Hotel California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][E][G][Dm]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
On a dark desert highway,
[E]cool wind in my hai[G]r
Warm smell [Dm]of colitas, rising
up through the [F]air
Up ahead in the distance,
[C]I saw a shimmering light
[Dm]My head grew heavy and
my sight grew [Am]dim
[Esus4]I had to [E]stop f[Esus4]or
the [E]night[Am]
There she stood in [F]the [Am]doorw[E]ay;
I heard the mission [G]bell
And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be [Dm]Heaven
or this could be Hell"
[F]Then she lit up a c[C]andle and
she showed me [Dm]the way
There were voices down the corridor,
[E]I thought I heard them say...

[Verse 2]
[F]
Welcome to the Hotel [C]California
Such a [E]lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
[G]Such [Am]a lovely [C]face[Dm][C]
[F]Plenty of room at the Hotel Califor[C]nia
[G]Any [Dm]time of year (Any time of year)
You can [E]find it here

[Verse 3]
[Am]Her mind is Tiffany- twisted,
[E]she got the Mercedes bends
[G]She got a lot of pretty,
pretty [Dm]boys [D]she call[Dm]s fr[Am]iends
[Dm]How [F]they dance in the courtyard,
[Dm]swee[C]t summer sweat.
[Dm]Some dance to remember,
[E]some dance to for[Dm] get[E]

[Verse 4]
[Am]So I called up the Captain,
[E]"Please bring me my wine"
[G]He said, "We haven't had that spirit
here [D]since nine[Dm]teen sixty [F]nine"
And still those voices are calling
from [C]far [Dm]away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
[E]Just to hear them [Dm]say...[E]

[Verse 5]
[F]Welcome to the Hotel California[C]
Such a [E]lovely [Esus4]place[E]
(Such a lovely place)
[G]Such a [Am]lovely [C]face[G][C][Dm]
[C]They liv[F]in' it up at the Hotel California[C]
[G]What [Dm]a nice surprise (what a nice
surprise)
Bring your [E]alibis

[Verse 6]
[Am]Mirr[A]ors on t[Dm]he ce[Am]iling,[E]
The pink champagne on [G]ice
"We are all just prisoners here,
[Dm]of our own devic[E]e"
[F]And in the master's chambers,
[C]They gathered for the feast
[Dm]They stab it with their steely knives,
But [E]they just can't kill the [C]beast[Am]

[Verse 7]
Last thing I [Am]remember, I [E]was
Running for the door
[G]I had to find the passage back
To the [D]place I was [F]before
"Relax, " said the night [Em]man,
"We are programmed to [C]receive.[F]
You [Dm]can check- out any time you like,
[E]But you can never leave! "

[Outro 1]
[Am][E][C][G][C][Dsus4][D][Dm]
[F][C][F][C]
[Dm][E][Esus4][E][Am]
[E][G][Dm][F]
[C][Dm][E][Am]
[E][G][Am]