[Intro]
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[Verse]
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on a dark desert highway
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cool wind in my hair
D
warm smell of colitas
A
rising up through the air
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up ahead in the distance
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i saw a shimmering light
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my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
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i had to stop for the night
Em
there she stood in the doorway
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i heard the mission bell
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and i was thinking to myself
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this could be heaven
or this could be hell
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then she lit up a candle
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and she showed me the way
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there were voices down the corridor
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i thought i heard them say
[Chorus]
CG
welcome to the hotel california
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such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
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such a lovely face
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plenty of room at the hotel california
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any time of year (any time of year)
B
you can find it here
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her mind is tiffany-twisted
B
she got the mercedes bends
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she got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
A
that she calls friends
C
how they dance in the courtyard
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sweet summer sweat
Am
some dance to remember
B
some dance to forget
Em
so i called up the captain
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please bring me my wine
D
he said, we haven’t
had that spirit here since
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nineteen sixty nine
CAnd still those voices are calling
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from far away
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wake you up in the middle of the night
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just to hear them say
[Chorus]
CG
Welcome to the hotel california
B
such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
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such a lovely face
C
they’re living it up
G
at the hotel california
Am
what a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
B
bring your alibis
Em
mirrors on the ceiling
B
the pink champagne on ice.. and she said
D
we are all just prisoners here
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of our own device
C
and in the master s chambers
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they gathered for the feast
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the stab it with their steely knives,
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but they just can’t kill the beast
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last thing i remember
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(i was) running for the door
D
i had to find the passage back
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to the place i was before
C
relax, said the night man
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we are programmed to receive
Am
you can checkout any time you like
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but you can never leave
[Ending]
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