Eagles - Hotel California (Live - Acoustic) guitar tab
Tabbed by Peter Tuyp(peter.tuyp@wxs.nl)
subject: Eagles - Hotel California (acoustic)
Originaly the song is played by three guitars. In the tab below I tried to
make a combination of it that you can play as a one man band.
Intro:
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Verse 1:
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
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warm smell of colitas, rising up thru' the air
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Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
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My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night
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Verse 2:
There she stood in the doorway, I heard a mission bell
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And I was thinking to myself, This could be heaven or this could be hell
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Then she lit up a candle and showed me the way
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There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say
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Chorus:
Welcome to the hotel California
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such a lovely place, such a lovely face
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Plenty of room in the hotel California
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Any time of year, you can find it here
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Verse 3:
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got a Mercedes Benz
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She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
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How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
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Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
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Verse 4:
So I called up the captain, Please bring me my wine
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We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine
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And still those voices are calling from far away
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Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say
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Cjorus:
Welcome to the hotel California
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such a lovely place, such a lovely face
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The're livin'it up at the hotel California
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What a nice surprise, bring your alibies
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Verse 5:
Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice
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And she said, we are all just prisoners here of our own device
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In the masters chambers, they gathered for the feast
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They stab it with their steely knifves, but they just van't kill the beast
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Verse 6:
Last thing I remebered, I was running for the door
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I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
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Relax said the night man we are programmed to receive
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You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave
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Solo:
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