Richard Carpenter - Calling your name again
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Eto na...With a gulp, I work on tabbing this song, trying to decipher it piece by piece...
This is a song with among the most complex chord progressions that I know of. Rest
assured, this tab is not easy at all and one you'd rather sit down and study rather than playing right away.
But since you're here and you're curious, read on...
The many uncommon chords are tabbed below the song, for your guidance. ;)
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|| Richard Carpenter
|| Calling Your Name Again
|| Year: 1987
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[Intro]
B E/B B B7 E/B E6/B Bbm7b5 Eb7
G#m G-5 B/F# Fm7b5 F#
[Verse 1]
B I wake up in the G#m/Bdark
B Silence brings me G#m/Bto my senses
E/B I wonder where you F#/Bare
E/B Bbm7b5 Eb7/G G#m G-5
Then I feel the pain, the pain in my heart
'Cause I'm B/F#living without your Ebm7love
G#m G-5
And I'm all alone for the first time
And it dB/F#oesn't seem to Fm7b5 be a dream
A EM7dream that will be F#7over F#
[Verse 2]
B All the words you G#m/Bsaid
B Weren't enough to G#m/Bfool this heartache
E/B The memories in my F#/Bhead
E/B Bbm7b5 Eb7/G G#m G-5
Aren't enough to stop me falling apart
'Cause I'm B/F#living without your Ebm7love
G#m G-5
Maybe it won't be the last time
I don't knGow how much more D2/F# I can take
Ddim/FHopeless, wide Em7awake and C#5here F#5 I G#go
[Chorus]
CFmalling your name agaCmin
ThFsusinking of Fall that we Bbm7two had before
Eb-9 Eb G#
There's got to be more, this I know
CFmalling your name agBbm7ain
Bdim7 Fm/C Aaug C#/G# G-5
Rememberin' all the love you gave to me
And B/F#how we used to bBe
[Interlude]
B E/B B B7 E/B E6/B Bbm7b5 Eb7
G#m G-5 B/F# Fm7b5 F#
[Verse 2]
B I think of what's to G#m/Bcome
B Then I turn and G#m/Bsee your picture
E/B The tears begin to F#/Bfall
E/B Bbm7b5 Eb7/G G#m G-5
And soon I can't make sense of nothing at all
'Cause I'm B/F#living without your Ebm7love
G#m G-5
Won't think that I'll make it this time
Something tGells me this is D2/F#not the end
Ddim/FWish I could pretEm7end but C#5here F#5 I G#go
[Chorus 2]
CFmalling your name agaCmin
ThFsusinking of Fall that we Bbm7two had before
Eb-9 Eb G#
There's got to be more, this I know
CFmalling your name agBbm7ain
ReBdim7memberin' all the Fm/Clove you Aauggave to mAe (love you gAM7ave)
And Bbm7how we Ebused to G#be
[Instrumental]
G# Fm Cm Fsus F Bbm7 Eb-9
[Final Chorus]
HEbere I G#go
CFmalling your name Bbm7again
Bdim7 Fm/C Aaug C#/G# G-5
Remembering all the love you gave to me
And B/F#how we used to Fm7b5be
B/F#How we F#7used to bBe
[Outro]
B E/B B B7 E/B E6/B Bbm7b5 Eb7
G#m G-5 B/F# Fm7b5 F# Bsus2
***Illustrated CHORDS (EADGBe)***
x = dead(muted) string 0 = open string
Intro/Outro chords:
E/B x22100
B7 x24242 (bar)
E6/B x22120
Bbm7b5 x12120
Eb7 x68686 (bar)
G-5 3x560x
B/F# 2x4442 (bar)
Fm7b5 xx3444
Bsus2 x24422 (bar)
Verse chords:
G#m/B x2110x
F#/B x24322 (bar)
Eb7/G 3xx323
Ebm7 x68676 (bar)
EM7 xx2444 or x79897 (bar)
F#7 xx4320
D2/F# 200230
Ddim/F 1x013x
C#5 x466xx (power)
F#5 244xxx (power)
Chorus chords:
Fsus 133311
Bbm7 x13121
Eb-9 x68980
Bdim7 x20101
Fm/C x33111 (bar)
Aaug x03221
C#/G# 4x6664
AM7 x02120
Notes/Tips:
-Most of the chords I specified really aren't broken chords and made up. In fact, many of them are kind
of the easiest ways to execute them in guitar, and what's most important is that they stick to the notes
they should have according to music theory. If you're a more seasoned player, you should know or be able
to adapt easily many of the "uncommon" chords such as the minor 7th-flattened 5ths :p
-Some of the chord progressions are not that hard to move from previous to the next. For example, I
suggested a broken EM7 for the 1st verse as only one finger moves from Fm7b5 to that EM7
-It's hard to really simplify this song. Some chords can be optional and skipped/replaced, such as
- doing only either Eb-9 or Eb in the Chorus 3rd line and Instrumental instead of both
- doing Eb7 or simply Eb instead of Eb7/G in the verses
- doing G6 instead of G-5
-A simpler Intro would be: B E B E Bbm7b5 Eb7 G#m G B/F# Fm7b5 F#
But these sacrifice accuracy.
Good luck!
++Daryl Kayanan++
++8.21.2019++
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