[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
[Verse 1] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus 1 - Big doubled vox on chorus - no harmonies] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova in the sky [A] (drums in)
[Vamp - A G D/F# E]
[Verse 2] [A] Wake up the dawn and ask her why a [G] dreamer dreams she never dies wipe [D/F#] that tear away now from your eye [E] -------- [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why (hold note and start solo quietly)
[Guitar Solo 1] Accordion first - play A with descending bass to F# then play Emaj then the solo [A][G][D/F#][E] x 4
[Verse] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why
[Guitar Solo 2:] [A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x4 ([F][G]) ([F][G]) [A][G][D/F#][E] x2
[Verse 3:] [A] how many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? [D/F#] where were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Outro:] we were getting [A] high we were getting [G] high we were getting [D/F#] high we were getting [E] high
[A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x2
[End]
[Notes] [Guitar Solo 1 - Just play chords to begin - then add solo lines] E ---------------------- B -2-------2---------2-- G -2-4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-2-----2h4-2-- A -0---------2h4-------- E ---------------------- -----------S-T---a---S(nare)
E ---------3---------3-- B -2-------0---------0-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-------2h4-0-- A -----------2h4-----X-- E -3-------3---------3--
E ---------2---------2-- B -2-------3---------3-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-0-----2h4-0-- A ---------X-2h4-----X-- E -2-------2---------2--
E ---0------------------ B -2-0------------------ G -1-1------------------ D -2-2------------------ A -2-2------------------ E -0-0------------------