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Hotel California – EAGLES

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Bm
  On a dark desert highway
F#
  Cool wind in my hair
A
  Warm smell of colitas
E
  Rising up through the air
G
  Up ahead in the distance
D
  I saw shimmering light
Em
  My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
F#
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

G                          D
  Welcome to the Hotel California
       F#m
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
       Bm
Such a lovely face
G                               D
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
    Em
Any time of year (any time of year)
        F#
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
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
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 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!"

Songwriter/Composer Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder
Album/Movie/Genre Eagles

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