Hotel California

{title:hotel california} [bm]on a dark desert highway, [f#]cool wind in my hair [a]warm smell of colitas, [e]rising through the air [g]up ahead in the distance, [d]i saw a shimering light [em]my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, [f#]i had to stop for the night [bm]there she stood in the doorway, [f#]i heard the mission bell [a]and i was thinking to myself: this could be [e]heaven or this could be hell [g]then she lit up a candle [d]and she showed me the way [em]there were voices down the corridor; [f#]i thought i heard them say: {start_of_chorus} "[g]welcome to the hotel califor[d]nia [f#]such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [bm]lovely face [g]plenty of room at the hotel califor[d]nia any [em]time of year (any time of year), you can [f#]find it here" {end_of_chorus} [bm]her mind is tiffany twisted, [f#]she got the mercedes benz [a]she got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, [e]that she calls friends [g]how they dance in the courtyard, [d]sweet summer sweat [em]some dance to remember, [f#]some dance to forget [bm]so i called up [a]"we haven't had [g]and still those [em]wake you up in

the captain, "[f#]please bring me my wine", he said that spirit here since [e]nineteen sixty-nine" voices are calling from [d]far away the middle of the night, [f#]just to hear them say:

"[g]welcome to the hotel califor[d]nia [f#]such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [bm]lovely face they [g]livin' it up at the hotel califor[d]nia what a [em]nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your [f#]alibis" [bm]mirrors on the ceiling, [f#]the pink champagne on ice, and she said "[a]we are all just prisoners here, [e]of our own device" [g]and in the master's chambers, [d]they gathered for the feast [em]they stab it with their steely knives but they [f#]just can't kill the beast [bm]last thing i remember, i was [f#]running for the door [a]i had to find the passage back to the [e]place i was before "[g]relax," said the night man, "we are [d]programmed to receive [em]you can check out any time you like, but [f#]you can never leave" {comment: chorus}

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