Hotel California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]On a[G][D][Am]
dark desert highway,
[E]cool wind in my hair
[G]Warm smell of colitas,
[F#dim]rising up through the ai[D]r
[Am]Up a[F]head 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 a mission bell
[G]And I was thinking to myself
This could be [F#dim]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]thought I heard them say
[F]Welcome to the Hotel Californi[C]a
Such a [E]lovely place, such a [Am]lovely place
[C]Ple[F]nty of room at the
Hotel Californi[C]a
Anytime [Dm]of year
You can [E]find it here
[Am]Her mind is Tiffany twisted
[E]She's got the Mercedes Benz
[G]She's 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
an[E]d some to forg[Am]et[E]
[Am]So I called out the captain,
[E]please bring me my wine
He [G]said, 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
Wel[F]come to the Hotel Californi[C]a
Such a [E]lovely place
Such a [Am]lovely place
[D]They're [F]livin' it up at the
Hotel Californi[C]a
What a [Dm]nice surprise, ring your [E]red advice
Mir[Am]rors on the ceiling,
[E]the pink champagne on ice
And [G]she said, we are all just prisoners
here [F#dim]of our own device
An[F]d in the master's chambers,
[C]they gathered for their 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 [F#dim]before
[F]Relax, said the nightman,
we [C]are programmed to receive
[Dm]You can check out any time you like,
[E]but you can never [Am]leave[E][G]
[D][F#dim]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D][F#dim]
Wel[F]come to the Hotel Californi[C]a
Such a [Dm]lovely place, such a [E]lovely face
[Am]Ah -ah -ah -ah -[E]ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -[G]ah
-ah -ah -ah -ah -ah [D]-ah [F#dim]-ah -ah -ah
[F]Welcome to the heart of California[C]
Any[Dm]time of year
You can [E]find it [Am]here