I’m just kiddin’!

Are you a guitar player or wanna be that has anyone ever heard of this timeless classic called Hotel California by this band called the Eagles? Have you ever picked up a guitar book with or without tab’s/tablature, that has promised that you will sound just like the record/CD? Has the promise ever been true? Well below is a version that I have dreamed up to make your dreams come true!

I too have watched people and read books that attempt to reproduce this song to no avail. I listened and tried for many, many years to get it just right and while goofing around one time last year, it came to me with the clarity that has been missing in other attempts.

NOTE: the following tabs are for recreational use and for those who wish to change idea’s and not to be used in public. This is just a personal interpretation what I hear and how I might play it. This is to be used in an educational way only!

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!! The ” _ ” that is placed under the “6” and the “4” in the part/chord (that is part of the ” F# and the E” section of the intro part), you MUST hit/slap & hold with your “middle finger of your RIGHT HAND”. Use the left side of this finger to hit and hold the note, it takes a long time to get use to the feeling!

Intro.

Bm F# A
E 7 0 2 I 2 2 I 5 6 5 I
B 7 3 3 I 2 I 5 5 7 I
G 7 7 4 4 I 3 3 OR 3 3 I I
D 9 4 4 I 4 4 4 I 7 I
A I I 0 I
E 7 I 2 6 2 I I

E G D
E 0 0 I 3 I 2 I
B 0 I 0 3 I 3 I
G 1 1 OR 1 1 I 0 0 2 4 I 2 2 I
D 2 2 I 0 I 0 4 4 I
A I I I
E 0 0 4 I 3 I I

Em F#
E 0 0 0 0 I 9
B 0 0 0 0 I 7
G 0 0 OR 0 0 0 I 9 9
D 2 2 4 5 2 I 8
A I 9 9
E 0 I

So try this one out everyone and get back to us and tell us how ya did! I did this tab in Microsoft Wood and I will figure out how to format the future tabs to read better soon.

Keep on Jammin’