Hotel California

Intro: Em B7 D A  C G Am  B7 (2X)       
        
Em                                      B7       
On a dark desert highway,     cool wind in my hair,       
Dsus2                             A9/C#                              (Br to C)   
    Warm smell of 'colitas'         rising up through the air,       
C                                            G       
      Up ahead in the distance    I saw a shimmering light.       
Am7       
      My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,       
B7       
    I had to stop for the night.       
        
Em                                                  B7       
   There she stood in the doorway.     I heard the mission bell,       
Dsus2                                                                     A9/C#                                 (Br to C)    
    And I was thinking to myself     "This could be heaven or this could be hell."       
C                                         G       
    Then she lit up a candle,    and she showed me the way.       
Am7                                                        B7       
    There were voices down the corridor;     I thought I heard them say:       


[Refrão]
  C                                             G       
  "Welcome to the Hotel California       
              B7                            Em           (Br up to C)          
Such a lovely place,  such a lovely face.       
C                                                    G       
   Plenty of room at the Hotel California.       
        Am                             B7                             
Any time of year you can find it here."        

        
Em                                          B7       
   Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,     she got the 'Mercedes bends'. uh!       
Dsus2                                                 A9/C#                     (Br up to C)   
    She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys         that she calls 'friends'.       
C                                                          G       
    How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat!       
Am7                                       B7       
    Some dance to remember,   some dance to forget.       
        
Em                                       B7/D#       
   So I called up the captain, "Please bring me my wine." He said       
Dsus2                                                     A9/C#       
  "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine,"       
C                                                             G       
  And still those voices are calling from far away,       
Am7                                                         B7       
  Wake you up in the middle of the night,    just to hear them say:       


[Refrão]
  C                                           G       
"Welcome to the Hotel California,       
               B7                           Em           
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face.       
C                                            G       
  Livin' it up at the Hotel California.       
             Am                                 B7                                       
What a nice surprise! Bring your alibis.      


Em                              B7       
  Mirrors on the ceiling,   the pink champagne on ice, and she said,       
Dsus2                                        A9/C#                          (Br up to C)   
  "We are all just prisoners here,      of our own device."       
C                                                 G       
   And in the master's chambers,   they gathered for the feast.       
Am7                                                                    B7       
   They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast.     

     

Em                               B7      
  Last thing I remember,   I was running for the door.       
Dsus2                                                    A9/C#                   (Br up to C)    
  I had to find the passage back to the place I was before.       
C                                                            G       
  "Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive.       
Am7                                                     B7       
   You can check out anytime you like,   but you can never leave."