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- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
- #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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- Hotel California
- >
- 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
- >My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
- F#
- >I had to stop for the night
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- 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 she showed me the way
- Em F#
- >There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say
- >
- >CHORUS
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- G D
- >Welcome to the Hotel California.
- Em Bm7
- >Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
- G D
- >(1)Plenty of room at the Hotel California
- >(2)They livin' it up at the Hotel California
- Em F#
- >(1)Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here
- >(2)What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) bring your alibis
- >
- >
- >Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
- >She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
- >How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
- >Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
- >
- >So I called up the captain; "Please bring me my wine."
- >"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"
- >And still those voices are calling from far away
- >Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say
- >
- >CHORUS (with ending 2)
- >
- >Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
- >And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
- >And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
- >They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast
- >
- >Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
- >I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
- >"Relax" said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive"
- >"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"
- >
- >(Instrumental and fade)
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- >Chords used:
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- > E A D G B e
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- Bm 2 2 4 4 3 2 bar at 2nd or x x 4 4 3 2
- Bm7 2 2 4 2 3 2 bar at 2nd or x x 4 2 3 2
- F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 bar at 2nd or x 4 4 3 2 2
- A 0 0 2 2 2 0
- E 0 2 2 1 0 0
- G 3 2 0 0 0 3
- D x 0 0 2 3 2
- Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
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