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Hotel California Guitar Tab
Hotel California is an all time classic for The Eagles. A song that every guitar player should be able to play. The intro a nice picking line which you can play slowly if the original is too fast for you. I've also included the chords for the Verses and Chorus.
INTRO (Play this twice)
e|--------------------7--10--12---------9----------9----------|
B|--7-----7-----7-------------------11-----11-------------11--|
G|--7--7-----------7-----7---9------11---------11-----11------|
D|--9--------9----------------------8-------------------------|
A|--9---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---------------------------------------------------------|
e|--5-----5--5--7--5--------5--7--7-----------7-----7--------7--|
B|-----5-----------------5-----------7-----7-----------7--------|
G|-----------------------------------------7-----7--------7-----|
D|--7-----------------7--------7--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----7-----7--------7-------------10--|
B|--8-----------8--------8--10h12-------|
G|--7-----7--------7--------------------|
D|--9-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|------10----------10----------10----------10------|
B|--10------------------------------10----------11--|
G|----------11--11------11--11----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------12----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-----7-----7--------7--7---------------9------9----------9--|
B|--------------8--8--------8----------------------11---------|
G|--9-----9--------------------9-----11-----11---------11-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------10----9------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Here are the chords for the verse and chorus of the song. Unfortunetaly, I'm not legally allowed to display the lyrics on my site, but you can find a accurate copy here.
VERSE (Starts with "On a dark desert...")
[Bm] [F#]
[A] [E]
[G] [D]
[Em] [F#]
[Bm] [F#]
[A] [E]
[G] [D]
[Em]There were voices down the corridor; [F#]I thought I heard them say:
CHORUS (Starts with "Welcome to the Hotel..."
[G] [D]
[F#] [Bm]
[G] [D]
[Em] [F#]