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There are three guitars going here:
FREY    12-string acoustic, capo 2nd fret
WALSH   6-string acoustic, nylon string
FELDER  6-string acoustic, nylon string

This is the intro.  Frey plays the top chords shown in parentheses,
while Walsh plays the bottom chords.  Felder plays the intro riff you hear.

  (Am)                                      (G)
   Bm                                        A
e:-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:--------------------3--5--7--7h8p7--5/7--|---------------------------------|
G:-----4--4h5p3h4--5-----------------------|--------7-6----------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------|----7-9---------7h9-7------------|
A:-----------------------------------------|--------------9--------97--5/7--|
E:-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  (Dsus2)
   Em                                  grad. acceleration               (keeps repeating)
e:-----------0-------0-------0-------0-----7p0-----10p0-----7p0-----10p0-----7p0-----10p0-|
B:---------0-------0-------0-------0-----8-------8--------8-------8--------8-------8------|
G:-------0-------2-------4-------7-----9-------9--------9-------9--------9-------9--------|
D:-----2-------4-------5-------9----------------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                             (E7)

e:-----7p0-----10p0-----7-6-7-9-10-9-10-12/14-14~~~~~-|
B:---8-------8--------8-------------------------------|
G:-9-------9--------9---------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------|


Here's where the percussion comes in.  Everyone keeps
playing the same things.

  (Asus2)
   Bm
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:---------7h8p7---|-7-7-------7-----|-----------------|-----------------|
G:---------------9-|-------9-------7-|---9---7---------|-----------------|
D:-------9---------|-----------------|---------9p7-7/9~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  (G)
   A
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-7-----9-10-9-10-|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-------8---7-8/10-|-----------------|
G:-----------7-6---|-6---6-----.-----|-6-7-9------------|-----------------|
D:-------7-9-----9-|-------7---9-----|------------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

  (Dsus2)
   Em
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +    +    +    +
e:-12----------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-7h0---10-|---12---10---7----|
B:--------------0--|------0-------0--|-----0-------0----|--------------------|
G:-------------0---|-----2-------4---|---9--------------|--------------------|
D:---------2-------|-4-------5-------|-7----------------|--------------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|

  (E)
   F#7
   +       +         +        +       +   +    +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------9--9h10p97--7h9p76-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:----------------------------------|-8--7--7--7--8--7-|---7-------------|-----------------|
G:----------------------------------|------------------|-9-----7---6-----|-----------------|
D:----------------------------------|------------------|-------------9-8~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A:----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


More things start happening here.
Frey's 12-string starts messing with picking patterns based around these chords:
        Am   E7   G   D9   F   C   Dm   E7

Felder plays something similar the intro 12-string part with his 6-string, it's found on
        my Hotel California page.  He doesn't use a capo though.

Walsh plays this little thing after the first round of Felder's part:

   +   +   +   +     +     +           +     +       +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A:-5~~~~~~-7---9---|-7-----------5h7p54~~~~~~~~~~-|-4~~~~~~-5---7---|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E:-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
       

   +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +       +   +   +
e:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
B:-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
G:-----------------|--2---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D:-----------------|--0-------2/4-0---|-2-------4---5---|-4h5p42-4-----------|
A:-2~~~~~~-4---5---|-