Eagles, Hotel California (1976)
Key: :[Bm] (w: Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder)
INTRO:
[Bm] [F#7] //
[A] [E]
[G] [D] //
[Em] [F#7]
VERSE 1:
[Bm] On a dark desert highway,
[F#7] cool wind in my hair
[A] Warm smell of colitas,
[E] rising through the air
[G] Up ahead in the distance,
[D] I saw a shimmering light
[Em] My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
[F#7] I had to stop for the night
VERSE 2:
[Bm] There she stood in the doorway,
[F#7] I heard the mission bell
[A] And I was thinking to myself, this could be
[E] heaven or this could be hell
[G] Then she lit up a candle, and she
[D] showed me the way
[Em] There were voices down the corridor;
[F#7] I thought I heard them say
CHORUS 1:
[G] Welcome to the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
Such a
[F#7] lovely place, such a
[Bm] lovely face
[G] Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
Any
[Em] time of year, you can
[F#7] find it here
VERSE 3:
[Bm] Her mind is Tiffany twisted,
[F#7] she got the Mercedes Benz
[A] She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
[E] that she calls friends
[G] How they dance in the courtyard,
[D] sweet summer sweat
[Em] Some dance to remember,
[F#7] some dance to forget
VERSE 4:
[Bm] So I called up the captain,
[F#7] please bring me my wine
[A] He said, we haven't had that spirit here since
[E] 1969
[G] And still those voices are calling from
[D] far away
[Em] Wake you up in the middle of the night,
[F#7] just to hear them say
CHORUS 2:
[G] Welcome to the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
Such a
[F#7] lovely place, such a
[Bm] lovely face
[G] They living it up at the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
What a
[Em] nice surprise, bring your
[F#7] alibis
VERSE 5:
[Bm] Mirrors on the ceiling, the
[F#7] pink champagne on ice
And she said
[A] we are all just prisoners here,
[E] of our own device
[G] And in the master's chambers, they
[D] gathered for the feast
[Em] They stab it with their steely knives but they
[F#7] just can't kill the beast
VERSE 6:
[Bm] Last thing I remember,
[F#7] I was running for the door
[A] I had to find the passage back, to the
[E] place I was before
[G] Relax said the night man, we are
[D] programmed to receive
[Em] You can check out any time you like, but
[F#7] you can never leave
CHORUS 3:
[G] Welcome to the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
Such a
[F#7] lovely place, such a
[Bm] lovely face
[G] Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali-
[D]-fornia
Any
[Em] time of year, you can
[F#7] find it here