Hotel California

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= 74

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Bm F♯7 A E7

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     
   

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              
G D Em7

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5

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                              
8 F♯7 Bm F♯7 A

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       
    
   

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           
E7 G D

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12

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    
   

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                     
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Em7 F♯7 Bm

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15

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On a dark de sert high way

       
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     
          
F♯7 A

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18

    
cool wind in my hair warm shell of co li tas

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2

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               
       
20 E7 G
3 3

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 
      
ri sing up through the hair up ah ead in the di stance

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D

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22

     

    
I saw a sum mer ing light

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
               
  
23 Em7 F♯7

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3

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     
My gead grew hea vy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night.

              

  
               
Bm F♯7

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25

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He said

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There she stood in the door way; I heard the mis sion bell.

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     

 
                     
27 A E7
3

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   
And I was thin ing to my self: this could be hea ven or this could be hell.

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3

 
         
G D

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29
3

   
Then she lit up a can dle, and she showed me the way.

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                    
31 Em7 F♯7

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

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               
                      
G D

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33

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"Wel come to the Ho tel Cal i for nia. Such a

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           
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F♯7 Bm

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35

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        
love ly place, (such a love ly place) such a love ly face.

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       
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              
               
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G D

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37

  

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

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4

                    
39 Em7 F♯7

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            
time of year (an y time of year) you can find it here."

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   

 
                  
41 Bm F♯7
3

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3

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Her mind is Tif fa ny twist ed. She got the Mer ce des bends.

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

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
                    
A E7

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43

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She got a lot of pret ty, pret ty bo ys she calls fiends.

         
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    
    
G D

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45
3

      
How they dance in the court yard; sweet sum mer swear.

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    
 
        
Em7 F♯7

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47

          

     
Some dance to re mem ber; some dance to for get.

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5

                   
49 Bm F♯7

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3

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

He said

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      
  3  3
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A E7

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51
3 3

     

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

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       
    
                   
53 G D

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And still those voi ces are call ing from far a way;

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               

 
      
       
Em7 F♯7

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55

            

     
wake you up in the mid dle of the night just to hear them say:

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                

           
                    
57 G D

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             
"Wel come to the Ho tel Cal i for nia. Such a

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6

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            
 
F♯7 Bm

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59



        
love ly place, (such a love ly place) such a love ly face. They

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       
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                     
                
61 G D

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     
liv in' it up at the Ho tel Ca li for nia. What a

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          


 
                   
63 Em7 F♯7

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     
 
nice sur prise; (what a nice sur prise) bring your al i bis."

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

  
3

   
Mir rors on the cei ling, the pink cham pagne on ice, (and she said)
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     
 

                
   
67 A E7


3

     
We are all just pris on ers here of your own de vice."

  
  
             
7

     

G D


69


3 3

      
And in the mas ter's cham bers, they gath ered for the feast.

    

            
          
71 Em7 F♯7

3 3

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

   
      

   
          
 
Bm F♯7

 
73

   

     
Last thing I re mem ber, I was run ning for the door. (and she said)

      
      
    

   
       
A E7

      
75

    

            
I had to find the pas sage back to the place I was be fo re

      
    

 
  
         
G D

   
77

     
"Re lax," said the night man. "We are pro grammed to re ceive.

  
         
    
 
8

                     
79 Em7 F♯7
3

     


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

 
          

                           

81 Bm F♯7 A

   
   
  
    
          

                
    
84 E7 G D

     
                     

               
            
87 Em7 F♯7 G

     
     


             


            
D Em7 F♯7 Bm

 
90

         
    
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     