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Hotel California (Play Along)

by Eagles · posted by Billy_Idle

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Hotel California (Play Along) / Eagles

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of D) so you can Play Along With The Eagles!



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Hotel California


On a dark desert highway,   cool wind in my hair
6 -6* -6*  6  6  6  -6*     -6*  -6*  6  6   6

Warm smell of colitas,   rising up through the air
-6*   -6*  6  6  6 -6*   -6* -6* -6*  6     6  6 -5 -4

Up ahead in the distance,  saw a shimmering light
6 -6* -6* 6  -5  -5  -6*   -6* -6* -6* 6 -5  -5

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
-5   6   6   6  6   6  -5   6    -5  -6*

Had to stop for the night
-6* -6* -6*  6   6   -6*


There she stood in the doorway
 -6*  -6*  -6*  7  -6*  7 -6*

Heard the mission bell
 -6*  -6* -6*  6   6

And I was thinking to myself
-5  6  6   6   6   6   6 -6*

This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
 -6*  -6* -6* -6* -6* -6* -6*  6   6  6 -5 -4

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
 6   -6* -6* 6 -5 -5 -6* -4  -5   -6*   6  -5  -5

There were voices down the corridor
  -5   6    6  6   6   -5  6 -5 -6*

I thought I heard them say
-6* -6*  -6* -6*   -7   6



Welcome to the Hotel California
 7   7  7   7  7  7  -7   7  7 -6*
-5  -5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6  -5 -5 -5
-4  -4 -4  -4 -4 -4   4* -4 -4 -3

Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
 6  -6* -6* 6   6      6 -6* -6* 6   6
                      -7 -7  -7  7   7
Such a lovely face
-5   6  6 -5  -5

Plenty of room at the Hotel California
 7  7   7   7  7   7  7  7  -7   7  7 -6*
-5 -5  -5  -5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6  -5 -5 -5
-4 -4  -4  -4 -4  -4 -4 -4   4* -4 -4 -3

Any time of year (Any time of year)
6 -6* -6* 6  6    6 -6* -6* 6  6
                 -7 -7  -7  7  7
You can find it here
 6  -6*  7  -6*  -6*



Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
 6  -6* -6* 7 -6* -6* 7 -6*  -6* -6* -6* -6* 6  6  -6*

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
-5   6  6  6  6  -6* 6   -6* 6  -6*  -6*  -6*   6   6 -5 -4

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
 6   -6*  -6*   6  -5  -5  -6*    -6*   6  -5  -5

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
 6     6   6  -5 -6* 6   -6*   6   6   6 -6*


So I called up the Captain
-6* -6* -6* -6* -6*  7  -6*

"Please bring me my wine", he said,
  -6*    -6*  6  6  -6*     X   X

"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
  6  6   6   6   6    6  6  -6*   -5   -6* -6*  6  6  6 -5 -4

And still those voices are calling from far away
-6*  -6*   -6*  -6* 6  -5  -5  6   -6*  -6* 6 -5
-7   -7    -7   -7  7  -6* -6* 7   -7   -7  7 -6*

Wake you up in the middle of the night
 -5   6   6  6 -5   6  6   6  -5  -6*

Just to hear them say
-6* -6*  -6*  -7   6



Welcome to the Hotel California
 7   7  7   7  7  7  -7   7  7 -6*
-5  -5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6  -5 -5 -5
-4  -4 -4  -4 -4 -4   4* -4 -4 -3

Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
 6  -6* -6* 6   6      6 -6* -6* 6   6
                      -7 -7  -7  7   7
Such a lovely face
-5   6  6 -5  -5

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
  7     7   7   7  7  7  7   7  7  -7   7  7 -6*
 -5    -5  -5  -5 -5 -5 -5  -5 -5   6  -5 -5 -5
 -4    -4  -4  -4 -4 -4 -4  -4 -5   4* -4 -4 -3

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
 6  -6* -6*   6  6     6  -6* -6*   6   6
                      -7  -7  -7    7   7
Bring your alibis
  6   -6* 7 -6* -6*



Mirrors on the ceiling
-6* -6*  7 -6*  7 -6*

Pink champagne on ice, and she said 
 -6*  -6*  -6*  6  -6*  X   X   X

"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
-6*  6   6    6  -6*  6  6  -6* -6* -6* -6* 6 -5 -5

And in the master's chambers, gathered for the feast
-5  6  -6* -6*  6    -5  -6*   -6*  6   6   -5  -5

They stab it with their steely knives
 -5   6    6   6   -5    6 -5   -6*

But they just can't kill the beast
 6   -5   -6*  -6*   -6*  6   -6*


Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
 -6* -6*  7  -6* 7 -6* X  X  -6* -6* -6*  6  -6*

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
-5 6   6   6   6   6   6  -6* -6* -6* -6* -6* -6* 6 6 -5 -4

"Relax," said the night man
-5 -6*    6   -5   -5   -6*

"We are programmed to receive
 -4 -5   -6*  -6*  6  -5  -5

You can checkout any time you like
 -5   6   6   6  6 -5  6  -5  -6*

But you can never leave!"
 6  -6* -6* 7  6  -6* 6 -6*


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