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HOTEL CALIFORNIA
 Music by Don Felder & Joe Walsh
 Words by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
 Eagles
 Hell Freezes Over
 1994
 Everyone and his brother has asked for this, so I'm putting it up.
 I have the intro, and the solos.  The rest of the song is just
 basically the electric version, toned down a little, and with
 different riffs in the chorus.  Good luck!
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 There are three guitars going here:
 FREY    12-string acoustic, capo 2nd fret
 WALSH   6-string acoustic, nylon string
 FELDER  6-string acoustic, nylon string
 
 This is the intro.  Frey plays the top chords shown in parentheses,
 while Walsh plays the bottom chords.  Felder plays the intro riff you hear.
 
   (Am)                                      (G)
    Bm                                        A
 e:-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 B:--------------------3--5--7--7h8p7--5/7--|---------------------------------|
 G:-----4--4h6p3h4--6-----------------------|--------7-6----------------------|
 D:-----------------------------------------|----7-9---------7h9-7------------|
 A:-----------------------------------------|--------------9--------9\7--5/7--|
 E:-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
   (Dsus2)
    Em                                  grad. acceleration               (keeps repeating)
 e:-----------0-------0-------0-------0-----7p0-----10p0-----7p0-----10p0-----7p0-----10p0-|
 B:---------0-------0-------0-------0-----8-------8--------8-------8--------8-------8------|
 G:-------0-------2-------4-------7-----9-------9--------9-------9--------9-------9--------|
 D:-----2-------4-------5-------9----------------------------------------------------------|
 A:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                              (E7)
 
 e:-----7p0-----10p0-----7-6-7-9-10-9-10-12/14-14~~~~~-|
 B:---8-------8--------8-------------------------------|
 G:-9-------9--------9---------------------------------|
 D:----------------------------------------------------|
 A:----------------------------------------------------|
 E:----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Here's where the percussion comes in.  Everyone keeps
 playing the same things.
 
   (Asus2)
    Bm
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B:---------7h8p7---|-7-7-------7-----|-----------------|-----------------|
 G:---------------9-|-------9-------7-|---9---7---------|-----------------|
 D:-------9---------|-----------------|---------9p7-7/9~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
   (G)
    A
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-7-----9-10-9-10-|
 B:-----------------|-----------------|-------8---7-8/10-|-----------------|
 G:-----------7-6---|-6---6-----.-----|-6-7-9------------|-----------------|
 D:-------7-9-----9-|-------7---9-----|------------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
   (Dsus2)
    Em
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +    +    +    +
 e:-12\\----------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-7h0---10-|---12---10---7\\----|
 B:--------------0--|------0-------0--|-----0-------0----|--------------------|
 G:-------------0---|-----2-------4---|---9--------------|--------------------|
 D:---------2-------|-4-------5-------|-7----------------|--------------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
 
   (E)
    F#7
    +       +         +        +       +   +    +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:---------9--9h10p9\7--7h9p7\6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B:----------------------------------|-8--7--7--7--8--7-|---7-------------|-----------------|
 G:----------------------------------|------------------|-9-----7---6-----|-----------------|
 D:----------------------------------|------------------|-------------9-8~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
 A:----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 More things start happening here.
 Frey's 12-string starts messing with picking patterns based around these chords:
 	Am   E7   G   D9   F   C   Dm   E7
 
 Felder plays something similar the intro 12-string part with his 6-string, it's found on
 	my Hotel California page.  He doesn't use a capo though.
 
 Walsh plays this little thing after the first round of Felder's part:
 
    +   +   +   +     +     +           +     +       +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 B:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 G:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 D:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 A:-5~~~~~~-7---9---|-7-----------5h7p5\4~~~~~~~~~~-|-4~~~~~~-5---7---|-\2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
 E:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
        
 
    +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +       +   +   +
 e:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 B:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 G:-----------------|--2---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 D:-----------------|--0-------2/4-0---|-2-------4---5---|-4h5p4\2-4-----------|
 A:-2~~~~~~-4---5---|-\0---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 E:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Here's where the vocals come in.  The lyrics can be found here.
 Felder and Frey keep doin' what they're doin', and Walsh sits
 around and acts bored for the first verse.  During the second
 verse (There she stood...), Walsh plays the foreground acoustic
 part.  It is very similar to what's found in the electric version
 here, except Walsh slides the chords instead of bending them.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Once we get to the chorus, Frey plays these chords:
 	F   C   D7   Am   F   C   Dm   E
 Felder plays this:
 	G   D   F#  "Fill 2"  D   Em   F#
 
 Walsh plays Fill 1, 2, and 3.  If you listen, they are easy to hear:
 
 Fill 1
   California                          Such a lovely place, such a
       +   +   +   +     +     +   +   +
 e:--|-----------------|---.---.----------|
 B:--|-----7-7---7---7-|-7/9---7---7------|
 G:--|-----7-7---9---7-|-9/11--9---7------|
 D:--|-----------------|------------------|
 A:--|-----------------|------------------|
 E:--|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fill 2
   lovely face.			      Plenty of room at the
 WALSH:
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 G:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D:-----------------|---------2---4---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
 A:-2-------4-------|-5---------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 FELDER:
 e:---------0-------|-2-------3---5---|-7---------------|
 B:-3-------2-------|-3-------5---7---|-8---------------|
 G:-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fill 3
    Hotel California
    +     +     +     +       +   +   +   +
 e:-------9--9--9\\7-----7--|-7\5---5-5-------|
 B:-------10-10-10\8-----8--|-8\7---7-7-------|
 G:-------------------------|-----------------|
 D:-------------------------|-----------------|
 A:-------------------------|-----------------|
 E:-------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Once we get to the "So I called up..." verse,
 Walsh again plays the verse slides.  When we get to the second
 chorus, everyone plays the same thing again except for Walsh.
 Walsh does:  Fill 3, 2, and 4 (in that order).
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fill 4
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----7-7-7\5---5-|-5\------2-------|
 B:-----8-8-8\7---7-|-7\------3-------|
 G:-----------------|-----------------|
 D:-----------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 During the "Mirrors on the ceiling" verse, Frey does the
 same picking that he did in the intro, and Felder does the 7th-fret stuff again.
 Walsh is bored until the "Last thing I remember..." verse, where he plays this,
 and it leads into the solo:
 
        Last thing...           I was runnin' for the door.                   I had to find the
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-7\6-7-----------|-----------------|-6---6-----------|-----------------|
 B:-----------------|-7\6-7-----------|-----------------|-7\6-7-----------|-----------------|
 G:-7---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|
 D:-9---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
  passage back to the place I was before.                 Relax said the night man
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-5\4-5-----------|-----------------|-4\3-4-----------|-----------------|-3\2-3-----------|
 B:-5\4-5-----------|-----------------|-5\4-5-----------|-----------------|-3\2-3-----------|
 G:-----------------|-4-------------4-|-----------------|-4---------------|-----------------|
 D:-----------------|-6-------------6-|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 We are programmed to receive              You can check out...              but you can never
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-2\1-2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B:-----------------|-3\2-3-----------|-----------------|-5\4-5-----------|-----2-----2---2-|
 G:-2---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-4---4-----------|-3---3-------3---|
 D:-4---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-4---4-----------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
    leave              
    +   +   +   +        
 e:-----------------|
 B:-----------------|
 G:---------------6-|
 D:-4---4---8--9----|
 A:-4---4-----------|
 E:-2---2-----------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 And of course, the long-awaited solo,
 which comes in right from the measure above.  Walsh starts it:
 
    Bm                                  F#7                                 A
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +
 e:-----------------|-----------------|-7---5---3---2---|------------9-10-|-12-12-12-12------|
 B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 G:-9-------9--9--9-|-9--7--6-9--7--6-|-7---6---4---3---|-----------------|------------------|
 D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            E7                                   G
    +     +    +    +       +   +   +   +     +    +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-12-10-9----10-9-------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
 B:---------12------12-10-|-9---------------|------------------|-----------------|
 G:-----------------------|-------9---------|------------------|-----------------|
 D:-----------------------|-------------9---|-9h11-------------|---------0-----2-|
 A:-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|----0--2----4----|
 E:-----------------------|-----------------|----------------2-|-3---------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        D                                   Em
    +   +   +   +       +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +    
 e:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0----0-----|---------0-------|
 B:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------0----0----|----------0------|
 G:---------0-----2h4-|-2-------4p2-----|-----------------|---------0----0---|-----------0-----|
 D:-0--4--2----4------|-------------4---|-----------------|----------2----2--|------------2----|
 A:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------2-|-----------------|
 E:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   F#7
   WALSH:
    +   +   +   +     +    +    +   +
 e:-------2---------|-2-----------------|
 B:--------2--------|-3-----------------|
 G:---------3-------|-3-----------------|
 D:----------4------|-------------------|
 A:-----------------|-------------------|
 E:-2---------------|-------------------|
 					 Bm
   FELDER:				 +       +   +   +   
 e:-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
 B:-----------------|-------------3-5-6-|-7h8p7p5-7-------3-5-|
 G:-----------------|-4h6p4p3h4-6-------|---------------------|
 D:-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
 A:-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
 E:-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      F#7
    +       +       +       +         +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:---------------------------------|-------0-7--9--7-|-----14----------|
 B:-7--7h8p7\5--5h8p5\3--3h5p3\2-4--|----2------------|-11--------------|
 G:---------------------------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
 D:---------------------------------|-----------------|-------------12\-|
 A:---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    A                                   E7
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +    +         +         +       +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----0-----------|
 B:----7--7-7-------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
 G:------------9--9-|-9--7--7-6-------|------7---7h9p7\6---6h7p6\4--2--|-1---------------|
 D:-----------------|------------9--7-|-6------------------------------|-----------2---4-|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    G                                               D
    +       +    +    +     +         +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-----------------------|---------------------3-|-3/5-5-5-5/7-5-3-|
 B:-----------------------|-----------------3-5---|-5/7-7-7-7/8-7-5-|
 G:-----------------------|-4---4h6p4-3-4-6-------|-----------------|
 D:-5h7p5p4-5---------7---|-----------------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Em
    +     +       +       +         +   +   +   +     +    +   +     +
 e:-5\----------------------------|-------3p0---7p3-|---10p7---12p10-----|
 B:-7\--------------------0h2h3---|-5p0-------0-----|-0------0-------12\-|
 G:---------------0h1h2h3---------|-----0-----------|--------------------|
 D:-------0h2h4h5-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
 A:-------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
 E:-------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         divisi   
    F#7                             Felder=upper
    +         +   +   +     +       +    +   +
 e:-2---2h3p2-0---2--0----|--------------7-6-7-9-|
 B:-------------3-------3-|-2h3p2p0-2----3-2-3-5-|
 G:-----------------------|----------------------|
 D:-----------------------|----------------------|
 A:-----------------------|----------------------|
 E:-----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 From here on out, Felder plays the top (e.g. 10p7 7) and
 Walsh plays the bottom (7p3 4).  I am telling you right now,
 the ending (during the last F#7) is wrong, so if anyone
 can fix it, please e-mail me.
 
    Bm                                       F#7
    +    +    +   +      +    +   +    +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
 e:-10p7---10p7---10p7-|---10p7---10p7-----|-9p6---9p6---9p6-|-/14--------------|
 B:--7p3-7--7p3-7--7p3-|-7--7p3-7--7p3-7---|-5p2-7-5p2-7-5p2-|--9/11------------|
 G:------4------4------|-4------4------4---|-----3-----3-----|------------------|
 D:--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 A:--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 E:--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    A                                   E                                   G
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:-9p5---9p5---9p5-|---9p5---9p5-----|-7p4---7p4---7p4-|/12--------------|-7p3---7p3---7p3-|
 B:-5p2-5-5p2-5-5p2-|-5-5p2-5-5p2-5---|-5p0-5-5p0-5-5p0-|-11/13-----------|-3p0-3-3p0-3-3p0-|
 G:-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2---|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|
 D:-----------------|-----------------|-----6-----6-----|-----------------|-----------------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      D7                                   Em
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
 e:---7p3---7p3-----|-5p2---5p2---5p2-|-/10--------------|-3p0---3p0---3p0-|---3p0---3p0-----|
 B:-3-3p0-3-3p0-3---|-----3-----3-----|------------------|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0---|
 G:-0-----0-----0---|-5p2---5p2---5p2-|--12/14-----------|-4p0---4p0---4p0-|---4p0---4p0-----|
 D:-----------------|-----4-----4-----|------------------|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2---|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    F#7                                 Bm
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   + . +   +
 e:-------3p0---7p3-|---9p5-----------|-7-7-7-7---------|
 B:-5p2-------0-----|-3-----5-----7---|-7-7-7-7---------|
 G:-----3-----------|---------7h9---7-|-7-7-7-7---------|
 D:-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9---------|
 A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 

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