Ritam:

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Bm / F#
>On a dark desert highway / cool wind in my hair
A / E
>Warm smell of colitas / rising up through the air
G / D
>Up ahead in the distance / I saw a shimmering light
Em
>My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
F#
>I had to stop for the night

Bm / F#
>There she stood in the doorway / I heard the mission bell
A / E
>And I was thinking to myself this could be / heaven or this could be hell
G / D
>Then she lit up a candle / and she showed me the way
Em / F#
>There were voices down the corridor / I thought I heard them say
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>REFREN
G / D
>Welcome to the Hotel / California.
Em / Bm7
>Such a lovely place / such a lovely face
G / D
>(1)Plenty of room at the Hotel / California
>(2)They livin' it up at the Hotel / California
Em / F#
>(1)Any time of year (any time of year) / you can find it here
>(2)What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) / bring your alibis
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>Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
>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, some dance to forget
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>So I called up the captain; "Please bring me my wine."
>"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, just to hear them say
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>REFREN
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>Mirrors on the ceiling, 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 just can't kill the beast
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>Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
>I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
>"Relax" said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive"
>"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"
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