von Eagles

-- Intro

| A- E7 G D F C Dm E7 | x2 (Instrumental)

-- Verse
            
                On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
                
                Warm smell of colitas rising up 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

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

-- Chorus
            
                Chorus
                 
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                Welcome to the Hotel Cali
                
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                fornia.
                
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                Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a 
                
                A-
                 
                lovely face
                
                F
                 
                Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali
                
                C
                 
                fornia
                
                D-
                 
                Any time of year (any time of year), you can 
                
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                find it here

-- Verse

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty pretty boys that she calls friends

How they danced in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

-- Verse

So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969

and still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say...

-- Chorus

Welcome to the Hotel California.

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis

-- Verse

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

-- Verse

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 night man; we are programmed to receive

You can check out any time you like But you can never leave...

-- Outro

(Solo! more Solo!)