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Eagles - Hotel California

Chord diagram for Am
Chord diagram for E7
Chord diagram for G
Chord diagram for D
Chord diagram for F
Chord diagram for C
Chord diagram for Dm
Chord diagram for E
Chord diagram for D7
      For the song play each chords 7 times in a strumming pattern like this:
CHORDS:DDUUDUD

Just before your about to change the chord strum down twice then change.
D=Strum Down
U=Strum Up

So really the strumming pattern is this:
DDUUDUD...DD.

[Intro] х2
  Am               E7              G               D
E|-0-------------|-0-------------|-2------2------|-2------2------|
B|-1------1------|-0------0------|-0----0---0----|-3----3---3----|
G|-2----2---2----|-1----1---1----|-0--0-------0--|-2--2-------2--|
D|-2--2-------2--|-0--0-------0--|-0------------0|-0------------0|
A|-0------------0|-2------------2|-2-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|

   F               C               Dm              E
E|-1------1------|-0------0------|-1-------------|-0-------------|
B|-1----1---1----|-1----1---1----|-3------3------|-0------1------|
G|-2--2-------2--|-0--0-------0--|-2----2---2----|-1----1---1----|
D|-3------------3|-2------------2|-0--0-------0--|-2--2-------2--|
A|-3-------------|-3-------------|--------------0|-2------------2|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-------------|

[Verse]
Am                         E7
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
G                      D               
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
F                         C
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Dm
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
E
I had to stop for the night
Am                               E7       
There she stood in the doorway;  I heard the mission bell
G                                    
And I was thinking to myself 
              D
This could be heaven or this could be hell
F                         C
Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way
Dm
There were voices down the corridor, 
E7
I thought I heard them say...

[Chorus]
F                         C
 Welcome to the Hotel California.
E7                                         Am
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
F                                      C
There's Plenty of room at the Hotel California
     Dm                                    E7
Anytime of year,(anytime of year) You can find it here...

[Verse]
Am                           E7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, She got the Mercedes bends
G                                   D                     
She got a lot of pretty pretty boys that she calls friends
F                                 C
How they danced in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Dm                       E7 
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
Am                          E7
So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)
G                                     D 
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969
F                                       C
and still those voices are calling from far away
Dm
Wake you up in the middle of the night
E7
Just to hear them say

[Chorus]
F                         C
 Welcome to the Hotel California.
         E7                                         Am
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
      F                             C
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
       Dm                                                E7
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis

[Verse]
Am                      E7
Mirrors on the ceiling; the pink champagne on ice (and she said)
G                               D  
We are all just prisoners here, of our own device
F                             C
and in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast
Dm
They stab it with their steely knives but they
E7
just can't kill the beast
Am                             E7  
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
G                                     D  
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before 
F                                 C
"Relax" said the night man; we are programmed to receive
Dm
You can check out anytime you like
E7
But you can never leave

[Solo] x5
Am E7 G D7
F C Dm E7
    

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