Hotel

California

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Bm F♯7 A E G

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6 D Em F♯7 Bm F♯7

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11 A E G D Em

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  

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      
                    
16 F♯7 Bm F♯7

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    
On a dark de sert high way cool wind in my hair

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           

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             
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19 A E G

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warm shell of co li tas ri sing up through the hair up ah ead in the di stance

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        

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22 D Em

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I saw a sum mer ing light My gead grew hea vy and my sight grew dim

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                        
24 F♯7 Bm F♯7

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3

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I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the door way; I heard the mis sion bell. He said

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                       
2

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       
27 A E G

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3 3

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And I was thin ing to my self: this could be hea ven or this could be hell. Then she lit up a can dle,

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30 D Em F♯7

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and she showed me the way.

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There were voic es down the cor ri dor; I thought I heard them say:

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           
33 G D F♯7

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"Wel come to the Ho tel Cal i for nia. Such a love ly place, (such a love ly place) such a

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36 Bm G D

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love ly face. Plen ty of room at the Ho tel Cal i for nia. An y

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                             
39 Em F♯7 Bm

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3

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          

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time of year (an y time of year) you can find it here." Her mind is Tif fa ny twist ed.

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42 F♯7 A E

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3

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She got the Mer ce des bends. She got a lot of pret ty, pret ty bo ys she calls fiends.

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          
45 G D Em

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How they dance in the court yard; sweet sum mer swear. Some dance to re mem ber;

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3

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48 F♯7 Bm F♯7

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3

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some dance to for get. So I called up the cap tain: "Please, bring me my wine." (He said)

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                    
51 A E
3 3 3 3

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"We have n't had that spir it here since nine teen six ty nine."

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                             
53 G D Em

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And still those voi ces are call ing from far a way; wake you up in the mid dle of the night

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          

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       

       
                        
56 F♯7 G D

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just to hear them say: "Wel come to the Ho tel Cal i for nia. Such a

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                  
59 F♯7 Bm G

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love ly place, (such a love ly place) such a love ly face. They liv in' it up at the Ho tel Ca li for

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        
                        
62 D Em F♯7

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nia. What a nice sur prise; (what a nice sur prise) bring your al i bis."

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                 
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    
65 Bm F♯7 A

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Mir rors on the cei ling, the pink cham pagne on ice, (and she  said) We are all just pris on ers here

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of your own de vice." And in the mas ter's cham bers, they gath ered for the feast.

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71 Em F♯7

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They stab it with their steel y knives, but they just can't kill the beast.

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73 Bm F♯7 A

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Last thing I re mem ber, I was run ning for the door. I had to find the pas sage back to the

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(and she said)

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place I was be fo re "Re lax," said the night man. "We are pro grammed to re ceive.

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You can check out an y time you like, but just can nev er leave."

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82 F♯7 A E

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85 G D Em F♯7

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89 G D Em F♯7 Bm

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