Eagles – Hotel California (Live 1977)

Performed by
Eagles
Release Year
1977
Suggested Capo
Fret 7

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Eagles – Hotel California (Live 1977)
Key: B Minor BPM: ♩ = 73 Time: 4/4
|Bm     |F#7    |Asus2     |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em        |F#7    |

|Bm     |F#7    |Asus2     |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em        |F#7    |

|Bm                        |F#7                   |
   On a dark desert highway,  cool wind in my hair
|Asus2                  |E9                         |
   Warm smell of colitas,  rising up through the air
|G                         |D                         |
   Up ahead in the distance,  I saw a shimmering light
|Em                                         |F#7                          |
   My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim,  I had to stop for the night

|Bm                              |F#7                     |
   There she stood in the doorway,  heard the mission bell
|Asus2                                         |E9                           |
   And I was thinking to myself, ”This could be heaven or this could be hell"
|G                         |D                          |
   Then she lit up a candle,  and she showed me the way
|Em                                   |F#7                       |
   There were voices down the corridor,  thought I heard them say

|G                         |D     |
   Welcome to the Hotel California
      |F#7                                       |Bm         |
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
       |G                              |D     |
There's plenty of room at the Hotel California
   |Em                                      |F#7         |
Any time of year (any time of year), you can find it here

|Bm                           |F#7                            |
   Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,  she got the Mercedes Benz, uh
|Asus2                                 |E9                 |
   She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,  she calls friends
|G                                 |D                 |
   How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
|Em                      |F#7                   |
   Some dance to remember,  some dance to forget

|Bm                          |F#7                        |
   So I called up the Captain, ”Please, bring me my wine"
       |Asus2                                  |E9     |
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since   1969"
|G                                        |D       |
   And still those voices are calling from far away
|Em                                      |F#7                    |
   Wake you up in the middle of the night,  just to hear them say

|G                         |D     |
   Welcome to the Hotel California
      |F#7                                       |Bm         |
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
       |G                            |D     |
They're living it up at the Hotel California
      |Em                                              |F#7   |
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis

|Bm                      |F#7                    |
   Mirrors on the ceiling,  pink champagne on ice
            |Asus2                           |E9                  |
And she said, "We are all just prisoners here   of our own device"
|G                             |D                       |
   And in the master's chambers,  gathered for the feast
|Em                                          |F#7                      |
   Stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

|Bm                        |F#7                     |
   Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
|Asus2                                   |E9                |
   I had to find the passage back, to the place I was before
|G                                |D                         |
  "Relax," said the night man, ”We are programmed to receive"
|Em                                   |F#7                        |
  "You can check out any time you like”, "But you can never leave"

|Bm     |F#7    |A      |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em     |F#7    |

|Bm     |F#7    |A      |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em     |F#7    |

|Bm     |F#7    |A      |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em     |F#7    |

|Bm     |F#7    |A      |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em     |F#7    |

|Bm     |F#7    |A      |E9     |
|G      |D      |Em     |F#7    |

|Bm     |