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[Intro]

G#m   D#7  F#   C#   E   B   C#m   D#7  x2

 

[Verse]

G#m                         D#7

  On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

F#                      C#

  Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

E                          B

  Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

C#m

   My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

D#7

  I had to stop for the night

 

G#m                               D#7

  There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell

F#

  And I was thinking to myself

              C#

This could be heaven or this could be hell

E                          B

  Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way

C#m

   There were voices down the corridor,

D#7

  I thought I heard them say...

 

[Chorus]

E                          B

  Welcome to the Hotel California.

       D#7                                        G#m

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

E                               B

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

    C#m                                       D#7

Any time of year (any time of year), you can find it here

 

[Verse]

G#m                            D#7

 Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

F#                                    C#

 She got a lot of pretty pretty boys   she calls friends

E                                   B

  How they danced in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

C#m                       D#7

  Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

 

G#m                           D#7

  So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)

F#                                     C#

 We haven't had that spirit here since 1969

E                                         B

  and still those voices are calling from far away

C#m

   Wake you up in the middle of the night

D#7

  Just to hear them say...

 

[Chorus]

E                         B

 Welcome to the Hotel California.

       D#7                                        G#m

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

        E                             B

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California

       C#m                                               D#7

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis

 

[Verse]

G#m                        D#7

   Mirrors on the ceiling; the pink champagne on ice (and she said)

F#                                C#

  We are all just prisoners here, of our own device

E                              B

  and in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast

C#m

 They stab it with their steely knives but they

D#7

just can't kill the beast

 

G#m                             D#7

   Last thing I remember, I was running for the door

F#                                       C#

  I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

E                                   B

  "Relax" said the night man; we are programmed to receive

C#m

  You can check out any time you like

D#7

 But you can never leave...

 

[Outro Solo]

G#m   D#7  F#   C#   E   B   C#m   D#7  x3

 

[Harmonies]

G#m   D#7  F#   C#   E   B   C#m   D#7  x2

(fade out)