Intro
I CALL YOUR NAME
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)
Words & Muisc by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'George Harrison - Electric 12-string Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=134
N.C. 
F7F7 
F#7F#7 
B7B7 
E7E7
4/4
Gtr I (El. 12-string Gtr.)
Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E +W E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-|-(7)-------------|----8------8-------|
|-------8-9-----|-----------------|---------9---9-7---|
|----9----------|-----------------|-----------------9-|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| H Q E MajorE E Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------1-|--2---2----2---2-|--7----7-----0---0-|
|-------------4-|--5---5----5---5-|-10---10-----3---3-|
|-------------2-|--3---3----3---3-|--8----8-----1---1-|
|-------------1-|--2---2----2---2-|--7----7-----0---0-|
|-------------3-|--4---4----4---4-|--9----9-----2---2-|
|-------------1-|--2---2----2---2-|--7----7-----0---0-|
1st Verse
B7B7 E7E7
Q Q S S E MajorE E E MajorE W Q E MajorE E q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9p7-------|-8--------------||----9---7-------|-------9---7------|
|-----------9-7-9-|----------------||------9---------|---------9---9----|
|-----------------|----------------||-7------------7-|-(7)-7------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q q E MajorE E +Q Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q
|-0--0------2---2-|-2--2----2-(2)--||----0-----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0----|
|-3--3------0---0-|-0--0----0-(0)--||----0-----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0----|
|-1--1------2---2-|-2--2----2-(2)--||----1-----1---1-|-(1)---1-----1----|
|-0--0------1---1-|-1--1----1-(1)--||----0-----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0----|
|-2--2------2---2-|-2--2----2-(2)--||----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2----|
|-0--0------------|----------------||----0-----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0----|
C#7C#7 F#7F#7
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE q E MajorE E Q
|-----4-----4-----|-------4-----4----|-----6-6---6-----|-------6----6-----|
|-------4-7-------|---------4-7------|-7-7-----7-----7-|--7--7----7-------|
|-6-6-----------6-|-(6)-6------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2----2-----|
|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2----|-----5-----5---5-|-(5)---5----5-----|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4----|-----3-----3---3-|-(3)---3----3-----|
|-----3-----3---3-|-(3)---3-----3----|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2----2-----|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4----|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4----4-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2----2-----|
2nd Verse
B7B7 E7E7
E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|
|-----11----9-11----|-------------7---||-9--9---7-9-----|-------9---7-9-----|
|-9-9----11---------|-9-9---9---9-----||------9---------|---------9---------|
|-------------------|-----------------||--------------7-|-(7)-7-------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E MajorE Q Q q Q Q Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q q E MajorE E Q
|------2-------2----|-----2-------2---||----0-----0---0-|--0----0-----0-----|
|------0-------0----|-----0-------0---||----0-----0---0-|--0----0-----0-----|
|------2-------2----|-----2-------2---||----1-----1---1-|--1----1-----1-----|
|------1-------1----|-----1-------1---||----0-----0---0-|--0----0-----0-----|
|------2-------2----|-----2-------2---||----2-----2---2-|--2----2-----2-----|
|-------------------|-----------------||----0-----0---0-|--0----0-----0-----|
C#7C#7 F#7F#7 A augmentedA 
A minorAm
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q W H Q E MajorE E
|-----4-----4-----|------4-----4----|--------------|----------------|
|-------4-7-------|--------4-7------|--------------|----------------|
|-6-6-----------6-|-(6)-------------|--------------|-------------9--|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q q E MajorE E Q Q Q E MajorE E Q Q q E MajorE E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----2----2----|----0----0------|
|-----2-----2---2-|--2---2-----2----|----5----5----|----2----1------|
|-----4-----4---4-|--4---4-----4----|----3----3----|----2----2------|
|-----3-----3---3-|--3---3-----3----|----2----2----|----2----2------|
|-----4-----4---4-|--4---4-----4----|----4----4----|----0----0------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----2----2----|----------------|
$
E7E7
+Q Q E MajorE Q. H Q E MajorE E
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|-(9)--9--7h9------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------7-||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q
|------0----0----0-|-(0)--0----0-----||
|------0----0----0-|-(0)--0----0-----||
|------1----1----1-|-(1)--1----1-----||
|------0----0----0-|-(0)--0----0-----||
|------2----2----2-|-(2)--2----2-----||
|------0----0----0-|-(0)--0----0-----||
Bridge
A7A7
+E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------5-5-----|-----------5-5--------|
|-------5-6-----5-6-|-------5-6------5--6--|
|-(7)-7-------------|--7--7----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E +Q
|-------5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----5-(5)----|
|-------8-----8---8-|-(8)---8-----8-(8)----|
|-------6-----6---6-|-(6)---6-----6-(6)----|
|-------5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----5-(5)----|
|-------7-----7---7-|-(7)---7-----7-(7)----|
|-------5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----5-(5)----|
C# minorC#m
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---------4-4-----|-----------4---------|
|-----4-5-----4-5-|-------4-5---5--4--5-|
|-6-6-------------|--6--6---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E +Q
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4-(4)---|
|-----5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----5-(5)---|
|-----6-----6---6-|-(6)---6-----6-(6)---|
|-----6-----6---6-|-(6)---6-----6-(6)---|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4-(4)---|
|-----------------|---------------------|
F#7F#7
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------2-2-----|-----------2-2--------|
|-----2-3-----2-3-|-------2-3------2--3--|
|-4-4-------------|--4--4----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E +Q
|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2-(2)----|
|-----5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----5-(5)----|
|-----3-----3---3-|-(3)---3-----3-(3)----|
|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2-(2)----|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4-(4)----|
|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2-(2)----|
3rd & 4th Verses
C7C7 B7B7 E7E7
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|-------------------|
|-----------8-8-----|---------7-7-----||---------------|-------------------|
|-------8-9-----8-9-|-----7-------8-9-||----9--7-9-----|-------9---7-9-----|
|-10-10-------------|-9-9---9---------||---------------|---------9---------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-7-----------7-|-(7)-7-------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|-------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E Q Q q E MajorE E Q Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q
|-------------------|-----2-----2-----||----0----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
|-------1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----||----0----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
|-------3-----3-----|-----2-----2-----||----1----1---1-|-(1)---1-----1-----|
|-------2-----2-----|-----1-----1-----||----0----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
|-------3-----3-----|-----2-----2-----||----2----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2-----|
|-------------------|-----------------||----0----0---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
To Coda
C#7C#7 F#7F#7 A augmentedA A minorAm
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|-----4-----4-----|-------4-----4----|-----6---5-6-----|-------5-----------|
|-------4-7-------|---------4-7------|-7-7---7---------|---------5---------|
|-6-6-----------6-|-(6)-6------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--7--7-------7-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----2-----2---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2----|-----5-----5---2-|-(2)---2-----1-----|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4----|-----3-----3---2-|-(2)---2-----2-----|
|-----3-----3---3-|-(3)---3-----3----|-----2-----2---2-|-(2)---2-----2-----|
|-----4-----4---4-|-(4)---4-----4----|-----4-----4---0-|-(0)---0-----0-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----2-----2-----|-------------------|
Guitar Solo
E7E7 E7E7
W E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q S S e Q Q E. S E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------|---------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------|-------8-10-10b12---10-8---||-9-----------9----10---10b12=====|
|---------------|-----9-------------------9-||-------9-------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|----0----0---0-|-(0)---0----------0--------||-----0-----0-------0----------0--|
|----0----0---0-|-(0)---0----------0--------||-----0-----0-------0----------0--|
|----1----1---1-|-(1)---1----------1--------||-----1-----1-------1----------1--|
|----0----0---0-|-(0)---0----------0--------||-----0-----0-------0----------0--|
|----2----2---2-|-(2)---2----------2--------||-----2-----2-------2----------2--|
|----0----0---0-|-(0)---0----------0--------||-----0-----0-------0----------0--|
|-----3------|
+Q Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E. S
|-----------7------------------------------|
|-(10)r-----------10pb12r(10)p==8----------|
|-----------------------------------9----9s|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|---------0-----0-----------------0------0-|
|---------0-----0-----------------0------0-|
|---------1-----1-----------------1------1-|
|---------0-----0-----------------0------0-|
|---------2-----2-----------------2------2-|
|---------0-----0-----------------0------0-|
C#7C#7
|--3--| |--3---|
q q a E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE E. S E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------9----------9-----------|-------9-------------------9------------|
|-10-----------9s10-------8s====|=10------10s8p==6---8s10----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------2-----2--------2-------2-|-------2----------2----------2-----2----|
|------4-----4--------4-------4-|-------4----------4----------4-----4----|
|------3-----3--------3-------3-|-------3----------3----------3-----3----|
|------4-----4--------4-------4-|-------4----------4----------4-----4----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
F#7F#7 A augmentedA A minorAm
E MajorE E Q a E. S E. S +Q a Q Q. E MajorE
|--------------------------2-|-(2)--------------------------|
|---5---7--------------------|--------------------------5---|
|-------------6s4p==2--------|---------6s4-----2------------|
|---------------------4------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|-----2-----2-------2------2-|-------0-------0------0-----0-|
|-----5-----5-------5------5-|-------2-------2------1-----1-|
|-----3-----3-------3------3-|-------2-------2------2-----2-|
|-----2-----2-------2------2-|-------2-------2------2-----2-|
|-----4-----4-------4------4-|-------0-------0------0-----0-|
|-----2-----2-------2------2-|------------------------------|
E7E7
|--3--|
+Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE +E. S
|---------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------------------------|
|---------4-----3s2---0---(0)-----|
|-------------------------------1-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
|-------1-----1---------1-------1-|
|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
|-------2-----2---------2-------2-|
|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
D.S. al Coda &
E7E7 A augmentedA
E MajorE E Q H q q S S E MajorE Q +Q Q H
|--------------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------------||----9--9p7---7---|-(7)------------||
|-2------------------------||-----------9-----|----------------||
|--------------------------||-7---------------|----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S Q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q q E MajorE E Q
|---0-----0-----0-----0----||----0------0---0-|-(0)--0----0----||
|---0-----0-----0-----0----||----0------0---2-|-(2)--2----2----||
|---1-----1-----1-----1----||----1------1---2-|-(2)--2----2----||
|---0-----0-----0-----0----||----0------0---2-|-(2)--2----2----||
|---2-----2-----2-----2----||----2------2---0-|-(0)--0----0----||
|---0-----0-----0-----0----||----0------0-----|----------------||
Outro
E7E7 A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA
q q S S E MajorE E E MajorE +W q q S S E MajorE E E MajorE +W 3x
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||-----9--9p7-------|---------------|----9--9p7-------|----------------||
||------------9-7-7-|-(7)-----------|-----------9-7-7-|-(7)------------||
||o-7---------------|---------------|-7---------------|---------------o||
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|
| Q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q q q q Q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q q q q 3x
||-----0------0---0-|-(0)--0--0--0--|----0------0---0-|-(0)--0--0--0---||
||o----0------0---2-|-(2)--2--2--2--|----0------0---2-|-(2)--2--2--2--o||
||-----1------1---2-|-(2)--2--2--2--|----1------1---2-|-(2)--2--2--2---||
||-----0------0---2-|-(2)--2--2--2--|----0------0---2-|-(2)--2--2--2---||
||o----2------2---0-|-(0)--0--0--0--|----2------2---0-|-(0)--0--0--0--o||
||-----0------0-----|---------------|----0------0-----|----------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I call your name but you're not there
Was I to blame for being unfair
Oh I can't sleep at night
Since you've been gone
I never weep at night
I can't go on
Don't you know I can't take it
I don't know who can
I'm not goin' to mayayake it
I'm not that kind of man
Oh I can't sleep at night
But just the same
I never weep at night
I call your name
Aww
Don't you know I can't take it
I don't know who can
I'm not goin' to mayayake it
I'm not that kind of man
Oh I can't sleep at night
But just the same
I never weep at night
I call your name
I call your name
I call your name
Other versions of I Call Your Name
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for I will (Ver. 2) by The Beatles
| Version | Type |
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| I call your name | Chords |
