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Performed by: The Eagles. Composed by: Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC., RED CLOUD MUSIC, CASS COUNTY MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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[Bass Tabulature]
Hotel California
[WEA]
Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley
Submitted By: Josh Underwood

Thanks to the French magazine "Guitar Part" and thanks to my ears,
I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
Fabien HADDADI, November 1995

(I didn't bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)

Symbols : g : ghost
2/5: slide from 2 up 5
\\ : slide down to... from nowhere
b : bend
(lr) : let ring
beat=72

INTRO (play 2 times)

G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
E ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
drum + +
(play two verses)
VERSES

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
drum + + + + + + + +
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
|2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
|--------------------------------||

CHORUS I (two times)

||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4-----------4-------4-----4\\--|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
|----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
|----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||


CODA I

||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
|0-0-----------------------------|-----------------------\\--------||

CODA II (While guitar solo plays)

(play two times)
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\\-----|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\\5\\----|


|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\\------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4-------4---2/--||
|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|--------------------------------||

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||9-9(lr)---------9---9---------4-------4---------||
|--------------------------------||

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4\\------|
||--------------9---9---------9\\--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
|----7-------------7---7---7\\----|------7-----------7-5---7\\------|
|5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7\\------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5\\------|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
> > > >
(play one time then repeat while fading...)

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\\-----|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\\------|


|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\\------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
(FADING...)

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From: HADDADI Fabien
Subject: BTAB: Hotel_california by EAGLES
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 16:40:22 MET
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25]
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[Bass Tabulature]
Hotel California, EAGLES
[WEA]
Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley

Thanks to the French magazine "Guitar Part" and thanks to my ears,
I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
Fabien HADDADI, November 1995

(I didn't bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)

Symbols : g : ghost
2/5: slide from 2 up 5
\\ : slide down to... from nowhere
b : bend
(lr) : let ring
beat=72

INTRO (play 2 times)

G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
E ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
drum + +
(play two verses)
VERSES

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
drum + + + + + + + +
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
|2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
|--------------------------------||

CHORUS I (two times)

||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4-----------4-------4-----4\\--|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
|----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

||----------------------4---------||
|----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
|----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||


CODA I

||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
|0-0-----------------------------|-----------------------\\--------||

CODA II (While guitar solo plays)

(play two times)
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\\-----|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\\5\\----|


|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\\------|

>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4-------4---2/--||
|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|--------------------------------||

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4\\------|
||--------------9---9---------9\\--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
|----7-------------7---7---7\\----|------7-----------7-5---7\\------|
|5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7\\------|

|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5\\------|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
> > > >
(play one time then repeat while fading...)

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\\-----|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\\------|


|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\\------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
(FADING...)

-------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

||----------------------4---------||
|----0-------------
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ridopocoridopoco Unknown Date
The second time of the intro goes:


G|-------------------------------


D|-------------------------------


A|-------6-9---8-6---------4-7--


E|-7---9--------------5---7------





----------------11----------11-12-11-


---------9-12------12----------------


-10---12-----------------------------


------------------------0------------





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