Chords for Was Hotel California based on a Jethro Tull song?
Tempo:
115.2 bpm
Chords used:
F
A
F#
F#m
D#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Your song, we used to know, was certainly an influence on Hotel California.
that a little bit?
playing around the time, I believe it was
72, when we were on [F] tour [F#m] and we had a support band who had been signed
[D#m] the tour began, had a hit single, a [A] song I believe
interact with them very much because they were contrified, [A] laid back, polite
[F#] weird stuff and I don't think they liked
And there was no communication really at all, just a polite observance of each other's space
that a little bit?
playing around the time, I believe it was
72, when we were on [F] tour [F#m] and we had a support band who had been signed
[D#m] the tour began, had a hit single, a [A] song I believe
interact with them very much because they were contrified, [A] laid back, polite
[F#] weird stuff and I don't think they liked
And there was no communication really at all, just a polite observance of each other's space
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A
F#
F#m
D#m
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F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Your song, we used to know, was certainly an influence on Hotel California.
Can you talk about that a little bit?
Well, it was a piece of music that we were playing around the time, I believe it was
late 71, maybe early 72, when we were on [F] tour [F#m] and we had a support band who had been signed
up for the tour and subsequently, before [D#m] the tour began, had a hit single, _ a [A] song I believe
called Take It Easy [F#] and they were indeed the Eagles.
_ And we didn't interact with them very much because they were _ contrified, [A] laid back, polite
rock and we were a bit wacky [F] and English and doing [F#] weird stuff and I don't think they liked
us and we didn't much like them.
And _ there was no communication really at all, just a polite observance of each other's space
when it came to sound checks and show time.
But they _ probably heard us playing the song because that would have featured in the setlist
back then and _ maybe it was just something they kind of picked up on [N] subconsciously and
introduced that chord sequence into their _ famous song [F] Hotel California sometime later.
But you know, I mean, it's not plagiarism, it's just the same chord sequence, it's a
different time signature, different key, different context _ and it's a very, [N] very fine
song that they wrote so I can't feel anything other than [F#] _ _ happiness for [A] their sake and I
feel flattered that they had come across that chord sequence.
But it's difficult [F] to find a chord sequence that hasn't been used and hasn't been _ [N] the
focus of lots of pieces of music.
It's harmonic progression, it's a very, almost a mathematical certainty you're going to crop
up with the same thing sooner or later if you sit strumming a few chords on a guitar.
I mean, there's certainly no bitterness or any sense of plagiarism attached to my view
[F] on it, although I do sometimes allude in a joking [A#] way to _ accepting the fact that they
did that and saying, well, I accept it as a kind of a tribute.
It's a bit like this tribute Rolex that I'm wearing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ Your song, we used to know, was certainly an influence on Hotel California.
Can you talk about that a little bit?
Well, it was a piece of music that we were playing around the time, I believe it was
late 71, maybe early 72, when we were on [F] tour [F#m] and we had a support band who had been signed
up for the tour and subsequently, before [D#m] the tour began, had a hit single, _ a [A] song I believe
called Take It Easy [F#] and they were indeed the Eagles.
_ And we didn't interact with them very much because they were _ contrified, [A] laid back, polite
rock and we were a bit wacky [F] and English and doing [F#] weird stuff and I don't think they liked
us and we didn't much like them.
And _ there was no communication really at all, just a polite observance of each other's space
when it came to sound checks and show time.
But they _ probably heard us playing the song because that would have featured in the setlist
back then and _ maybe it was just something they kind of picked up on [N] subconsciously and
introduced that chord sequence into their _ famous song [F] Hotel California sometime later.
But you know, I mean, it's not plagiarism, it's just the same chord sequence, it's a
different time signature, different key, different context _ and it's a very, [N] very fine
song that they wrote so I can't feel anything other than [F#] _ _ happiness for [A] their sake and I
feel flattered that they had come across that chord sequence.
But it's difficult [F] to find a chord sequence that hasn't been used and hasn't been _ [N] the
focus of lots of pieces of music.
It's harmonic progression, it's a very, almost a mathematical certainty you're going to crop
up with the same thing sooner or later if you sit strumming a few chords on a guitar.
I mean, there's certainly no bitterness or any sense of plagiarism attached to my view
[F] on it, although I do sometimes allude in a joking [A#] way to _ accepting the fact that they
did that and saying, well, I accept it as a kind of a tribute.
It's a bit like this tribute Rolex that I'm wearing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
