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Hotel California by Eagles - Guitar Chords

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            Hotel California is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was
released as a single in February 1977. Three months after its release, the single
was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Eagles
also won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at
the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists
and polls; Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of "The 500
Greatest Songs of All Time".

Em 022000                    *** ATTENTION CAPO on 7th FRET ***
B7 021202                    12 String guitar it is preferable
Dsus2 000230                 But 6 String guitar is more than OK as well. 
A9 042000                    These are the precise chords Don Felder
C 032010                     used to write the music. If you play it with 
G 320003                     an electric guitar add Chorus & Reverb to 
Am7 002010                   simulate the original Pitch. 


**** Strum the note before picking it. This is my humble tabs interpretation. ****


 Strum & Pick Em                Strum & Pick B7       Strum & Pick Dsus2     
e|-7-----------------0--------|--------------9------|----------------0--------|
B|-7------------0-------------|--------0------------|----------10---------0---|
G|-7------0--------0---0--9---|-----9-----9---------|-----9--------9---9------|
D|-7----------9---------------|-------8-------------|--------0----------------|
A|-7---9----------------------|---9-----------------|---0---------------------|
E|-7--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|

 Strum & Pick A9            Strum & Pick C             Strum & Pick G  
e|-7----------------0-----|----------------0---------|------------------10----|
B|-7-----------0----------|----------8---------------|-----------0------------|
G|-7------0-------0-------|-----0--------0-------0---|-----0----------0-------|
D|-7---------9------------|--------9---------h9------|--------0---------------|
A|-7---11-----------------|---10---------------------|--9---------------------|
E|-7----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

 Strum & Pick Am7                   Strum & Pick B7
e|-7------------------0-----------|-------------------9------|
B|-7------------8-----------------|-------------0------------|
G|-7------0--------0-----0----9---|-------9--------9---------|
D|-7---------9--------------------|----------8---------------|
A|-7---0--------------------------|-----9--------------------|
E|-7------------------------------|--------------------------|


*** CAPO 7th FRET ***

[Intro] 
(strumming and picking)

Em  B7 Dsus2   A9   C  G  Am7   B7


[Verse]

Em
On a dark desert highway
B7
Cool wind in my hair
Dsus2
Warm smell of colitas
A9
Rising up through the air
C
Up ahead in the distance
G
I saw a shimmering light
Am7
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
B7
I had to stop for the night
Em
There she stood in the doorway
B7
I heard the mission bell
Dsus2
And I was thinking to myself
A9
This could be heaven or this could be hell
C
Then she lit up a candle
G
And she showed me the way
Am7
There were voices down the corridor
B7
I thought I heard them say?


[Chorus]

C                          G
Welcome to the Hotel California
B7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Em
Such a lovely face
C                                G
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Am7
Any time of year (Any time of year)
B7
You can find it here


[Verse]

Em
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
B7
She got the Mercedes bends
Dsus2
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
A9
She calls friends
C
How they dance in the courtyard
G
Sweet summer sweat
Am7
Some dance to remember
B7
Some dance to forget
Em
So I called up the Captain
B7
"Please bring me my wine"
Dsus2
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here
A9
Since nineteen sixty nine"
C
And still those voices
G
Are calling from far away
Am7
Wake you up in the middle of the night
B7
Just to hear them say...


[Chorus]

C                         G
Welcome to the Hotel California
B7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Em
Such a lovely face
C                                 G
They living' it up at the Hotel California
Am7
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
B7
Bring your alibis


[Verse]

Em
Mirrors on the ceiling
B7
The pink champagne on ice
Dsus2
And she said "We are all just prisoners here
A9
Of our own device"
C
And in the master's chambers
G
They gathered for the feast
Am7
They stab it with their steely knives
B7
But they just can't kill the beast


Em
Last thing I remember, I was
B7
Running for the door
Dsus2
I had to find the passage back
A9
To the place I was before
C
"Relax", said the night man
G
"We are programmed to receive
Am7
You can check-out any time you like
B7
But you can never leave!"
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