[Verse 1 - Drums in] [Bm] On a dark desert highway, [F#] cool wind in my hair [A] Warm smell of colitas, [E] rising up through the air [G] Up ahead in the distance, I [D] saw a shimmering 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, [E] heaven or this could be hell [G] Then she lit up a candle and she [D] showed me the way [Em] There were voices down the corridor, [F#] I thought I heard them say...
[Chorus] [G] Welcome to the hotel Cali [D] fornia; [F#] lovely place, [Bm] lovely face [G] Plenty of room at the hotel Cali [D] fornia, [Em] time of year, you can [F#] find it here
[Verse 2] [Bm] Her mind is tiffany-twisted, [F#] she got the Mercedes Benz [A] She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that [E] 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 [A] 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
[Chorus] [G] Welcome to the hotel Cali [D] fornia; [F#] lovely place, [Bm] lovely face [G] They re living it up at the hotel Cali [D] fornia [Em] nice surprise, bring your [F#] alibis
[Verse 3] [Bm] Mirrors on the ceiling, [F#] the pink champagne on ice [A] we are all just prisoners here, [E] of our own device [G] And in the masters chambers, [D] they gathered for the feast [Em] The stab it with their steely knives, [F#] just (snare) can't (snare) kill the (snare - flamenco fill) beast [Bm] Last thing I remember, I was [F#] running for the door [A] I had to find the passage back, [E] place I was before [G] relax, said the night man, [D] programmed to receive. [Em] You can checkout any time you like, [F#] (F#stop+snare) but you can never leave! (F#F#F#)
[Another Chorus? - use snare to bring back in] [G] Welcome to the hotel Cali [D] fornia; [F#] lovely place, [Bm] lovely face [G] They re living it up at the hotel Cali [D] fornia [Em] nice surprise, bring your [F#] alibis
Pattern 1(C) 2 3 4 1 2 3 &4(F) 1 [Intro - No drums - C is on the one but start on F pickup phrase on 4] x x x [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F]
[Verse 1] ([C] Ho!) I've been trying to do it right [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been living a lonely life [F] ([C] Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed, ([Am] Ho!) sleeping in [G] my bed ....... [F] ([C] Hey!) --- [F] ([C] Ho!)--- [F]
[Verse 2] ([C] Ho!) So show me family [F] ([C] Hey!) Or the blood that I would bleed [F] ([C] Ho!) I don't know where I belong [F] ([C] Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong ([Am] Ho!) But I can write [G] a song [F][C] Hey! (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my [F - play just before next C] sweet (just bass drum)
[Verse 3 - Bass drum] ([C] Ho!) I don't think you're right for him [F] ([C] Hey!) Think of what it might've been if [F] w ([C] Ho!) Took a bus to Chinatown [F] ([C] Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal ([Am] ho!) and [G] Bowery ([F][C] Hey!) ([Am] Ho!) She'd be standing [G] next to me ( [C] hey!) (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart - I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart (full drums) Cause [F] love ........................ we [G] need it now [C] Let's [F] hope for some [G] ........... 'Cause [F] oh...................... , we're b [G] leeding ou [C] t
[Chorus] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet
