[Bm] On a dark desert highway,
[F#] cool wind in my hair
[A] Warm smell of colitas,
[E] rising through the air
[G] Up ahead in the distance,
[D] I saw a shimering 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:
this could be [E] heaven
or this could be hell
[G] Then she lit up a candle
[D] and she showed me the way
[Em] There were voices down the corridor;
[F#] I thought I heard them say:
" [G] Welcome to the Hotel Califor [D] nia
[F#] Such a lovely place
(such a lovely place),
such a [Bm] lovely face
[G] Plenty of room at
the Hotel Califor [D] nia
Any [Em] time of year (any time of year),
you can [F#] find it here"
[Bm] Her mind is Tiffany twisted,
[F#] she got the Mercedes Benz
[A] She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
[E] that 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", He said
[A] "We havent 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:
" [G] Welcome to the Hotel Califor [D] nia
[F#] 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"
[Bm] Mirrors on the ceiling,
[F#] the pink champagne on ice,
and she said
" [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] They stab it with their steely knives
but they [F#] just cant kill the beast
[Bm] Last thing I remember,
I was [F#] running for the door
[A] I had to find the passage back
to the [E] place I was before
" [G] Relax," said the night man,
"We are [D] programmed to receive
[Em] You can check out any time you like,
but [F#] you can never leave"