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 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 95 10:16:08 MET
 
 
 Bass Tabulature 
 
 Hotel California
 WEA 
 
 Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley
 
 Thanks to the French magazine "Guitar Part" and thanks to my ears,
 I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
 Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
 Fabien HADDADI, November 1995
 
 (I didn't bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)
 
 Symbols : g : ghost
 2/5: slide from 2 up 5
 \ : slide down to... from nowhere
 b : bend
 (lr) : let ring
 beat=72
 
 INTRO (play 2 times)

 G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
 E ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
 |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
 |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
 

 drum + +
 (play two verses)
 VERSES

 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
 

 drum + + + + + + + +

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------||
 |------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
 |2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
 |--------------------------------||
 

 
 CHORUS I (two times)

 ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
 ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
 ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
 ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
 |--4-----------4-------4-----4\--|2-------4-----------------------|
 |----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
 |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
 |----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||
 

 
 (play 2 verses)
 
 CHORUS II (two times)

 ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
 ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
 ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
 ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
 |--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
 |----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
 |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
 |----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||
 

 
 CODA I

 ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
 ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
 |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
 |0-0-----------------------------|-----------------------\--------||
 

 
 CODA II (While guitar solo plays)
 
 (play two times)

 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\5\----|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------||
 |------4---------4-------4---2/--||
 |2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
 |--------------------------------||
 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4\------|
 ||--------------9---9---------9\--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
 ||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
 |----7-------------7---7---7\----|------7-----------7-5---7\------|
 |5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7\------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5\------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
 |7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
 |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
 

 > > > >
 (play one time then repeat while fading...)

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
 

 (FADING...)
  Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eagles/hotel_california_btab_ver_3.html  
 
 From haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr Fri Dec 1 15:40:00 1995
                                                                    131.216.1.11                                                                                    
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 From: HADDADI Fabien
 Subject: BTAB: Hotel_california by EAGLES
 To: guitar@nevada.edu
 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 16:40:22 MET
             revision: 66.25 
 Mailer: Elm 
 Status: O
 
 Bass Tabulature 
 
 Hotel California, EAGLES
 WEA 
 
 Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley
 
 Thanks to the French magazine "Guitar Part" and thanks to my ears,
 I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
 Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
 Fabien HADDADI, November 1995
 
 (I didn't bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)
 
 Symbols : g : ghost
 2/5: slide from 2 up 5
 \ : slide down to... from nowhere
 b : bend
 (lr) : let ring
 beat=72
 
 INTRO (play 2 times)

 G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
 E ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
 |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
 |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
 

 drum + +
 (play two verses)
 VERSES

 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
 

 drum + + + + + + + +

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------||
 |------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
 |2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
 |--------------------------------||
 

 
 CHORUS I (two times)

 ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
 ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
 ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
 ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
 |--4-----------4-------4-----4\--|2-------4-----------------------|
 |----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
 |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
 |----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||
 

 
 (play 2 verses)
 
 CHORUS II (two times)

 ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
 ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
 ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
 ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
 |--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
 |----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
 |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
 |----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||
 

 
 CODA I

 ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
 ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
 |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
 |0-0-----------------------------|-----------------------\--------||
 

 
 CODA II (While guitar solo plays)
 
 (play two times)

 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\5\----|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
 

 
 >first time <

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 
 >second time

 |--------------------------------||
 |------4---------4-------4---2/--||
 |2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
 |--------------------------------||
 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4\------|
 ||--------------9---9---------9\--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
 ||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
 |----7-------------7---7---7\----|------7-----------7-5---7\------|
 |5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7\------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5\------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
 |0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
 |7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
 |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 

 > > > >

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
 

 > > > >
 (play one time then repeat while fading...)

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
 |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
 |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
 |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
 |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\------|
 |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
 |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
 |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
 |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
 |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
 |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
 

 (FADING...)

Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eagles/hotel_california_btab_ver_3.html

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