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Article: 2359 of alt.guitar.tab
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From: mario@theglove.Canada.Sun.Com (Mario Dorion # extra topping $1.75)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ: Hotel California
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Date: 17 Sep 92 14:21:15 GMT
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In article 878@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk, sch@getafix (Simon Hamner) writes:
>I know this has probably been done to death, but if anyone has the
>tab and/or chords for Hotel California, I'd be really grateful if they
>could e-mail them to me.
Here it is in "tabpro" format. I also include the PostScript version
generated by chord V1.2.
Mario Dorion - Sun Montreal
{title:Hotel California}
{subtitle:Felder, Henley & Frey}
# Typed in by Mario Dorion (Mario.Dorion@Canada.Sun.Com) from a songbook.
#
# Format is for the "chord" (or "chopro") PostScript chord formatting utility.
# Chord V1.2 is a public domain utility developped by
# Martin.Leclerc@Canada.Sun.Com and Mario.Dorion@Canada.Sun.Com
#
[Bm]On a dark desert highway, [F#]cool wind in my hair
[A]Warm smell of colitas, [E]rising through the air
[G]Up ahead in the distance, [D]I saw a shimering light
[Em]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, [F#]I had to stop for the night
[Bm]There she stood in the doorway, [F#]I heard the mission bell
[A]And I was thinking to myself: this could be [E]heaven or this could be hell
[G]Then she lit up a candle [D]and she showed me the way
[Em]There were voices down the corridor; [F#]I thought I heard them say:
{start_of_chorus}
"[G]Welcome to the Hotel Califor[D]nia
[F#]Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [Bm]lovely face
[G]Plenty of room at the Hotel Califor[D]nia
Any [Em]time of year (any time of year), you can [F#]find it here"
{end_of_chorus}
[Bm]Her mind is Tiffany twisted, [F#]she got the Mercedes Benz
[A]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, [E]that she calls friends
[G]How they dance in the courtyard, [D]sweet summer sweat
[Em]Some dance to remember, [F#]some dance to forget
[Bm]So I called up the captain, "[F#]Please bring me my wine", He said
[A]"We haven't had that spirit here since [E]nineteen sixty-nine"
[G]And still those voices are calling from [D]far away
[Em]Wake you up in the middle of the night, [F#]just to hear them say:
"[G]Welcome to the Hotel Califor[D]nia
[F#]Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a [Bm]lovely face
They [G]livin' it up at the Hotel Califor[D]nia
What a [Em]nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your [F#]alibis"
[Bm]Mirrors on the ceiling, [F#]the pink champagne on ice, and she said
"[A]We are all just prisoners here, [E]of our own device"
[G]And in the master's chambers, [D]they gathered for the feast
[Em]They stab it with their steely knives but they [F#]just can't kill the beast
[Bm]Last thing I remember, I was [F#]running for the door
[A]I had to find the passage back to the [E]place I was before
"[G]Relax," said the night man, "We are [D]programmed to receive
[Em]You can check out any time you like, but [F#]you can never leave"
{comment: chorus}
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