The Eagles
Hotel California [1977]
Hotel California [Licks]

Tabbed by 	Fredrik Smith Sandstrøm
		f_smith1@hotmail.com

Introduction to tab:
Whilst learning Hotel California on the guitar, I was desperately
trying to find tabs of all the cool licks in the song. After
having browsed the internet for days, with little success, I
just thought I’d find them out myself. And that was in fact
quite easy.
I might not have it all 100 % correct, but it sounds good. Good
enough for me at least.

An important fact that might be worth knowing before you throw
yourself into this tab; you need 24 frets. If you don’t have
24 frets... Go buy yourself a proper guitar! 

Please notify me if you find anything you can’t really get to sound
right; its probably me who haven’t checked the tab thoroughly


Legend: X - muted
        h - hammer-on
        p - pull-off
        b - bend
        r - release
        / - slide up
        \ - slide down


>----------------------------------------------------------------<

Some licks are repeated throughout the song, and those are the one right
before the chorus, and the one separating the two parts of the chorus.
These are implemented in every chorus, and I wont list them later in
this tab. They look like this:

STANDARD CHORUS LICKS
PRE CHORUS   MIDDLE
|-----------| |---------------------|
|-----------| |---------------------|
|-----------| |---------------------|
|-----------| |---------0---2--4--5-|
|---1-2-4-5-| |-2---4---------------|
|-2---------| |---------------------|

>----------------------------------------------------------------<

Here are the parts from the verses. They’re all quite easy, if you just
listen to the song for the timing.

2nd VERSE
|GUITAR 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------6-------6-------4-------6-------2-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------4--5-----9--8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|GUITAR 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------8-------7-------6-------5-------4-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------5--7-----10-9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


3rd VERSE
|GUITAR 1
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------5-5b6r5------|---------------|-5-5b6r5-------------|-----------------|
|-7-------------6----|-6-------4-----|---------4-------2---|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-4--5-----8b9r8--|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|GUITAR 2
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------6-6b7r6------|---------------|-6-6b7r6-------------|-----------------|
|-9-------------8----|-7-------6-----|---------5-------4---|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-5--7-----9b10r9-|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|

|GUITAR 1
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-8-9-11--|
|---------|
|---------|
|GUITAR 2
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-9-10-12-|
|---------|


4th VERSE
|GUITAR 1
|-------10-14p12-14-----------9-14p12-14-----|-------9-12p10-12-----------7-12p10-12-|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-7---------------------6--------------------|-6--------------------4----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|GUITAR 2
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-9---------------------8--------------------|-7--------------------6----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|GUITAR 1
|-------7-10p9-10----------7-10p9-10--------|-------3-7p5-7--------7h9p7p5h7--------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------6---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------4--|-5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|GUITAR 2
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------8---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5--|-7--------------------10--9------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


6th VERSE
|GUITAR 1
|-------10-14p12-14-------------9-14p12-14-----|-------9-12p10-12-----------7-12p10-12-|
|------------------5-b6r5----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------6--------------------|-6--------------------4----------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|GUITAR 2
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------8--------------------|-7--------------------6----------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|GUITAR 1
|-------7-10p9-10----------7-10p9-10--------|-------3-7p5-7--------7h9p7p5h7--------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------6---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------4--|-5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|GUITAR 2
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------8---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5--|-7--------------------10--9------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

>----------------------------------------------------------------<

And last, we have the licks from the choruses. These are the coolest
parts of the entire song in my opinion!

1st CHORUS
LICK 1			 LICK 2
|----------------------| |-------------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-14-12-10-| |-12----12----------X-8p7-|
|-11-11-12-11-14-12-11-| |-14b16-14b16-14---7------|
|----------------------| |----------------\7-------|
|----------------------| |-------------------------|
|----------------------| |-------------------------|

2nd CHORUS
LICK 3			       LICK 4
|----------------------22-21-| |-------22-22-22----------24b26-24-|
|-/15*15---------------------| |-22b24----------24r22-19----------|
|-------9b10r9---11-14-------| |----------------------------------|
|-------------12-------------| |----------------------------------|
|----------------------------| |----------------------------------|
|----------------------------| |----------------------------------|
*Slide up to, with just partial pressure on the string, and release
 when you get to 15. I usually start the slide around 9.