The Eagles
Desperado Guitar Bass Drum Keyboard Lyrics Harmonica
Hotel California Guitar Bass Drum Keyboard Lyrics Harmonica
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(CROSSHARP)
-6 6 6 -5 -6 6 6 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
Des-per-a-do, why don't you come to your sen-ses,
-5 -5 -6 7 -6 -8 7 4 -6 6 6
You've been out rid-in. fen-ces for so long now,
-6 6 -5 -6 7
Oh you're a hard one,
-6 6 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
I know that you've got your rea-sons,
-5 -6 7 -6 -8 7 -6
These things that are pleas-in. you
4 6 -6 6 -5
can hurt you some-how.
-5 -5 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 -8 7
Don't you draw the queen of dia-monds boy,
7 -8 7 -8 7 7 -6
she'll beat you if she's a-ble.
4 4 4 -5 -5 -6
You know the queen of hearts
-5 6 -5 -4 -5 -5
is al-ways your best bet.
-5 -5 -9 -9 -9 9 8 -8
Now it seems to me some fine things
-6 7 -8 -8 8 -9 7 -5
have been laid up-on your ta-ble,
-6 6 -6 -6 -8 -6 -5 -4 -6 6 6
But you on-ly want the ones that you can't get.
-6 6 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
Des-per-a-do,oh you ain't get-tin. no young-er,
-5 -6 7 7 7 -6
Your pain and your hung-er,
-6 -6 6 6 6
they're driv-in. you home,
-5 -6 7 7 -6 -5
And free-dom, oh free-dom,
-5 6 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
well that's just some peo-ple talk-in..
-5 -6 7 -6 -8 7 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5
Your pris-on is walk-ing through this world all a-lone.
-5 -5 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 8 8
Don't your feet get cold in the win-ter-time,
-5 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -6
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine,
4 -5 -5 6 -5 6 -5 -5 7 -6
It's hard to tell the night-time from the day.
-5 -9 -9 -9 -10 8 -8 8
you're los-in. all your highs and lows,
-6 7 7 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -5 -5 6
Ain't it fun-ny how the feel-in. goes a-way?
-6 6 6 -5 -6 6 6 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
Des-per-a-do, why don't you come to your sens-es,
-5 -6 7 7 7 -6 -6 6 6 6
Come down from your fenc-es- op-en the gates.
-6 6 -5 -6 7 -6 6 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5
It may be rain-in., but there's a rain-bow a-bove you.
-6 6 -5 -6 7 7 -6 -8 7
You'd bet-ter let some-bo-dy love you,
-8 7 -5 -6 7 7 -6 -8 6
You'd bet-ter let some-bo-dy love you,
-5 6 -6 6 -5
be-fore it's too late.
Hotel California (Live Version)
*a 12 string strums each of the chords
*a classical guitar does the picking
Bm9 A/B (an A works as well)
|-9-------------------------------------|-X-------------------------------|
|-7---------------2-3-5-7-7/8\7-5/7~~~~-|-10-------3-2--------------------|
|-7--4-4h6p4p3-4------------------------|-9---2-4------0-2-2h4-2----------|
|-7-------------------------------------|-11----------------------4/2-----|
|-9-------------------------------------|-12--------------------------5/7-|
|-7-------------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
Em ******REPEAT****** F#7
-7--------0------0------0------0|---7p0----10p0-|-----7-6-7-9-10-9-10-12/14-2|
-8------0------0------0------0--|--8-----88-----|---8-----------------------2|
-9----0------2------4------7----|-9-----9-------|-9-------------------------3|
-9--2------4------5------9------|---------------|-----------------2----------|
-X------------------------------|---------------|---------------4------------|
-X------------------------------|---------------|-------------2--------------|
*5 BARS OF PERCUSSION THEN PLAY:
Bm9 A/B
|-9----2h3p2---2-2---2---|-------------|-X-----------------------
|-7----------5-----5---3-|-5p3---3-----|-10------3p2---2--2------
|-7--4-------------------|-----4---2/4-|-9---2-4-----4------2--4-
|-7----------------------|-------------|-11----------------------
|-9----------------------|-------------|-12----------------------
|-7----------------------|-------------|-9-----------------------
Em
-----------------7--9-10-9-10-|-12\-----------0--------0--------0-
-----5-8--7-7-8h10------------|-------------0--------0--------0---
-6-7--------------------------|----------00--------2--------4-----
------------------------------|-------2---------4--------5--------
------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------|-----------------------------------
F#7
-------0-7p0---10-12-10----|---9-9h10p9/7--7h9p7/6--3-2-2-2-3-2--0-2----------|
-----0------------------12-|-----------------------------------------3--2-----|
---7-----------------------|----------------------------------------------4-3-|
-9-----------9-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
*The next part is repeated throughout the song with minor variations
(capoed on 7th fret of a 12 string)
|-----------0-----|------2-----|------0-------|----------0-|----------0-------|
|-------0---------|----0---2-4-|----3-----3---|------0-----|------1-----------|
|-----0---0---0-2-|--2---------|--2-----2---2-|----0---0---|----0-----------0-|
|---2-------------|1-----------|0-------------|--2---------|--2-----2---0h2---|
|-----------------|------------|--------------|4-----------|3-----------------|
|-0---------------|------------|--------------|------------|------------------|
|-------3------|------------0---|-----------2---|
|-----0-----0--|--------1-------|-------0-------|
|---0-----0----|------0---0-----|---0-2---2-----|
|--------------|----2-----------|---------------|
|-2------------|--0-------------|-2-------------|
|-------------3|--------------0-|---------------|
*This is the bass run which leads into the song.
Bm F# A E
|----------|----------------|-----------|-------------0-|
|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------|-------1---1---|
|------2-4-|-2-----0h2p0----|-----------|-----0---0-----|
|-5--------|-------------4--|-4----5-7\-|2--2-----------|
|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
G D Em F#
|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
|-----------------|---0---/4----|-2----4-5-|-4h5p4p2-4-|
|-2----4---5-(5)\-|4----0-----5-|----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
Bm F#
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
A E
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
G D
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Em
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
F#
I had to stop for the night
Bm F#
There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell
A E
And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell
G D
Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way
Em F#
There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say
D---------5--
A---1-2-4-5--
E-2----------
G D *1st time *second time
Welcome to the Hotel California. B-3-3--3--3-------- E|-9--9--9-/7-7-7/5-5\
G-2-2--4--2-/6-4-2- B|-10-10-10/8-8-8/7-5\
D-----------/7-5-4-
A------------------
Em Bm7
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
D|---------2-4-5-
A|2--4--5--------
G D
(1)Plenty of room at the Hotel California E|-9--9-/7-7-7-7/5-5-5\
B|-10-10/8-8-8-8/7-7-7\
(2)They livin' it up at the Hotel California E|-9--9--9-/7-7-7/5-5\
B|-10-10-10/8-8-8/7-7\
Em F#
(1)Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here
(2)What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) bring your alibis
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the captain; "Please bring me my wine."
"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say
CHORUS (with ending 2)
Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
"Relax" said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive"
"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"
1st solo:
Bm F#
|-------|---------------------|-7-5-3-2----9-10-|
|-------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-|9--9-9-9-9\7-6-9-7-6-|-7-6-4-3---------|
|-8-9---|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------|---------------------|-----------------|
A E
|-12-12-12-12~~~12-10-9----10-9-------|-------------|
|-----------------------12------12-10-|-9-----------|
|-------------------------------------|---9---------|
|-------------------------------------|-----9-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------9h11--|
|-------------------------------------|------------2|
G D
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|----------------------------2/4-|2-----4----|
|--------------2----4-2--5-4-----|---12---4--|
|-----0-2--5-4---5---------------|----|------|
|---3----------------------------|----|------|/
Bass Tabs
Additionally, he plays a 'B' arpeggio at the end of each verse - it should be an 'F#'.
Second Part of Intro (Studio Version)
G|------------|9-----11----|9-----------
D|9-----------|------------|------12-11-
A|------------|------------|------------
E|------------|------------|------------
*the 'A' should be held, adding the 'D'
G|----------|------9---|------------|---------|---------
D|---11-----|---12---9-|---9--11-12-|-7***-*--|---------
A|----------|----------|------------|-----5---|---------
E|----------|----------|------------|---------|--0---2--
Second Part of Intro (Live Version) - I believe this is actually played on acoustic guitar,
but I've been playing it on bass for a stage show I'm performing in and it works quite well.
NOTES: h = hammer-on
< = pull-off
x = harmonics
\ = slide-down
/ = slide-up
* = hold / sustain note
G|---7----|---9--11--|---9------|-7-h8<7\6--|---------
D|--------|----------|----------|-----------|---------
A|--------|----------|----------|-----------|---------
E|--------|----------|----------|-----------|---------
G|---6----|---7---9--|-----9----|x4---------|---------
D|--------|----------|---9--9---|x4---------|---------
A|--------|----------|------7---|-----------|---------
E|--------|----------|-------0--|--x5-------|---------
G|--------|----------|----------|---9/11**--|---------
D|---9----|---11--12-|---7------|------h12--|---------
A|--------|----------|----------|-----------|---------
E|--------|----------|----------|-----------|---------
G|---9----|---11--12-|--11h12<11----11|-----------
D|--------|----------|----------h14---|-----------
A|--------|----------|----------------|-----------
E|--------|----------|----------------|-----------
8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8
On a dark des-ert high-way, Cool wind in my hair
8 8 -8 -8 -8 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6
Warm smell of co-li-tas, Ris-ing up through the air--
8 -9 8 -8 7 7 8 7 -8 8 8 -8 7 7
Up a-head in the dis-tance I saw a shim-mer-ing light
-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -8
My head grew hea-vy,and my sight grew dim
7 8 8 8 -8 -8 8
I had to stop for the night
8 8 -9 8 8 -9 8
There she stood in the door-way
-7 8 8 8 -8 -8
I heard the mis-sion bell
6 -8 -8 -8 7 -8 -8 8
And I was think-ing to my-self
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6
This could be Hea-ven or this could be Hell--
8 8 8 -8 7 -8 8 -6 6 8 -8 7 7
Then she lit up a can-dle And she showed me the way
-8 -8 7 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -8
There were voi-ces down the cor-ri-dor
-8 8 -8 8 9 -8
I thought I heard them say
chorus-
-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 9 -9 -9 8 8
Wel-come to the Ho-tel Cal--i-for--nia
8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8 -8
Such a love-ly place, Such a love-ly place (background)
7 -8 -8 7 7
Such a love-ly face
8 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 9 -9 -9 8 8
Plen-ty of room at the Ho-tel Cal-i-for--nia
-8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 8 8 -8 -8
An-y time of year,An-y time of year (background)
-8 -9 -9 8 8 -8 -9 -9 8 8
You can find it here You can find it here
verse2.
Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She's got the Mercedes Benz
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard,
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember,
some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
Please bring me my wine
He said,.We haven't had
that spirit here since 1969.
And still those voices
are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
chorus-
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place,
Such a lovely Place (background)
Such a lovely face,
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise,
What a nice surprise (background)
Bring your alibies
verse3.
Mir-rors on the ceil-ing,Pink cham-pagne on ice
And she said,.We are all just pris-on-ers here
Of our own de-vice.
And in the mast-er's cham-bers
They gath-ered for the feast
They stab it with their steel-y knives
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I re-mem-ber,
I was run-ning for the door
I had to find the pas-sage back
to the place I was be-fore
Re-lax said the night-man,
.We are pro-gramed to re-cieve
You can check out an-y time you like
8 8 8 8 8 8
But you can nev-er leave
(crossharp)
-5 -5 -5 -6 7 7 7 7
Well, I'm a run-nin' down the road,
7 -6 -8 7 7 -6
tryin' to loos-en my load,
-5 -5 -8 -6 6 -5 6 6 -5
I've got sev-en wom-en on my mind:
7 7 7 -6 7 7
four that wan-na own me,
6 6 6 -5 6 6
two that wan-na stone me,
-6 -5 -5 -4 -6 6 -5 -5
one says she's a fri-end of mine.
-6 -6 7 -6 -6 6 -5 4
Take it ea-sy, take it ea-sy,
-6 6 -5 6 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5
don't let the sound of your own - wheels-
-4 -5 -5 6 -4
drive you cra - zy.
-8 7 -9 7 -8 7 6
Light-en up while you still can,
-6 6 -5 6 5 -6 -6 -6
don't e-ven try to un-der-stand,
-6 6 -5 6 -5 6 6 -6 6
just find a place to make your - stand
-5 -6 7 7 -6
and take it ea-sy.
verse 2
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see:
it's a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed Ford
slowin' down to take a look at me.
Come on, baby, don't say maybe.
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
We may lose and we may win though we will never be here again.
So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy.
verse 3.
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load,
got a world of trouble on my mind.
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover,
she's so hard to find.
Take it easy, take it easy,
don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.
Come on, baby, don't say maybe.
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
Oh, we got it easy,
we oughta take it easy.
7 8 8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7
It's an-oth-er te-qui-la sun-rise,
-8 -8 8 -9 8 6 -8
star-in. slow-ly a-cross the sky,
-6 7 8
said good-bye.
8 8 8 7 -9 8 -8
He was just a hired ha-nd,
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 -7 -8
work-in. on the dreams he planned to try,
6 -6 7 7
the days go by.
8 8 8 8 7 -8 7 7
Ev-.ry night when the sun goes down,
7 8 8 -9 -9 -9 8 7 -8
Just an-oth-er lone-ly boy in town,
7 -9 9 8 7 -8 8 -8 8 -8 7
And she's out run-nin. .round---.
6 8 8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7
She was-n't just an-oth-er wo-man,
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 -7 -8
and I could-n't keep from com-in. on,
6 -6 7 8 -8 8 -8 7
It's been so long---.
8 8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7
Oh and it's a hol-low feel-in.,
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 -7 -8
When it comes down to deal-in. friends,
6 -6 7 7
It nev-er ends.
-8 -9 -9 -8 9 -9 8 -8
Take an-oth-er shot of cour-age,
8 9 9 8 -10 9 -9 8 -9
Won-der why the right words nev-er co-me,
-9 8 -8 7
You just get numb.
7 8 8 8 7 -9 8 -8 7
It's an-oth-er te-qui-la sun-rise,
-7 -8 8 -8 7 -7 -8
This old world still looks the same,
6 -6 7 7
An-oth-er frame.