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Bass Tab for Hotel California

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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HOTEL CALIFORNIA (Bassline)
As recorded by The Eagles
(From the 1976 Album HOTEL CALIFORNIA)



 Words and Music by Don Henley, Glenn Frey And Don Felder

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=79
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|-------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7-----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-------------|


  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||


  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|------------|


  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||


   1st and 3rd Verses
    S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
||--------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
||o-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
||o-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||


 2nd and 4th Verses
  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9---x-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------9-----------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5--------------------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-x-x-5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S E E S S S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------2------2-x-----------|-------4------4-------0-2-||
|-----2------2-----2-(2)-----|-----4------4-----2-4-----||
|-0-0----------------------0-|-2-2----------------------||


 1st Chorus
  1.
  S S S S E. S S E S e E    S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7\\-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E. S E. S E S S   Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-4------------4----4-----|-------0--2-4-|
|---4--------4----4---4s2-|-2--4---------|
|-----2-------------------|--------------|


  S S S S E. S S E S e E    S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7\\-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S E S E e   S S S S E. S s E S e E
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-2------------2-----2---|-----4--------4---------o||
|---2--------2-----2---2-|---4--------4-----4-----o||
|-----0------------------|-2------------------2----||


 2nd Chorus
  2.
  S S S S E. S S E S e E    S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7\\-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S E. S E.   Q  Q  Q  E E
|------------------------|--------------|
|-4------------4-2--0----|-------0--2-4-|
|---4--------4--------4--|-2--4---------|
|-----2------------------|--------------|


  S S S S E. S S E S e E    S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7\\-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S E S E e   H.      Q
|------------------------|------------||
|-2------------2-----2---|-4----------||
|---2--------2-----2---2-|------------||
|-----0------------------|------------||


 5th Verse
  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|------------|


  W          H.      Q    W          H.      Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||


 6th Verse
  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S S S S S Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-3-4------||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4------------||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2---------------------||


 Don Felder's Guitar Solo
  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||


 Joe Walsh's Guitar Solo
  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S E S S e E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||


  S S E E S S S S E E S S   S S  S  S Q  S  S  S S  E E
|-4-4-4-------x---4-4-----|--------11---------11-9-11s7-|
|-----------4---4---------|-----11---------11-----------|
|-------2---------------0-|-9-9-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S Q  S S S S E E    S S S S Q  S S S S E +E
|-------------------------|-------9------9-----9-(9)\\-|
|-------7----------x-7----|-----9----------9----------|
|-----7--------7-------5/-|-7-7--------------7--------|
|-5-5---------------------|---------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7------------|
|-------5------x-5-----------|-----7------7---7----------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)----|
|-3-3------------------------|------------------------5\\-|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4-4/-||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4------||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2---------------------||


 Outro
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-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-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-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-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------0--||


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S  S  S E.  S  S  S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E +E  S S   S S S S E. S S S E +E  E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---*|
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----*|
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \\n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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