Hotel California

Eagles

 
Am Em
 
---On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair –
 
G D
 
Warm smell of calitas, rising up through the air
 
F C
 
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light ;
 
Dm E
 
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night.
 
---And there she stood in the doorwaay, I heard a mission bell ;
 
And I was tthinking to my self, 
 
" This could be heaven and this could be hell… "
 
Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way,
 
There were voices down the corridor, and I heard them say –
 
---Refrain :
 
F C
 
" Welcome to the hotel " california ",
 
Dm Am
 
Such a lavely place, such a lovely face,
 
Am
 
Such a lovely face, such a lovely face,
 
Em – E - F
 
Plenty of room at the hotel " calfornia ",
 
Dm E
 
Any time of year, you can find it here… "
 
---Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got a mercedes-benz ; she got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
 
How they dance in the countyear – Sweat summer sweat ; some dance to remember, some dance to forget…
 
---So I called up the captain, " please, bring me my wine ! "
 
He said – " We haven’t had that spirit heresince ninteen sixty-nine…
 
But still those voices are comin’ from fa-ar away, wake you up in the middle of the night,
 
Just to hear them say…
 
---Refrain.
 
---Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
 
And she said ‘We are all just prisoners here, of our own to device’ – and in the master’s chambers,
 
They gathered for the feast, the 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 night man, we are programmed to receive.
 
You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.
 
---Refrain