Chicago - Call on me
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"Call On Me" by Chicago
(Loughnane)
Chicago VII 1974
For the intro, I strum the first six chords once and then make-up my own kind of rhythm.
Also, sliding up the fretboard from Am and A#m a little sounds like the recording.
It would help to play all of the chords using barre chords, and a wah-wah pedal is needed.
Intro: Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Gm9
Bbm Cm Am9
|Gmaj7 | |Bbmaj7 | |
|Fmaj7 | |B9 |C9 |F#m9 Gmaj7| |F#m9 Gmaj7| |
|F#maj7 | | F#maj7 Gmaj7|Amaj7
For the verses, I play a strumming pattern of:
w w x w u x u u x w u w with w(down), u(up), and x(muted)
Verse 1:
Amaj7The feeling was clear, cC#m7lear as a blue sky on a sunBm7ny day
Everything was G#m7you, C#9oo ooo
Dmaj7'Cause no one made me feel,C#m7 the way I felt with you, oh Bm7oohh
Call on me 'cause F#m7 I love Gmaj7you
You F#m7know I Gmaj7do, you F#m7love me Gmaj7too. oo ooo F#maj7oooo
For verse 2, the strumming pattern stays the same, but for the first D chord, I play:
w u w u w x w x w x (twice)
Verse 2:
Amaj7Then came a change, C#m7when I said I would soon be Bm7leavin' you
Nothing else to G#m7do, C#9oooh
Dmaj7 But please remember C#m7I'll never lose the thought of yBm7ou
Call on me 'cause F#m7 I love Gmaj7you
You F#m7know I Gmaj7do, you F#m7love me Gmaj7too. oo ooo F#maj7oooo
I ad-lib on rhythm for the instrumental. It's difficult to hear the guitar
over the brass and percussion anyways.
F#maj7Woa wo wo wo wo wo wo
|Bm7 | |Amaj7 | |
|Cmaj7 | |Gmaj7 | |
|Bbmaj7 | |Am7 | |
|Cm7 | |Gmaj7 | |
|Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 Abmaj7|
Same strum pattern as verse 1
Verse 3:
Bbmaj7 You've got to find Dm7 someone else to somehow Cm7take my place
Share his life with Am7you, oo D9ooo
Ebmaj7But if you need a friend, Dm7 you can always count onCm7 me
Count on me 'cause Gm7I love Abmaj7you,
You Gm7know I Abmaj7do,
you Gm7love me Abmaj7too, oo Gmaj7ooo
Instrumental 2:|Gmaj7 | |Bbmaj7 | |
|Am7 | |Cm7 | |Gmaj7 | |
Gmaj7You can count on me, ooh oh (baby)
You can count on me
(repeat until done)