[Bass Tabulature]
Hotel California
[WEA]
Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley
Thanks to the French magazine "Guitar Part" and thanks to my ears,
I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
Fabien HADDADI, November 1995
(I didn't bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)
Symbols : g : ghost
2/5: slide from 2 up 5
\ : slide down to... from nowhere
b : bend
(lr) : let ring
beat=72
INTRO (play 2 times)
G ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
E ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
drum + +
(play two verses)
VERSES
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
drum + + + + + + + +
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
|2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
|--------------------------------||
CHORUS I (two times)
||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4-----------4-------4-----4\--|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
|----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||
(play 2 verses)
CHORUS II (two times)
||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7\--|
||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|
>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
|--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
|----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
>second time
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
|--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
|----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||
CODA I
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
|0-0-----------------------------|-----------------------\--------||
CODA II (While guitar solo plays)
(play two times)
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\5\----|
|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
>first time <
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
>second time
|--------------------------------||
|------4---------4-------4---2/--||
|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4\------|
||--------------9---9---------9\--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
|----7-------------7---7---7\----|------7-----------7-5---7\------|
|5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7\------|
|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5\------|
|3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
|0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
> > > >
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
> > > >
(play one time then repeat while fading...)
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
|----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
|7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10\-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
|----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
|5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8\------|
|--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
|------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
|----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
|3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5\------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
|----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
|0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
(FADING...)
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