[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
[Chorus] [A] One love, [E] one heart [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right Hear the children [A] crying (One love) Hear the children [E] crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give [D] thanks and praise to the [A] Lord and I will [E] feel all [A] right." Sayin', " [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right." (Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
[Verse] [A] Let them a [F#m] ll pass all their [D] dirty re [A] marks (One love) [A] There is one [F#m] question I'd [D] really love to [A] ask (One heart) [A] Is there a [F#m] Place for the [D] hopeless [A] sinner [A] Who has hurt all man [F#m] kind just to [D] save [E] his own? [A] (Believe me)
[Chorus] [A] One love, [E] one heart [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right As it was in the [A] beginning (One love) So shall it be in the [E] end (One heart) Alright, give [D] thanks and praise to the [A] Lord and I will [E] feel all [A] right [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right (One more thing)
[Verse] [A] Let's get tog [F#m] ether to fight this [D] Holy Arma [A] geddon (One love) [A] So when the [F#m] Man comes there will [D] be no, no [A] doom (One song) [A] Have pity on [F#m] those whose [D] chances grow thinner [A] [A] There ain't no hiding [F#m] place from the Fat [D] her [E] of Cre [A] ation
[Chorus] Sayin', [A] One love, [E] one heart [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right I'm pleading to [A] mankind (One love) Oh, Lord ( [E] One heart) Whoa Give [D] thanks and praise to the [A] Lord and I will [E] feel all [A] right [D] Let's get to [A] gether and [E] feel all [A] right
