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Hotel California Eagles


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Artist: Eagles
Song: Hotel California


/* Hotel California
-----------------------------------------------
	   The Eagles

> THIS HAS THE INTRO, STUFF IN BETWEEN, AND THE END INSTUMENTAL!

> This is the "Hotel California" from Eagles, the Very Best Of. 
 
> I wrote this song in intervals of about 3 seconds from my ear.
   After the CD played 3 notes, 
   I paused it and wrote them down as best as I could.

> This was my first song I wrote from ear, and it took about six months.
   About twenty to thirty seconds from the song's end 
   and about a month or two from when I started, I quit 
   because I got sick of tabbing it and the song itself.
   I picked it up a few months later, though because I figured that since 
   I was so close to being done, I figured that I might as well finish.

> To get a real idea how fast and when to 
   play each note, listen to the CD


> NORMAL TUNING (EADGBE)

;Tabbed by: Wes Jackson
;Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Corrections?:
;E-mail: wormhole999@aol.com (write a subject if you e-mail, please)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"~" means hold note for 1 extra count
"~~" means hold note for two extra counts


"-2/4-" means play 2, then slide to 4 
"-2*--"
"----4*--" means play 2, then quickly change to 4. 
Sometimes you may need to slide. 


When: "-2*---5*--1*--6*", play only pairs fast.
When: "-2*-3-4-5-2*-", play through whole section fast
(even for: E|-------6*---
	   B|-----8-------
	   G|-2*----------)

| /  slide up
|   slide down



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Artist: Eagles
Song: Hotel California

/* Hotel California
-----------------------------------------------
	   The Eagles

>> THIS HAS THE INTRO, STUFF IN BETWEEN, AND THE END INSTUMENTAL!

>> This is the "Hotel California" from Eagles, the Very Best Of. 
 
>> I wrote this song in intervals of about 3 seconds from my ear.
   After the CD played 3 notes, 
   I paused it and wrote them down as best as I could.

>> This was my first song I wrote from ear, and it took about six months.
   About twenty to thirty seconds from the song's end 
   and about a month or two from when I started, I quit 
   because I got sick of tabbing it and the song itself.
   I picked it up a few months later, though because I figured that since 
   I was so close to being done, I figured that I might as well finish.

>> To get a real idea how fast and when to 
   play each note, listen to the CD

>> NORMAL TUNING (EADGBE)

;Tabbed by: Wes Jackson
;Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Corrections?:
;E-mail: wormhole999@aol.com (write a subject if you e-mail, please)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"~" means hold note for 1 extra count
"~~" means hold note for two extra counts

"-2/4-" means play 2, then slide to 4 
"-2*--"
"----4*--" means play 2, then quickly change to 4. 
Sometimes you may need to slide.

When: "-2*---5*--1*--6*", play only pairs fast.
When: "-2*-3-4-5-2*-", play through whole section fast
(even for: E|-------6*---
	   B|-----8-------
	   G|-2*----------)

| /  slide up
|   slide down

----------------------------------------------------------------*//*

<< 6/22/04

Part A	
	        (slow)
{	
e|-----------7~----0----------------------------------------------|
G|-0~-2/3-0-----3---------2/3-2-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------3----------3------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~-2/4-2-2~2----1~-4-4*--------4*------------------------------|
D|---------------------------4*-0*--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-0*------0*----------3*----3-3*-3*-------------------------|
G|-0------0*-0*----0-2*-4------2-----------2*-2*------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------0-0*----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------2*----2*-----------------|
G|---4-4*-0*-0*-4*------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------2-4-------------4*---------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
}
	
	**You can either repeat PART A, 
	  or play the one below instead***
		(slow)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~-2-4-2~-0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4~-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4~-----2~------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2~-4---0~------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2~-4---4~------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

**Play this while he sings**

e|-----------7~----0----------------------------------------------|
G|-0~-2/3-0-----3----------2/3-2----------------------------------|
D|----------------------3----------3------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~-2*-4*-2-2~2----1~-1*-4-1-----4------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4-0--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0---0--------3*---3--------3-------------------------------|
G|-------0---0-2*-4----2---2-0------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------0---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas,
rising uo through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
I had to stop for the night

**Play with a lot of distortion**

B|-3--------------------------------------------------------------|
There she stood in the doorway,

e|---0-0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2----2---2-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

**Or play:**
B|-2--------------------------------------------------------------|

I heard the mission bell
	
B|-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------|

**Or play:**
B|-2--------------------------------------------------------------|

And I was thinking to myself, 	
this could be 
	
B|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|
heaven or this could be hell
	
B|-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------|

**Or play:**
B|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|

Then she lit up a candle

G|-2--------------------------------------------------------------|	
And showed me the way

G|-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------------|

**Or play:**
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------4*-3~--------------------------------------------------|
D|-2~*-4~~--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
There were voices down the corridor,
	
e|-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------|

I thought I heard them say,

(play fast w/distortion)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0*---------------------------------------------------|
A|------2-4-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2*-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
Welcome to the hotel California

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------2-0--------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-2*-0-----2------------------------------------------------|
D|-3*-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Such a lovely place (soft echo)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-2-4------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-4------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the hotel California
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-0*-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2*-----0*------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0*---4*--------------------------------------------|
A|-----------0*---------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------12-12-12*-12*-12*-12*------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Any time of year (soft echo) you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany twisted (play while he's singing:)		
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-2-4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------4~~----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
She got the Mercedes Benz

A|-4~~------------------------------------------------------------|
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

A|-2~~------------------------------------------------------------|
She calls friends

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-4*-2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2*-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

How they dance in the courtyard
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-4*-2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0*-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Sweet summer sweat

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-3~~----------------------------------------------------------|
Some dance to remember

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-1~-1-2-4-5~--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Some dance to forget

e|-10*-9-10*------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
So I called up the captain

e|----9*-8-9*-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-2~-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Please bring me my wine

e|----7*-6-7*-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0~-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2-2*-1-2*-5*-4~-----------------------------|
A|-5*-4-5*~-0-5*-4-5*---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
And still those voices are calling from far, far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night

just to hear them say

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------0*--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------2-4------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-3*-----------------------------------------------------------|

Welcome to the Hotel California

e|--------------------------10*-9*~~------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4*-4*-2-0*-0-2-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Such a lovely place, (soft repeat)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0--------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-4-0-2*-4*----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Such a lovely face

They livin' it up at the Hotel California
e|-7-10*-10*-7*-5-2*-14*-12*--------------------------------------|

What a nice surprise
e|-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------|

Bring your alibis
e|-2~-------------------------------------------------------------|

(Play part A)
Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, 
we are all just visitors here,
of our own device
And in the masters chambers
they gathered for the feast
they stab it their steely knives
but they just cant kill the beast*

e|--------------0-2-----------------------------------------------|
B|------76/7~--------2~-76/7------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Last thing I rember,
I was running for the door
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2~-21/2--------54/5------------------------------------------|
G|------------4~--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
I had to find the passage back
to the place I was before
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----32/3------32/3--------------------------------------------|
G|-4~---------2~--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Relax, said the nightman
we are programmed to receive

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----43/4-4-43/4----------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

you can check out any time you like  
but you can never leave

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO 
	(Play fast)

e|-----------10~-5/7-0----0-2*------------------------------------|
B|-0-2/3----------------3*-----3----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------3~-4*-5-6-3*-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----0-2---------------0-2---------------7*-10-7*-2-5-4----------|
B|-3------3-0------0~-3------3-0------0---------------------------|
G|---------------3-----------------3---3--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------0~-----0-----0----------2-10-2-0-------------------------|
B|-3*-------3*----0-3---0----------------3-32/3------------------|
G|----4*--------------------2-0-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----0-3*-3*-2-0*-2*-3-3-3-2*-0-2*-5*-2*-7*-2*-1-0-2*-----------|
B|-3*-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2---4*---4-4-4*---4-----------------------------------------|
D|-4---4----4------------4---2*-2-2-0-4*~-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-5~-0-2--------5*-6-7*-5*-2-5*-7*-10-7-6-5-4*-------------------|
B|-----------3-0--------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------0*----2-5-2*-0-------0-2-3-4-5-2-0-------0-------------|
B|-0-0-3----3*-------------3*-----------------3~*-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-2-5-5-2*-1-2*-2*-0----2-5*---5*-2*-1-2*------------------------|
B|--------------------3*------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------7~-7-7-------------6~--------------------------------|
B|-3*-2-0*----------7*-5-3*-3-0-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-2-1-1-1-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------7*-5-0*-7*-5*-0----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------4--------1-2*--------------|
D|---------------------------------------4-0*-4-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-7-10-2-5-0-2---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-5-0-3-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0-2---------2----------------------------|
D|---------------------------0*-2-4*---4*-2-0*--------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------0-2----------------------------------|
G|----0~-0-2-4-3~-3-3---------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

PART B
{
e|-2-------2-------2------2-------2-------------------------------|
B|----3-0----3-0----3-0----3-0------0-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-----0-----0-----6~-------------------------------------------|
B|---2-----2------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-----3----3-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------------------------------|
B|---2-----2-----2-----2------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2---2------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3------3------3-----9------------------------------------------|
G|---4-0----4-0-----0---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------------------------------------|
G|---4-----4-----4-----4------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0---0------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

(where I quit tabbing before finishing it 5 months later!)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------7------------------------------------------|
G|-2-0-----2-0-----2----------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-------4-----4--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-0-----4-0-----4-0-----4-0-----4------------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-----2----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------6--------------------------------|
B|-2-------2-------2-------2--------------------------------------|
G|---3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-------4-------4-----4------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
}

**repeat part B and fade**

<< 12/11/04

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