HOTEL CALIFORNIA (Bassline)
As recorded by The Eagles
(From the 1976 Album HOTEL CALIFORNIA)
Words and Music by Don Henley, Glenn Frey And Don Felder
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=79
4/4
Gtr I
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|-------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7-----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-------------|
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|------------|
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||
1st and 3rd Verses
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
||--------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
||o-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
||o-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||
2nd and 4th Verses
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9---x-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------9-----------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5--------------------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-x-x-5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S E E S S S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------2------2-x-----------|-------4------4-------0-2-||
|-----2------2-----2-(2)-----|-----4------4-----2-4-----||
|-0-0----------------------0-|-2-2----------------------||
1st Chorus
1.
S S S S E. S S E S e E S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E. S E. S E S S Q Q Q E E
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-4------------4----4-----|-------0--2-4-|
|---4--------4----4---4s2-|-2--4---------|
|-----2-------------------|--------------|
S S S S E. S S E S e E S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E. S S E S E e S S S S E. S s E S e E
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-2------------2-----2---|-----4--------4---------o||
|---2--------2-----2---2-|---4--------4-----4-----o||
|-----0------------------|-2------------------2----||
2nd Chorus
2.
S S S S E. S S E S e E S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E. S S E. S E. Q Q Q E E
|------------------------|--------------|
|-4------------4-2--0----|-------0--2-4-|
|---4--------4--------4--|-2--4---------|
|-----2------------------|--------------|
S S S S E. S S E S e E S S S S E. S e S S E E
|----------------------4/-|-7------------7-----7----|
|-5------------5-----5----|---7--------7-----7---7-|
|---5--------5-----5------|-----5-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S E. S S E S E e H. Q
|------------------------|------------||
|-2------------2-----2---|-4----------||
|---2--------2-----2---2-|------------||
|-----0------------------|------------||
5th Verse
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|----------|-4----------|----------|------------|
|-2--------|------------|----------|-7----------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|------------|
W H. Q W H. Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||
|----------|-5----------|----------|------------||
|-3--------|------------|-0--------|-2----------||
6th Verse
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S S S S S Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-3-4------||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4------------||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2---------------------||
Don Felder's Guitar Solo
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||
Joe Walsh's Guitar Solo
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S E S S e E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------||
S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S Q S S S S E E
|-4-4-4-------x---4-4-----|--------11---------11-9-11s7-|
|-----------4---4---------|-----11---------11-----------|
|-------2---------------0-|-9-9-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S Q S S S S E E S S S S Q S S S S E +E
|-------------------------|-------9------9-----9-(9)-|
|-------7----------x-7----|-----9----------9----------|
|-----7--------7-------5/-|-7-7--------------7--------|
|-5-5---------------------|---------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7------------|
|-------5------x-5-----------|-----7------7---7----------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)----|
|-3-3------------------------|------------------------5-|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4-4/-||
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4------||
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2---------------------||
Outro
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------0--||
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E E E
|-------4------x-4-----------|--------11-------11----------|
|-----4------4-----4-(4)-x---|-----11-------11----11-------|
|-2-2----------------------0-|-9-9-------------------9-9---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------9------------------|
|-------7------x-x-----------|-----9------9---9---------|
|-----7------7-----7-(7)---0-|-7-7--------------7-(7)---|
|-5-5------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E. S S S E +E E
|----------------------------|-------7------7-----------|
|-------5------5-x-----------|-----7------7---7---------|
|-----5------5-----5-(5)---0-|-5-5--------------5-(5)---|
|-3-3------------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S E. S E S S E E
|--------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------2------2-2---------|-------4------4-----4---*|
|-----2------2-----2-2-----|-----4------4-----4-----*|
|-0-0--------------------0-|-2-2--------------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
