Hotel California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][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 hair grew heavy and
my sight grew dim
[E]I had to stop for the night
[Am]Then she stood in the doorway,
[E]I heard the mission bell
[G]And I was thinking 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
[F]Welcome to the Hotel Californi[C]a
Such a [E]lovely place,
such a [Am]lovely [F]place[C]
Any [Dm]time of year, you can [E]find it here
[Am]The mine is Tiffany Twisted,
[E]she got the Mercedes Benz
[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
And [F]still those voices were call[C]ing
from far away
[Dm]Waking 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 lovely place,
such a [Am]lovely place
[Dm]They're [F]living it up at the
Hotel Californi[C]a
What a [Dm]nice surprise
Bring you [E]alibis
Mir[Am]rors on the ceiling
[E]A pink champagne on ice
And she said
[G]We're all just prisoners here
[D]Of our own device
An[F]d 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]The last thing I remember,
I [E]was running for the door
[G]I had to find the passage
back to the [D]place I was before
[F]Like said the night man,
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][C][Dm]
[E][Am][E][G]
[D][F]
[C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D][Dm]
[F][C][Dm][E]
[Am][E][G][D]
[F][F][C]
You
[Dm]