Hotel California Sheet Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Tabs: Capo 7th fret][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][Tabs: No capo][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]

[Verse 1]
[Am]On a dark desert highway
[E]Cool wind in my hair
[G]Warm smell of colitas
[D]Rising up through the air
[F]Up ahead in the distance
[C]I saw a shimmering light
[Dm]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
[E]I had to stop for the night
[Am]There she stood in the doorway
[E]I heard the mission bell
[G]And I was thinkin' to myself
This could be [D]heaven or this could be hell
[F]Then she lit up a candle
[C]And she showed me the way
[Dm]There were voices down the corridor
[E]I thought I heard them say

[Chorus 1]
[F]Welcome to the Hotel Califor[C]nia
Such a [E]lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a [Am]lovely face
[F]Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali[C]fornia
Any[Dm]time of year (any time of year)
You can [E]find it here

[Verse 2]
[Am]Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
[E]She got the Mercedes bends, uh
[G]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
[D]That she calls friends
[F]How they dance in the courtyard
[C]Sweet summer sweat
[Dm]Some dance to remember
[E]Some dance to forget
[Am]So I called up the Captain
[E]"Please bring me my wine"
He said,
[G]"We haven't had that spirit here since
[D]1969"
[F]And still those voices are calling from
[C]far away
[Dm]Wake you up in the middle of the night
[E]Just to hear them say, eh

[Chorus 2]
[F]Welcome to the Hotel Califor[C]nia
Such a [E]lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a [Am]lovely face
They [F]livin' it up at the Hotel Cali[C]fornia
What a [Dm]nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your [E]alibis

[Verse 3]
[Am]Mirrors on the ceiling
[E]The pink champagne on ice
And she said,
[G]"We are all just prisoners here
[D]of our own device"
[F]And in the master's chambers
[C]They gathered for the feast
[Dm]They stab it with their steely knives
But they [E]just can't kill the beast
[Am]Last thing I remember
[E]I was running for the door
[G]I had to find the passage back
To the [D]place I was before
[F]"Relax", said the night man
"We [C]are programmed to receive
[Dm]You can check out any time you like
[E]But you can never leave

[Outro 1]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Repeat and fade]