Hotel California Chords

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:38:07 +0000

For any rock fan, learning how to pay Hotel California on the piano or the guitar is a must. This is one of the greatest songs to have ever graced the airways. So few songs have attained such a status, but Hotel California is one of those that have spanned the generations. People who were born around the time the song was released will definitely recognize it, and even younger generations recognize it as well. Thus, guitar and piano players who are fans of such a song would love to learn how they can cover the song.

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In order to cover the song, the first thing that you need to learn would be Hotel California Chords. Without the chords, you will not be able to play the accompaniment to the vocals. Whether you’re covering the full song, or simply doing an acoustic cover with a guitar or piano, chords are still important.

Without further adieu, here are the Hotel California chords that you are looking for:

Bm F#

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

A E

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

G D

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

Bm F#

There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell

A E

And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell

G D

Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way

Em F#

There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say

CHORUS

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G D

Welcome to the Hotel California.

Em Bm7

Such a lovely place, such a lovely face

G D

(1)Plenty of room at the Hotel California

(2)They livin’ it up at the Hotel California

Em F#

(1)Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here

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

(repeat chords for the next verses)

Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

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

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain; “Please bring me my wine.”

“We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine”

And still those voices are calling from far away

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

CHORUS (with ending 2)

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

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 nightman, “We are programmed to receive”

“You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave”

(Instrumental and fade)