[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
[Intro BPM 77 - Capo 3 - G6 = 320000 - Rhythm straight 8th notes for most of song] |Am | % | % | % | (Phrase - xxx21x xx2xxx)
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Am] Take a look at my [G6] girlfriend [Fmaj7] She's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do
[Verse 2] [Am] Could we have kippers for [G6] breakfast [Fmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 1 3) [Am] They got to have 'em in [G6] Texas 'Cause [Fmaj7] everyone's a millionaire (hold F and play run E 1 0 then A 5 3)
[E7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Am] want my autograph [E7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Dm] playing my jokes upon [G] you While there's [Dm] nothing better to [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Am] da do da do La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Am] Don't you look at my [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Fmaj7] she's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Am] u-um, hey u-um Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Am] um, hey u-um La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] la ............... [End]