The Eagles – Hotel California
148 bpm 4/4 [Hotel California 1976]
Intro
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Verse 1
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On a dark desert highway…
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Cool wind in my hair…
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Warm smell of colitis…
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Rising up through the air…
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Up ahead in the distance…
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I saw a shimmering light…
Em Em
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim…
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I had to stop for the night…
Verse 2
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There she stood in the doorway…
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I heard the mission bell…
A A
and I was thinking to myself…
E E
this could be heaven or this could be hell…
G G
Then she lit up a candle…
D D
and she showed me the way…
Em Em
There were voices down the corridor…
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I thought I heard them say…
Chorus 1
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“Welcome to the Hotel California…
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Such a lovely place… SUCH A LOVELY PLACE…
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Such a lovely face…
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Plenty of rooms at the Hotel California…
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Any time of year… ANY TIME OF YEAR…
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You can find it here…”
Verse 3
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Her mind is tiffany-twisted…
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She got the Mercedes Benz…
A A
got a lot of pretty… pretty boys…
E E
that she calls friends…
G G
How they dance in the courtyard…
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Sweet summer sweat…
Em Em
Some dance to remember…
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Some dance to forget…
Verse 4
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So I called up the Captain…
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“Please bring me my wine…”
A A
He said… “We haven’t had that spirit here since…
E E
nineteen sixty nine…”
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and still those voices are calling from far away…
Em Em
Wake you up in the middle of the night…
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just to hear them say…
Chorus 2
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“Welcome to the Hotel California…
F# F#
Such a lovely place… SUCH A LOVELY PLACE…
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Such a lovely face…
G G D D
They’re living it up at the Hotel California…
Em Em
What a nice surprise… WHAT A NICE SURPRISE…
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Bring your alibis…”
Verse 5
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Mirrors on the ceiling…
F# F#
The pink champagne on ice…
A A
and she said we are all just prisoners here…
E E
of our own device…
G G
and in the master’s chambers…
D D
they gathered for the feast…
Em Em
They stab it with their steely knives
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but they just can’t kill the beast…
Verse 6
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Last thing I remember… I was…
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running for the door…
A A
I had to find the passage back to the
E E
place I was before…
G G
“Relax…” said the night man… “We are
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programmed to receive…
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“You can check out any time you like…
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but you can never leave!”
Outro
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