Hotel California Guitar Chords and Tabs

Hotel California – Blue Eagles 

  Bm9                                     A/B (an A works as well)

|-9-------------------------------------|-X-------------------------------|

|-7---------------2-3-5-7-7/8\7-5/7~~~~-|-10-------3-2--------------------|

|-7--4-4h6p4p3-4------------------------|-9---2-4------0-2-2h4-2----------|

|-7-------------------------------------|-11----------------------4/2-----|

|-9-------------------------------------|-12--------------------------5/7-|

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

 Em                              ******REPEAT******          F#7

-7--------0------0------0------0|---7p0---10p0-|-----7-6-7-9-10-9-10-12/14-2|

-8------0------0------0------0--|--8-----8-----|---8-----------------------2|

-9----0------2------4------7----|-9-----9------|-9-------------------------3|

-9--2------4------5------9------|--------------|-----------------2----------|

-X------------------------------|--------------|---------------4------------|

-X------------------------------|--------------|-------------2--------------|

                                                           

*5 BARS OF PERCUSSION THEN PLAY:

  Bm9                                    A/B

|-9----2h3p2---2-2---2---|-------------|-X-----------------------

|-7----------5-----5---3-|-5p3---3-----|-10------3p2---2--2------

|-7--4-------------------|-----4---2/4-|-9---2-4-----4------2--4-

|-7----------------------|-------------|-11----------------------

|-9----------------------|-------------|-12----------------------

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

                                Em

-----------------7--9-10-9-10-|-12\----------0--------0--------0-

-----5-8--7-7-8h10------------|------------0--------0--------0---

-6-7--------------------------|----------0--------2--------4-----

------------------------------|-------2--------4--------5--------

------------------------------|----------------------------------

------------------------------|----------------------------------

                             F#7

-------0-7p0---10-12-10----|---9-9h10p9/7-7h9p7/6--3-2-2-2-3-2--0-2----------|

-----0------------------12-|----------------------------------------3--2-----|

---7-----------------------|---------------------------------------------4-3-|

-9-----------9-------------|-------------------------------------------------|

---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

*The next part is repeated throughout the song with minor variations

 (capoed on 7th fret of a 12 string)

|-----------0-----|------2-----|------0-------|----------0-|----------0-------|

|-------0---------|----0---2-4-|----3-----3---|------0-----|------1-----------|

|-----0---0---0-2-|--2---------|--2-----2---2-|----0---0---|----0-----------0-|

|---2-------------|1-----------|0-------------|--2---------|--2-----2---0h2---|

|-----------------|------------|--------------|4-----------|3-----------------|

|-0---------------|------------|--------------|------------|------------------|

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

|-----0-----0--|--------1-------|-------0-------|

|---0-----0----|------0---0-----|---0-2---2-----|

|--------------|----2-----------|---------------|

|-2------------|--0-------------|-2-------------|

|-------------3|--------------0-|---------------|

*This is the bass run which leads into the song. 

  Bm         F#               A          E

|----------|----------------|-----------|-------------0-|

|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------|

|----------|----------------|-----------|-------1---1---|

|------2-4-|-2-----0h2p0----|-----------|-----0---0-----|

|-5--------|-------------4--|-4----5-7\-|2--2-----------|

|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------|

  G                D              Em         F#

|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|

|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|

|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|

|-----------------|---0---/4----|-2----4-5-|-4h5p4p2-4-|

|-2----4---5-(5)\-|4----0-----5-|----------|-----------|

|-----------------|-------------|----------|-----------|

Bm                        F#

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

A                     E

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

G                         D

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

Em

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

F#

I had to stop for the night

Bm                               F#

There she stood in the doorway;  I heard the mission bell

A                                          E

And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell

G                        D

Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way

Em                                   F#

There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say

D---------5--

A---1-2-4-5--

E-2----------

 G                        D         *1st time           *second time

 Welcome to the Hotel California.   B-3-3--3--3-------- E|-9--9--9-/7-7-7/5-5\

                                    G-2-2--4--2-/6-4-2- B|-10-10-10/8-8-8/7-5\

                                    D-----------/7-5-4-

                                    A------------------

        Em                   Bm7

 Such a lovely place, such a lovely face

                            D|---------2-4-5-

                            A|2--4--5--------

    G                               D

 (1)Plenty of room at the Hotel California E|-9--9-/7-7-7-7/5-5-5\

                                           B|-10-10/8-8-8-8/7-7-7\

 (2)They livin' it up at the Hotel California E|-9--9--9-/7-7-7/5-5\

                                              B|-10-10-10/8-8-8/7-7\

        Em                                      F#

(1)Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here

(2)What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) bring your alibis

Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain;  "Please bring me my wine."

"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"

And still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say

CHORUS (with ending 2)

Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice

And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"

And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

"Relax" said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive"

"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"

1st solo:

         Bm                     F#

|-------|---------------------|-7-5-3-2----9-10-|

|-------|---------------------|-----------------|

|-----6-|9--9-9-9-9\7-6-9-7-6-|-7-6-4-3---------|

|-8-9---|---------------------|-----------------|

|-------|---------------------|-----------------|

|-------|---------------------|-----------------|

A                                       E

|-12-12-12-12~~~12-10-9----10-9-------|-------------|

|-----------------------12------12-10-|-9-----------|

|-------------------------------------|---9---------|

|-------------------------------------|-----9-------|

|-------------------------------------|-------9h11--|

|-------------------------------------|------------2|

    G                             D

|--------------------------------|-----------|

|--------------------------------|-----------|

|----------------------------2/4-|2-----4----|

|--------------2----4-2--5-4-----|---12---4--|

|-----0-2--5-4---5---------------|----|------|

|---3----------------------------|----|------|

                                      |

                                      --harmonic

  Em                       F#7

|-0------0------0-------0-|---2----------2-2-

|---0------0------0-----0-|-----2----------2-

|-----0------0------0---0-|-------3----------

|-------2------2------2---|---------4------4-

|-------------------------|-----------4------

|-------------------------|-2-----------2----

  *****roll w/pick hand finger***********

2nd solo:

                         Bm

------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

------------------9-11--|11h12p11\9-11----9-11-11h12p11\9-9h11p9\7-7h9p7\6---|

-9h11p9\8-9-11-12-------|--------------12----------------------------------9-|

------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

  F#                          A

|-------------------14-------|------------------------|

|-------12-14-12-11----------|--7-7-7-5-5-5-----------|

|---6-9----------------------|--------------7-7-6-4-2-|

|-8---------------------12\--|7-----------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

  E                                  G

|-------------------------0--------|--------------------------------3-|

|---3-3h5p3\2-2h3p2\0--------------|----------------------------3-5---|

|-1-------------------2-1----------|------------2-4-4h6p4\3-4-6-------|

|------------------------------2-4-|-5h7p5\4-5------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   D                                       Em

|-/5-5-5-5/7-5-3/5-----------------------|-------3p0---7p3-0-10p7----12p10----|

|-/7-7-7-7/8-7-5/7-----------------0h2h3-|-5p0-------0------------11-------12\|

|--------------------------0h1h2h3-------|-----0------------------------------|

|------------------0h2h3h4---------------|------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  F#

|-2-2h3p2\0---0h2-0-------------------0-|

|-----------3-------3-2h3p2p0-2-3p2-3---|

|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|

Outro:

GTR 1

   Bm                                   F#

e|------------------------------------|-----------------/6-|

B|-7p3----7p3----7p3----7p3----7p3----|-5p2---5p2---5p2----|

G|------4------4------4------4------4-|-----3-----3--------|

GTR 2

e|-10p7---10p7---10p7---10p7---10p7---|-9p6---9p6---9p6/14-|

B|------7------7------7------7------7-|-----7-----7--------|

G|------------------------------------|--------------------|

GTR 1

   A                               E

e|-------------------------------|-----------------/4-|

B|-5p2---5p2---5p2---5p2---5p2---|-3p0---3p0---3p0----|

G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----1-----1--------|

GTR2

e|-9p5---9p5---9p5---9p5---9p5---|-7p4---7p4---7p4/12-|

B|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5--------|

G|-------------------------------|--------------------|

GTR 1

   G                               D

e|-------------------------------|--------------------|

B|-3p0---3p0---3p0---3p0---3p0---|-3-----3-----3---/7-|

G|-------------------------------|---2-----2-----2----|

D|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----4-----4--------|

GTR 2

e|-7p3---7p3---7p3---7p3---7p3---|-5p2---5p2---5-/-10-|

B|-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3--------|

G|-------------------------------|--------------------|

GTR 1

   Em                                  F#                               Bm

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------2------------|-2-|

B|-4p0---4p0---4p0---4p0---4p0---3h4-|-2-----3p0---5p2-----3---3p2----|-3-|

G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|---3-------------3-----4----3-5-|-4-|

D|-----------------------------------|-----4-----4--------------------|-4-|

                                                                      |-2-|

GTR 2

e|-3p0---3p0---3p0---3p0---3p0-------|-------2----6----7--------------|-7-|

B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-2h3-|-5-2-----3----7----7-------7-11-|-7-|

G|-----------------------------------|-----3-----4----9----7-7-9------|-7-|

D|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-9-|

Google finishes 2048 bit security upgrade

Never again are you going to get a Google Web site whose security certificate is protected with comparatively weak 1,024-bit encryption.

The Net giant has secured all its certificates with 2,048-bit RSA encryption keys or better, Google security engineer Dan Dulay said in a blog post Monday. Certificates are used to set up encrypted communications between a Web server and Web browser.

That means two things. First, traffic will be harder to decrypt since 1,024-bit keys aren't in use at Google anymore. Second, retiring the 1,024-bit keys means the computing industry can retire the technology altogether by declaring such keys untrustworthy.

Google has been aggressively moving to stronger encryption because of U.S. government surveillance by the National Security Agency. According to documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the agency gathered bulk data off Internet taps, including unencrypted data sent between company data centers on its own network, and actively worked to undermine encryption.

Google said it beat its internal end-of-year deadline for the 2,048-bit move. It's also moved to encrypt its internal data transfer between data centers, a move that Yahoo also is making.

In other words, the Net's technology giants are working actively to make surveillance, authorized or not, significantly harder.

"Worry in Silicon Valley/Puget Sound: furor over NSA will cost billions cuz foreign customers fear US companies can't guarantee security," tweeted Strobe Talbott, president of analyst firm Brookings Institution, referring to the geographic regions where tech powers such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, and Amazon are located.

There's a lot of work to be done yet, though Google also supports a standard called "forward secrecy," which uses different keys for different sessions so that decrypting a single message doesn't mean previous messages can likewise be decrypted using the same key. But many other Net giants don't support forward secrecy – though that's changing, too.

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