Hotel California

Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 2

BPM: 74

    On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
    Hotel California
    [Verse 1]                                            Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air, Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
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    My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night               There she stood in the doorway;I heard the mission bell
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                                              And I was thinking to myself,"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
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                               Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way, There were voices down the corridor,
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                                         [Chorus]
                                         I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place),Such a lovely face
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               [Verse 2]
               Plenty of room at the Hotel California, Any time of year (Any time of year), You can find it here
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                                                                                   Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends, She got a lot of pretty, pretty
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    boys she calls friends, How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
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    Some dance to remember, some dance to forget. So I called up the Captain,
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          "Please bring me my wine "He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
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                                                         And still those voices are calling from far away,Wake you up in the middle of the night
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          [Chorus]
          Just to hear them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place), Such a lovely face
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    They livin' it up at the Hotel California, What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
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    [Verse 3]
    Bring your alibis    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,
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    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
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    I had to find the passage back, To the place I was before, "Relax, " said the night man,
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                                                              "We are programmed to receive. You can check-out any time you like,
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                                                                              But you can never leave! "
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