Originally in Bm, I play in Am
Am | E |
On a dark desert highway, | cool wind in my hair |
G | D |
Warm smell of colitas, | rising up through the air |
F | C |
Up ahead in the distance, | I saw a shimmering light |
Dm |
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim |
E |
I had to stop for the night |
Am | E |
There she stood in the doorway, | I heard the mission bell |
G |
And I was thinking to myself |
D | |
This could be | heaven or this could be hell |
F | C |
Then she lit up a candle | and she showed me the way |
Dm |
There were voices down the corridor |
E |
I thought I heard them say |
F | C |
Welcome to the Hotel Cali | fornia |
Dm | |
Such a | lovely place |
Am | |
Such a | lovely face |
F | C |
Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali | fornia |
Dm | E | |
Any | time of year, you can | find it here |
Am | E |
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, | she got the Mercedes bends |
G | D |
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, | that she calls friends |
F | C |
How they dance in the courtyard, | sweet summer sweat |
Dm | E |
Some dance to remember, | some dance to forget |
Am |
So I called up the captain |
E |
Please bring me my wine |
G | D | |
He said, | we haven’t had that spirit here since | nineteen sixty-nine |
F | C |
And still those voices are calling from | far away |
Dm |
Wake you up in the middle of the night |
E |
Just to hear them say |
F | C |
Welcome to the Hotel Cali | fornia |
Dm | |
Such a | lovely place |
Am | |
Such a | lovely face |
F | C | |
We’re | livin’ it up at the Hotel Cali | fornia |
Dm | E | |
What a | nice surprise, bring your ali | bis |
Let ring
Am |
Mirrors on the ceiling |
E |
Pink champagne on ice |
G | D | |
And she said | we are all just prisoners here, | of our own device |
F |
And in the master’s chambers |
C | |
They are | gathered for the feast |
Dm |
They stab it with their steely knives |
E | |
But they | just can’t kill the beast |
Back to tempo
Am |
Last thing I remember |
E | |
I was | running for the door |
G |
I had to find the passage back |
D | |
To the | place I was before |
F |
Relax, said the night man |
C | |
We are | programmed to receive |
Dm |
You can check out any time you like |
E | |
But | you can never leave |
Am |