Eagles – Hotel California (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Hotel California Artist: Eagles Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=140, Beats on eigths are marked "+". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Mind the early chord changes.
[Intro]     (2x)
   Am!      +       +                  +       +         Em!      +       +                  +       +
E|--------------------------|-5a-----------------------|--------------------------|-7a-----------------------|
B|------------------5-------|-5a-----------------------|------------------8-------|-8a-----------------------|
G|----------5---------------|----------5-------7-------|----------9---------------|----------9-------9-------|
D|------7---------------7---|------7---------------5---|------9---------------9---|------9---------------9---|
A|--------------7-----------|--------------7-----------|--------------7-----------|--------------7-----------|
E|-5------------------------|-5a-----------------------|-7------------------------|-7a-----------------------|

   G!       +       +                  +       +         D!       +       +                  +       +
E|--------------------------|-3a-----------------------|--------------------------|-5a-----------------------|
B|------------------3-------|-3a---------------3-------|------------------7-------|-7a-----------------------|
G|----------4---------------|----------4---------------|----------7---------------|----------7-------7-------|
D|------5---------------5---|------5---------------5---|------7---------------7---|------7---------------7---|
A|--------------5-----------|--------------5-----------|--------------5-----------|--------------5-----------|
E|-3------------------------|-3a-----------------------|-5------------------------|-5a-----------------------|

   F!       +       +                  +       +         C!       +       +                  +       +
E|--------------------------|-1a-----------------------|--------------------------|-3a-----------------------|
B|------------------1-------|-1a---------------1-------|------------------5-------|-5a-----------------------|
G|----------2---------------|----------2---------------|----------5---------------|----------5-------5-------|
D|------3---------------3---|------3---------------3---|------5---------------5---|------5---------------5---|
A|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
E|-1------------------------|-1a-----------------------|-3------------------------|-3a-----------------------|

   Dm!      +       +                  +       +         Em       +       +                  +       +
E|--------------------------|-5a-----------------------|--------------------------|-4a-----------------------|
B|------------------6-------|-6a---------------5-------|------------------0-------|-0a-----------------------|
G|----------7---------------|----------7---------------|----------1---------------|----------1-------1-------|
D|------7---------------7---|------7---------------7---|------2---------------2---|------2---------------2---|
A|--------------5-----------|--------------5-----------|--------------2-----------|--------------2-----------|
E|-5------------------------|-5a-----------------------|-0------------------------|-0a-----------------------|

[Verse]     (2x)
   Am       +            +                           E7            +       +              +       +
E|------0---0---0------------|------0--------------|------0----0---------------|---------------------------|
B|------1---1---1----3---3---|-3----1---------0----|------0----0---3-------3---|---------------------------|
G|-------------------2---2---|-2---------2---------|-1-------------------------|----------1-------1--------|
D|------2------------2-------|------2---------2----|------2------------2-------|------2---------------2----|
A|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------|-----------2---------------|--------------2------------|
E|--------------0------------|-----------0---------|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|

   G6                 +              +       +          D9                 +         +       +
E|------0----0------------|------0--------------------|----------------0-------|---------------------------|
B|----------------3--p1---|-3-------------------------|------3----3--------3---|----p1---------------------|
G|------------------------|-0--------0-------0--------|------------------------|-------------2-------------|
D|------0---------0-------|------0---------------0----|------0---------0-------|---------0------------0----|
A|-----------2------------|--------------2------------|-----------0------------|-----------------0---------|
E|-3----------------------|-3-------------------------|-2----------------------|-2-------------------------|

  Fmaj7               +              +       +          C                  +              +       +
E|------0----0------------|------0--------------------|------0----0------------|---------------------------|
B|------1----1----3--p1---|-1-------------------------|------1----1----3--p1---|-1-------------------------|
G|----------------2-------|-2--------2-------2--------|------------------------|-0--------0-------0--------|
D|------3---------3-------|------3---------------3----|------2---------2-------|------2---------------2----|
A|-----------0------------|--------------0------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------------|
E|-1----------------------|-1-------------------------|-----------3------------|--------------3------------|

   Dm                             +       +          E7       +       +       +              +       +
E|---------------------|------0--------------------|------0-------0---4-------0---|--------------------------|
B|------3----3---p1----|-3--------3------p1--------|----------3-------------------|--------------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|----------1-------1-------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------------0----|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2---|
A|-----------0---------|--------------0------------|--------------2---------------|--------------2-----------|
E|-1-------------------|-1-------------------------|-0----------------------------|-0------------------------|

[Chorus]     (2x)
   F        +      +      +             +      +      +    C   +       +      +      +                    +
E|------1---1------1---------|-1----1---3------1------1--|-----0-----------3-/5------3--|-7--\5---\3---0--0--|
B|------1---1------1---------|-1----1---1------1------1--|-----1------------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------------2--|---------------------------|-------------0----------------|--------------------|
D|------3-------------3------|------3-------------3------|---------2-------------0------|-----0--------2-----|
A|--------------0------------|--------------0------------|-3---------------3------------|----------3---------|
E|-1-------------------------|-1-------------------------|------------------------------|-7------------------|
        Welcome     to    the  Hotel    California                                                     Such a
There's plenty of room at the  Hotel    California                                                     Any

                              /-----------------------------------1st pass----------------------------------\
   E7       +       +          E7       +       +       +     Am       +                    +        +
E|-0-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
B|------3---3----------------|----------------------3---3---|-3----1---1-------------|-----------------------|
G|------------------1--------|----------1-------1-----------|-------------------2----|------2--------2-------|
D|------2---------------2----|------2---------------2-------|------2-----------------|-----------2-------2---|
A|--------------2------------|--------------2---------------|-0------------2---------|-3---------------------|
E|-0-------------------------|-0----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
   lovely place    (such a lovely place),           such a    lovely   face
   time of year,   (any        

  /-----------------------------------2nd pass-----------------------------------------\
    E7      +       +       +     Am       +       +                   +       +
E|----------------------1---1---|-1----0---0----------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------1-------1-----------|------------------2--------|----------2-------2--------|
D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2----|------2---------------2----|
A|--------------2---------------|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------|--------------0------------|--------------0------------|
   time of year)        You can   find it here...
[Lyrics] On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air 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 There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself: This could be heaven or this could be hell Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face There's plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year, (any time of year) You can find it here... Her mind is Tiffany twisted, She got the Mercedes bends She got a lot of pretty pretty boys that she calls friends How they danced 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" (he said) "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969" And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face They're livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis 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 night man, "we are programmed to receive, You can check out any time you like but you can never leave" ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ! marks chords with bar/half-bar shape ************************************