The intro of this song is played on an electric twelve-string with a
capo on the seventh fret. The open string means an open with the 
capo.


N.B. There are a whole lot of guitars in this song, 7 or 8, I think. I 
am putting the parts without numbering the guitars, so try it out:

This is the intro that is played throughout the verses:

   Em                        B7                   Dadd9
e:-0-------------0---0-----|-2-------2----------|-------0--------------|
B:-0-------0-----------0-0-|-0-----------0------|-----3---3------3---0-|
G:-0---0-------0---0---0-2-|-2---2-----2--------|---2----------2---2---|
D:-2-2---2---2-------------|-1-1---1-------1~~~-|-0----------0---------|
A:-2-----------------------|-2------------------|----------------------|
E:-0-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|


   E9                C                           G
e:-----0-0-------0-|---------------0---0-------|-----3---3-----------------|
B:---------0-------|---------1-----------------|-------------0-----0-------|
G:-----------0-0---|-----0-------0-----------0-|-------0---0-----0-------0-|
D:---5-------------|---2---2---2-----2---0^2---|---0-----------------0-----|
A:-4---------------|-3-------------------------|---------------2---2-------|
E:-----------------|---------------------------|-3-----------------3-------|


   Am7                         B7
e:---------------0-----------|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B:---------1---------1-1~~~~-|---------0-------------------------------|
G:-----0-------0---0---0~~~~-|-----2-2---2-----------------------------|
D:---2---2---2---------------|---1---------1---------------------------|
A:-0-------------------------|-2-------------2-------------------------|
E:---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

That much repeats itself, but on the second time through, another guitar 
(6-string acoustic without capo) is playing:


   Em                        B7                   Dadd9
e:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
B:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
G:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D:-0---------2------4------|--2-----0-----------|--------0--2----------|
A:-------------------------|-----------4--------|--4-------------------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|


   E9                        C                   G
e:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
B:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
G:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D:-------------------------|--------------0-----|-0--0-/-4----0--------|
A:-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2------4-----------|----------------------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|


   Am7                       B7
e:-------------------------|--------------------|
B:-------------------------|--------------------|
G:-------------------------|--------------------|
D:-2---2--/--5----2--------|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A:-------------------------|--------------------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------|

And there you have the intro. The guitar with the capo keeps on going 
with another guitar playing the chords on top of it, but the other one
stops. During the whole song, an electric guitar is strumming the 
strings muted. That is the chic-chic sound in the background. Now to the 
chorus.

During the chorus, the intro guitar stops and I think plays the chords. 
The chic-chic guitar also stops. The chorus chords are C G B7 Em C G Am 
B7, and then It goes back to the verse. The chords are played like this:

C                        G
Welcome to the Hotel California
       B7
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
       Em (also played here  on another guitar is E:-0-2-3-| A: 0-2-|)
Such a lovely face
      C                             G
We're livin' it up at the hotel california
Am
Any time of year (any time of year)
        B7
You can find it here

And that's pretty much it. The fills are mostly improvisational, but if 
you want to play them the way that they play them, I'm sure you can 
figure them out. After the chorus it goes back to the verse with the 
intro 12-string and the chic-chic guitar. It goes on that way until the
end of the second chorus, where they stop, and at Mirrors on the
ceiling, the intro guitar is the only one playing under the vocals.

The solo is very hard to figure out, and I am in the process of figuring 
it out at this very moment, so if by march you don't see it on this 
page, reload it incase your computer has it saved as it is.

See this song in Lyric form




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