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Hotel California bass tab by Eagles

Bass Tab

Symbols :  g : ghost
	  2/5: slide from 2 up 5
            : slide down to... from nowhere
	   b : bend
        (lr) : let ring
beat=72

INTRO (play 2 times)

G  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
E  ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

    |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
    |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
    |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
    |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
								drum + +
(play two verses)
VERSES
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   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
   ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
   ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
drum +       +       +       +        +       +       +       +
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

				     >first time		      <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------||
    |------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
    |2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
    |--------------------------------||

CHORUS I (two times)

   ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
   ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7--|
   ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
   ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >first time                                                       <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
    |--4-----------4-------4-----4--|2-------4-----------------------|
    |----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
    |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
    |----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

   ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
   ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7--|
   ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
   ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >first time                                                       <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
    |--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
    |----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
    |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
    |----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||


CODA I

  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
  ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
   |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|


    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
    |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
    |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
    |0-0-----------------------------|-------------------------------||

CODA II (While guitar solo plays)

(play two times)
   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
   ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
   ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10-----|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---85----|


    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5------|

				     >first time		      <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------||
    |------4---------4-------4---2/--||
    |2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
    |--------------------------------||

   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4------|
   ||--------------9---9---------9--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
   ||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
    |----7-------------7---7---7----|------7-----------7-5---7------|
    |5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|


    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
    |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---|
    |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---|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
			     >   >			      >   >
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
			     >   >			      >   >
    (play one time then repeat while fading...)

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
    |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
    |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10-----|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8------|


    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
							(FADING...)

From haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr Fri Dec  1 15:40:00 1995
	(16.6/16.2) id AA24197; Fri, 1 Dec 95 16:40:27 +0100
Status: O

[Bass Tabulature]
Hotel California, EAGLES
[WEA]
Music and Lyrics by : Don Felder, Glen Frey & Don Henley

Thanks to the French magazine ¨Guitar Part¨ and thanks to my ears,
I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-.
Any suggestion is welcome ; write to haddadi@enscpb.u-bordeaux.fr
	Fabien HADDADI, November 1995

(I didn’t bother myself with the time...Listen to the C.D !) :-)

Symbols :  g : ghost
	  2/5: slide from 2 up 5
            : slide down to... from nowhere
	   b : bend
        (lr) : let ring
beat=72

INTRO (play 2 times)

G  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 4||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
E  ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

    |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
    |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
    |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------||
    |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------||
								drum + +
(play two verses)
VERSES

   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
   ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
   ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-----------|
drum +       +       +       +        +       +       +       +
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

				     >first time		      <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------||
    |------4---------4---------0-2-4-||
    |2-2-4---------4---------4-------||
    |--------------------------------||

CHORUS I (two times)

   ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
   ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7--|
   ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
   ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >first time                                                       <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |4---------------4-------4-------|----------------0-------2---4---|
    |--4-----------4-------4-----4--|2-------4-----------------------|
    |----2---------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |2---------------2-------2-------|----4-----------4-------4-------||
    |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--4-----------4-------4---------||
    |----0---------------------------|2-------------------------------||

(play 2 verses)

CHORUS II (two times)

   ||----------------------------2/--|7---------------7-------7-------|
   ||5---------------5-------5-------|--7-----------7-------7-----7--|
   ||-5------------5-------5---------|----5---------------------------|
   ||---3----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >first time                                                       <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |4---------------4b2---------2---|----------------0-------2---4---|
    |--4---------4-4-----------------|2-------4-----------------------|
    |----2---2-----------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |2---------------2-------2-------|4-------------------------------||
    |--2-----------2-------2-----2---|--------------------------------||
    |----0---------------------------|--------------------------------||


CODA I

  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ||----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
  ||7---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|

   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   |----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
   |3---------------|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|


    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
    |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
    |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2-------10--|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0-----------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5------------------------g2-0-|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-2-4-----------||
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-----------------||
    |0-0-----------------------------|-------------------------------||

CODA II (While guitar solo plays)

(play two times)
   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
   ||----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
   ||7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10-----|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---85----|


    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5------|

				     >first time		      <
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    >second time
    |--------------------------------||
    |------4---------4-------4---2/--||
    |2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
    |--------------------------------||

   ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ||9-9(lr)---------9---9-----------|------4-------------4---4------|
   ||--------------9---9---------9--|----4-----4-------4--g4---------|
   ||--------7-----------------------|2-2---------2-------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7-------------7---7-------|--------------------------------|
    |----7-------------7---7---7----|------7-----------7-5---7------|
    |5-5-------5---------------------|0-0-7-----------------7-7------|

    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5---------------------5------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------|
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------|
    |0-0-----------------------------|----------------------------2/--|


    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---|
    |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---|
    |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---|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
			     >   >			      >   >
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
			     >   >			      >   >
    (play one time then repeat while fading...)

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------9---------9g9--------g4---|------4---------4---------------|
    |----9---------9-----9---------0-|----4---------4--g4-------------|
    |7-7-----------------------------|2-2-----------------2---10-----|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |------7---------7g7-------------|------2---------2---------------|
    |----7---------7-----7------g5-0-|----2---------2--g2-------------|
    |5-5-----------------------------|0-0-----------------0---8------|


    |--------------------------------|------7---------7---------------|
    |------5---------5g5-------------|----7---------7--g7-0-----------|
    |----5---------5-----5------g5-0-|5-5-----------------------------|
    |3-3-----------------------------|------------------------5------|

    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
    |------2---------2g2-------------|------4---------4-------4-------||
    |----2---------2-----2------g2-0-|2-2-4---------4-------4---------||
    |0-0-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
							(FADING...)

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