The Eagles - Felder, Henley & Frey

On a dark desert highway,

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cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas,

rising through the air

Up ahead in the distance,

I saw a shimering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,

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I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway,

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I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself: this could be

heaven or this could be hell

Then she lit up a candle

and she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor;

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I thought I heard them say:

G 
"Welcome to the Hotel Cali
D 
fornia 
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Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a 
Bm 
lovely face 
G 
Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali
D 
fornia 
 
Any 
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time of year (any time of year), you can 
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find it here"

Her mind is Tiffany twisted,

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she got the Mercedes Benz

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,

that she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard,

sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember,

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some dance to forget

So I called up the captain, "

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Please bring me my wine", He said

"We haven't had that spirit here since

nineteen sixty-nine"

And still those voices are calling from

far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night,

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just to hear them say:

 
"
G 
Welcome to the Hotel Califor
D 
nia
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Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a 
Bm 
lovely face
 
They 
G 
livin' it up at the Hotel Califor
D 
nia
 
What a 
Em 
nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your 
F♯ 
alibis"

Mirrors on the ceiling,

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the pink champagne on ice, and she said

We are all just prisoners here,

of our own device"

And in the master's chambers,

they gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives but they

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just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was

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running for the door

I had to find the passage back to the

place I was before

Relax," said the night man, "We are

programmed to receive

You can check out any time you like, but

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you can never leave"

Welcome to the Hotel Califor

nia ...