Intro
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[Am]On a dark desert highway
[E]cool wind in my hair
[G]Warm smell of colitas
[D]rising up through the air
[F]Up ahead in the distance
[C]I saw a shimmering light
[Dm]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
[E]I had to stop for the night..
[Am]There she stood in the doorway
[E]I heard the mission bell
[G]And I was thinking to myself
this could be [D]heaven or this could be hell
[F]Then she lit up a candle
[C]and she showed me the way
T[Dm]here were voices down the corridor
[E]I thought I heard them say…
[Reff:]
[F]Welcome to the hotel Califo[C]rnia
such a l[E]ovely place (such a lovely place)
such a l[Am]ovely face
[F]Plenty of room at the hotel Calif[C]ornia
any t[Dm]ime of year (any time of year)
you can [E]find it here
[Am]Her mind is tiffany-twisted
[E]she got the Mercedes bends
[G]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
[D]that she calls friends
[F]How they dance in the courtyard
sw[C]eet summer sweat.
[Dm]Some dance to remember
[E]some dance to forget
[Am]So I called up the captain
[E]please bring me my wine
He said, we [G]haven t had that spirit here since
[D]nineteen sixty nine
[F]And still those voices are calling
from f[C]ar away
[Dm]Wake you up in the middle of the night
[E]just to hear them say
[Reff:]
[F]Welcome to the hotel Calif[C]ornia;
such a l[E]ovely place (such a lovely place)
such a [Am]lovely face
They’re [F]living it up at
the hotel Cal[C]ifornia
What a [Dm]nice surprise (What a nice surprise)
bring your a[E]libis..
[Am]Mirrors on the ceiling
[E]the pink champagne on ice, And she said
[G]we are all just prisoners here
[D]of our own device
[F]And in the master s chambers
[C]they gathered for the feast
[Dm]The stab it with their steely knives,
but they j[E]ust can t kill the beast
[Am]Last thing I remember, I was
[E]running for the door
[G]I had to find the passage back
to the [D]place I was before
[F]relax, said the night man
we are [C]programmed to receive
[Dm]You can checkout any time you like
[E]but you can never leave!
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