🎶 Hotel California

[A#m]On a dark desert highway, [F]cool wind in my hair
[Bbm]Warm smell of colitas, [D]rising through the air
[Db]Up ahead in the distance, [Cb]I saw a shimering light
[D#]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, [F]I had to stop for the night
[A#m]There she stood in the doorway, [F]I heard the mission bell
[Bbm]And I was thinking to myself: this could be [D]heaven or this could be hell
[Db]Then she lit up a candle [Cb]and she showed me the way
[D#]There were voices down the corridor; [F]I thought I heard them say:
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" [Db]Welcome to the Hotel [Cb]Califor nia
[F]Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [A#m]lovely face
[Db]Plenty of room at the Hotel Califor [Cb]nia
Any [D#]time of year (any time of year), you can [F]find it here"
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[A#m]Her mind is Tiffany twisted, [F]she got the Mercedes Benz
[Bbm]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, [D]that she calls friends
[Db]How they dance in the courtyard, [Cb]sweet summer sweat
[D#]Some dance to remember, [F]some dance to forget
[A#m]So I called up the captain, [F]" Please bring me my wine", He said
[Bbm]"We haven't had that spirit here since [D]nineteen sixty-nine"
[Db]And still those voices are calling from [Cb]far away
[D#]Wake you up in the middle of the night, [F]just to hear them say:
" [Db]Welcome to the Hotel [Cb]Califor nia
[F]Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [A#m]lovely face
They [Db]livin' it up at the Hotel Califor [Cb]nia
What a [D#]nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your [F]alibis"
[A#m]Mirrors on the ceiling, [F]the pink champagne on ice, and she said
" [Bbm]We are all just prisoners here, [D]of our own device"
[Db]And in the master's chambers, [Cb]they gathered for the feast
[D#]They stab it with their steely knives but they [F]just can't kill the beast
[A#m]Last thing I remember, I was [F]running for the door
[Bbm]I had to find the passage back to the [D]place I was before
" [Db]Relax, " said the night man, "We are [Cb]programmed to receive
[D#]You can check out any time you like, but [F]you can never leave".⠀⠀