Hotel California

By The Eagles • Key: Am • 7 Chords • Updated 2 hours

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Song

Intro : Am E G D F C Dm E

Am
On a dark desert highway

E
Cool wind in my hair

G
Warm smell of colitas

D
Rising up through the air

F
Up ahead in the distance

C
I saw a shimmering light

Dm
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

E
I had to stop for the night

Am
There she stood in the doorway

E
I heard the mission bell

G
And I was thinking to myself

              D
This could be heaven or this could be hell

F
Then she lit up a candle

C
And she showed me the way

  Dm
There were voices down the corridor

E
I thought I heard them say

Chorus :

 F                              C
 Welcome to the hotel California

          E
 Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)

          Am
 Such a lovely face

 F                                    C
 Plenty of room at the hotel California

       Dm
 Any time of year (any time of year)

         E
 You can find it here

Am
Her mind is tiffany-twisted

E
She got the Mercedes bends

G
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

D
That she calls friends

F
How they dance in the courtyard

   C
Sweet summer sweat.

Dm
Some dance to remember

E
Some dance to forget

Am
So I called up the captain

E
Please bring me my wine

            G
He said, we haven t had that spirit here since

D
Nineteen sixty nine

F
And still those voices are calling

       C
From far away

Dm
Wake you up in the middle of the night

E
Just to hear them say

Chorus :

 F                             C
 Welcome to the hotel California

          E
 Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)

        Am
 Such a lovely face

         F
 They're living it up at

               C
 The hotel California

        Dm
 What a nice surprise (What a nice surprise)

Bring your al[e]ibis

Am
Mirrors on the ceiling

E
The pink champagne on ice, And she said

G
We are all just prisoners here

D
Of our own device

F
And in the master s chambers

C
They gathered for the feast

Dm
The stab it with their steely knives,

           E
But they just can t kill the beast

Am
Last thing I remember, I was

E
Running for the door

G
I had to find the passage back

       D
To the place I was before

F
Relax, said the night man

       C
We are programmed to receive

Dm
You can checkout any time you like

E
But you can never leave!

Outro : Am E G D F C Dm E

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