Eagles - Hotel California

      (To play as recorded: Capo guitar 7 frets and transpose song +5 semitone i.e. Bm becomes Em)(To play on easily on mandolin: Capo 2 frets and play song -2 semitone i.e. Bm becomes Am)

Bm                        F#7                  
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
A                     E7                        
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
G                         D                        
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Em                                        F#7                          
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim; I had to stop for the night.

Bm                              F#7                      
There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell
A                                            E7                            
And I was thinking to myself, "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
G                        D                         
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
Em                                  F#7                           
There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say...

G                        D         
Welcome to the Hotel California...
       F#7                                        Bm            F#7/C# Bm/D 
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face...  
G                               D         
Plenty of room at the Hotel California...
    Em                                     F#7             
Any time of year,(any time of year)you can find it here...


Bm                           F#7                        
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Bends
A                                     E7                     
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
G                                D                  
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Em                      F#7                  
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

Bm                           F#7                      
So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine"
          A                                     E7                   
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
G                                       D         
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Em                                     F#7                      
Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say...

G                        D         
Welcome to the Hotel California...
       F#7                                        Bm            F#7/C# Bm/D 
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face...  
G                                  D         
They livin' it up at the Hotel California...
       Em                                             F#7       
What a nice surprise,(what a nice surprise)bring your alibis...


Bm                      F#7                       
Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
              A                               E7                 
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
G                                                         
And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
Em                                                                        
They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

Bm                           F#7                  
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
A                                 E7                 
I had to find the passage back to place I was before
G                                   D                      
"Relax" said the night man, "We are programmed to receive.
Em                                   F#7                       
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave".