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: Gm | D7 | Fsus2 | C9
       D# | Bb | Cm7 | D7
       Gm | D7 | Fadd9
       C9 | D# | Bb | Cm7 | D7

Gm                        D7
On a dark desert highway,
                      Fadd9
Cool wind in my hair,
                      C9
Warm smell of colitas
                           D#
Rising up through the air.
                          Bb
Up ahead in the distance,
                          Cm7
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy
                       D7
And my sight grew dim;
I had to stop for the night.

Gm                              D7
There she stood in the doorway;
                          Fadd9
I heard the mission bell.
                   Fadd9/C
And I was thinking to myself:
              C9
This could be heaven
                       D#
Or this could be hell.
                          Bb
Then she lit up a candle,
                           Cm7
And she showed me the way.
                                     D7
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:

Chorus:
   D#                          Bb
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            D7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Gm     F/A  Bb Cm7sus2 Cm7sus2/D
     Such a lovely face.
     D#                              Bb
     Plenty of room at the Hotel California.
         Cm
     Any time of year
     (Any time of year)
             D7
     You can find it here.”

Gm                           D7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted.
                                  Fadd9
She got the Mercedes bends. (Uh.)
                                      C9
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
                        D#
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard;
Bb                  Cm7
Sweet summer sweat.
                        D7
Some dance to remember;
              D7sus4  D7
Some dance to forget.

Gm                          D7
So I called up the captain:
“Please, bring me my wine.”
        Fadd9                 Fadd9/C
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
     C9                     D#
Since nineteen sixty nine”.
And still those voices are calling from
Bb        Cm7
Far away;
                                       D7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say, hey:

Chorus:
   D#                          Bb
     “Welcome to the Hotel California,
            D7
     Such a lovely place
     (Such a lovely place),
            Gm     F/A  Bb Cm7sus2
     Such a lovely face.
 Cm7sus2/D   D#
     They’re living it up
                      Bb
     At the Hotel California.
            Cm
     What a nice surprise
     (What a nice surprise).
                D7
     Bring your alibis.”

Gm                      D7
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
              Fadd9
And she said,
                                C9
“We are all just prisoners here
                    D#
Of our own device.”
                              Bb
And in the master’s chambers,
                             Cm7
They gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives,
         D7
But they just can’t kill the beast.

Gm
Last thing I remember
     D7                     Fadd9
I was running for the door.
                  Fadd9/C
I had to find the passage back
       C9                  D#
To the place I was before.
“Relax,” said the nightman,
       Bb                      Cm7
“We are programmed to receive.
                                    D7
You can check out any time you like
                  D5  C#5 D5
But you can never leave.”

Instrumental: Gm | D7 | Fadd9 | C9
              D# | Bb | Cm7 | D7    } ×5