Hotel california   Eagles

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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 20:34:13 -0400




     I just thought I'd post a somewhat easier for playing version of the
Eagles' "Hotel California": this might be the perfect choice for the
beginners who happen to be crazy about the song. So here it is.

  - HOTEL "CALIFORNIA" -


Am   
 On a dark desert highway
Em
 Cool wind in my hair - 
G
 Warm smell of coletus
D
 Rising up thru the air
F
 Up ahead in the distance
C
 I saw a shimmer of light;
Dm
 My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
Em - E
 I had to stop for the night -


And there she stood in the doorway,
I heard the mission bell;
And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be heaven 
                      and this could be hell..."
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way,
There were voices down the corridor,
And I heard'em say -

F                            C
 "Welcome to the Hotel "California",
Dm
 Such a lovely place,
                           Am               
                    Such a lovely face,
Em- E -F                                  C
        Plenty of room in the Hotel "California",
      Dm
 Any time of year 
 
                 (Any time of year)
          E     
 You can find it here..."


(all the other verses and the chorus part are no different; just follow the
model above.)


Her mind is tiffany-twisted,
She got a Mersedes-Benz;
She got a lot, a lot of pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the cortyard -
Sweet summer sweat;
Some dance to remember,
Some dance to forget...

So I called up the Captain,
"Please, bring me my wine!"
(He said) - 
          "We haven't had that spirit here since
Nineteen sixty-nine...
But still those voices are comin' from fa-ar away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night,
Just to hear'em say,


"Welcome to the Hotel "California',
Such a lovely place,
                   Such a lovely face,
Living it up in the Hotel "California".
What a nice surprise,
                   When you're out of lies..."



Mirrors on the ceiling,
They drink champaign on ice,
(And she said,)
       "We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device;
In the Master's chambers
They gathered for the fiest - 
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they
         just
              can't
                     kill the beast!"

Last thing I remember -
I was
       running for the door,
I tried to get my passage back
To the place I was before,
"Relax," - said the nightman,-
"We are all
           programmed to receive,
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!..."


The solo part, which as you know takes three thirds of a song, I don't 
know about: I have figured if you're a beginner, forget 'bout the solo part.
Eitherway I did at the time.



     Open for questions and comments,

ART BAI (ab001@snoopy.bridgewater.edu)




In article ,
mongeau@ferrari.nmc.ed.ray.com (Mike Mongeau) says:

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

 Bm                               F>There she stood in the doorway;  I heard the mission bell
 A                                          E
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>There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say

CHORUS
------
 G                        D
Welcome to the Hotel California.
        Em                   Bm7
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
    G                               D
(1)Plenty of room at the Hotel California
(2)They livin' it up at the Hotel California
        Em                                      F>(1)Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here
(2)What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) bring your alibis


Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain;  "Please bring me my wine."
"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say

CHORUS (with ending 2)

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

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
"Relax" said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive"
"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"

(Instrumental and fade)

-----------------------------------------------------------
Chords used:

        E A D G B e
       +-----------+
 Bm      2 2 4 4 3 2   bar at 2nd   or   x x 4 4 3 2
 Bm7     2 2 4 2 3 2   bar at 2nd   or   x x 4 2 3 2
 F A       0 0 2 2 2 0
 E       0 2 2 1 0 0
 G       3 2 0 0 0 3
 D       x 0 0 2 3 2
 Em      0 2 2 0 0 0
       +-----------+






                         HOTEL CALIFORNIA
		                      by
                                    Eagles

Transcribed by Norman Choo Jun Ann

Below is my transcription of Hotel California's rhythm part played on the 12
string 
acoustic. Its an easier one provided it is played with a capo on the 7th
fret. This 
is my first time tabbing so please let me know if there are any mistakes.

Capo up 7 frets

e-----------0-----------2-----------0-----------------0-----------0-------
B---0---0-------------0---2-4-----3-----3---------0-----------1-----------|
G-----0---0---0-2---2-----------2-----2---2-----0---0-------0-----------0-|
D-----------------1-----------0---------------2-----------2-----2---0h2---|
A-------------------------------------------4-----------3-----------------|
E-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------/

e-------3-----------------0-------------2---
B-----0-----0---------1-------------0-------|
G---0-----0---------0---0-------0-2---2-----|
D-----------------2-------------------------|
A-2-------------0-------------2-------------|
E-------------3-------------0---------------/

Norman Choo
norman@pop.jaring.my







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