | B7
       Em | B7 | D
       A7 | C | G | Am7 | B7

Em                        B7
On a dark desert highway,
                      D
Cool wind in my hair,
                      A7
Warm smell of colitas
                           C
Rising up through the air.
                          G
Up ahead in the distance,
                          Am7
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy
                       B7
And my sight grew dim;
I had to stop for the night.

Em                              B7
There she stood in the doorway;
                          D
I heard the mission bell.

And I was thinking to myself:
              A7
This could be heaven
                       C
Or this could be hell.
                          G
Then she lit up a candle,
                           Am7
And she showed me the way.
                                     B7
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:

Chorus:
   C                           G
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            B7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Em     D    G Am7
     Such a lovely face.
     C                               G
     Plenty of room at the Hotel California.
         Am
     Any time of year
     (Any time of year)
             B7
     You can find it here.”

Em                           B7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted.
                                  D
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      A7
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
                        C
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard;
G                   Am7
Sweet summer sweat.
                        B7
Some dance to remember;

Some dance to forget.

Em                          B7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        D
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     A7                     C
Since nineteen sixty nine”.
And still those voices are calling from
G         Am7
Far away;
                                       B7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say, hey:

Chorus:
   C                           G
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            B7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Em     D    G Am7
     Such a lovely face.
             C
     They’re living it up
                      G
     At the Hotel California.
            Am
     What a nice surprise
     (What a nice surprise).
                B7
     Bring your alibis.”

Em                      B7
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
              D
And she said,
                                A7
“We are all just prisoners here
                    C
Of our own device.”
                              G
And in the master’s chambers,
                             Am7
They gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives,
         B7
But they just can’t kill the beast.

Em
Last thing I remember
     B7                     D
I was running for the door.

I had to find the passage back
       A7                  C
To the place I was before.
“Relax,” said the nightman,
       G                       Am7
“We are programmed to receive.
                                    B7
You can check out any time you like
                  B5  Bb5 B5
But you can never leave.”

Instrumental: Em | B7 | D | A7
              C | G | Am7 | B7  } ×5