Hotel California Uke tab by The Eagles

7 Chords used in the song: Am, E7, G, D, F, Dm, C

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Artist: 
Year:  1976
Difficulty: 
3.36
(Beginner)
Key: AmChords
Am chordAm                        E7 chordE7
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
G chordG D chordD
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
F chordF
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Dm chordDm
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
E7 chordE7
I had to stop for the night

Am chordAm
There she stood in the doorway;
E7 chordE7
I heard the mission bell
G chordG
And I was thinking to myself,
D chordD
“This could be Heaven or this could be Hell”
F chordF C chordC
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
Dm chordDm
There were voices down the corridor,
E7 chordE7
I thought I heard them say…

Chorus:
F chordF C chordC
Welcome to the Hotel California
E7 chordE7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Am chordAm
Such a lovely face
F chordF
Plenty of room at the Hotel
C chordC
California
Dm chordDm
Any time of year (Any time of year)
E7 chordE7
You can find it here

Verse:
Am chordAm E7 chordE7
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
G chordG D chordD
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
F chordF
How they dance in the courtyard,
C chordC
sweet summer sweat.
Dm chordDm E7 chordE7
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget


Am chordAm
So I called up the Captain,
E7 chordE7
“Please bring me my wine”
G chordG
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
D chordD
since nineteen sixty nine”
F chordF
And still those voices are calling from
C chordC
far away,
Dm chordDm
Wake you up in the middle of the night
E7 chordE7
Just to hear them say…


Chorus:
F chordF C chordC
Welcome to the Hotel California
E7 chordE7
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Am chordAm
Such a lovely face
F chordF
Plenty of room at the Hotel
C chordC
California
Dm chordDm
Any time of year (Any time of year)
E7 chordE7
You can find it here


Am chordAm
Mirrors on the ceiling,
E7 chordE7
The pink champagne on ice
G chordG
And she said “We are all just prisoners
D chordD
here, of our own device”
F chordF
And in the master’s chambers,
C chordC
They gathered for the feast
Dm chordDm
They stab it with their steely knives,
E7 chordE7
But they just can’t kill the beast

Am chordAm
Last thing I remember, I was
E7 chordE7
Running for the door
G chordG
I had to find the passage back
D chordD
To the place I was before
F chordF
“Relax, ” said the night man,
C chordC
“We are programmed to receive.
Dm chordDm
You can check-out any time you like,
E7 chordE7
But you can never leave! ”



Solo:
Am chordAmE7 chordE7G chordGD chordDF chordFC chordCDm chordDmE7 chordE7

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Second chorus lyrics are:
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

Other than that, the chords are on point other than what ignacimo98 pointed out.
21 May 2019
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ignacimo98 avatar
Missing a C at "I saw a shimmering light"
01 Aug 2017
Correction

About this song: Hotel California

Hotel California is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in early 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh. "Hotel California" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in May 1977. Read more on Last.fm.

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