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Hotel California - The Eagles

CAPO - 7th fret
Rythm - Normal Tuning

Main Riff - Repeated throughout the song with slight variations
 Bm                       F#                       A
|---------------0--------|---------2--------------|---------0--------------|
|---------0--------------|------0-----2--4--------|------3--------3--------|
|------0-----0-----0--2--|---2--------------------|---2--------2-----2-----|
|---2--------------------|1-----------------------|0-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|0-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

 E                        G                        D
|---------------0--------|---------------0--------|---------3--------------|
|---------0--------------|---------1--------------|------0--------0--------|
|------0-----0-----------|------0-----0---------0-|---0--------0-----------|
|---2--------------------|---2--------------0h2---|------------------------|
|4-----------------------|3-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------3-----|

 Em                       F#
|---------------0--------|---------------2--------|
|---------1--------------|---------0--------------|
|------0-----0-----------|---0--2-----2-----------|
|---2--------------------|------------------------|
|0-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------0-----|------------------------|

Verse 1 - Use the same progression as the Main Riff the changes are easy to
pick up on.

Bm-F#-A-E-G-D-Em-F#

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

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

Chorus
G                        D
Welcome to the Hotel California
       Em                                        Bm7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
G                               D
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
    Em                                      F#
Any time of year (Any time of year) You can find it here


Verse 2 - Same chord progression again.
Bm                          F#
Her mind is Tiffany twisted she got the Mercedes-Benz
A                                  E
She got lots of pretty pretty boys she calls friends
G                               D
How they dance in the courtyard sweet summer sweat
Em                     F#
Some dance to remember some dance to forget

Bm                         F#
So I called up the captain please bring me my wine
          A                                             E
(He said) We haven\\'t had that kind of spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine
G                                       D
And still those voices are calling from far away
Em                                     F#
Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say

Chorus 2 - Same chords different lyrics
G                        D
Welcome to the Hotel California
       Em                                        Bm7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
     G                             D
They livin\\' it up at the Hotel California
       Em                                            F#
Such a nice suprise (Such a nice suprise) Bring your alibis

Verse 3 - Again, the same chords
Bm                     F#
Mirrors on the ceiling pink champagne on ice
               A                              E
(And she said) We are all just prisoners here of our own device
G                           D
And in the masters chambers they gathered for the feast
Em                                             F#
They stab it with their steely knives but they just cant kill the beast

Bm                    F#
Last thing I remember I was runnin\\' for the door
A                                     E
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
 G                                D
\\"Relax\\" said the nightman \\"We are programmed to recieve\\"
Em                              F#
You check out any time you like but you can never leave

Solo - I dont have it tabbed but it works off of the same basic 
Bm-F#-A-E-G-D-Em-F# progression.


  Tabbed by Frank Reder         I know it\\'s only rock \\'n roll
  reder212@hotmail.com           But I like it just the same.
                                     -The Rolling Stones