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Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

"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 Chord diagramA minorAm and Chord diagramA#mA#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:  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramA#mA#m  Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA#mA#m       Chord diagramA#mA#m  Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramC# minorC#m

For the verses, I play a strumming pattern of:

 w w x w u x u u x d u d    with w(down), u(up), and x(muted)

Verse 1:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                                             Chord diagramB minorBm
The feeling was clear, clear as a blue sky on a sunny day
               Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Everything was you, oo ooo
Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramC# minorC#m                          Chord diagramB minorBm
'Cause no one made me feel, the way I felt with you, oh oohh
                  Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramD MajorD
Call on me 'cause  I  love you
    Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramD6D6     Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramA#mA#m    Chord diagramA#mA#m  Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramC# minorC#m
You know I do, you love me too.

For verse 2, the strumming pattern stays the same, but for the first Chord diagramD MajorD chord, I play:

 w u w u w  x w x w x  (twice)


Verse 2:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m                                             Chord diagramB minorBm
Then came a change, when I said I would soon be leavin' you
                Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Nothing else to do, oooh
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramC# minorC#m                            Chord diagramB minorBm
But please remember I'll never lose the thought of you
                  Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramD MajorD
Call on me 'cause  I  love you
    Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramD6D6      Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA#mA#m
You know  I  do, you love me too, oo ooo
Chord diagramA#mA#m
Hoo ooh oh oh hoh

I ad-lib on rhythm for the instrumental.  It's difficult to hear the guitar
over the brass and percussion anyways.

Instrumental 1:  Chord diagramA#mA#m  Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramC# minorC#m     Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramDmDm
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramC minorCm          Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7    Chord diagramB minorBm  Chord diagramC minorCm  Chord diagramDmDm
Same strum pattern as verse 1

Verse 3:
Chord diagramDmDm                                         Chord diagramC minorCm
You've got to find someone else to somehow take my place
                    Chord diagramDmDm
Share his life with you, oo ooo
Chord diagramEb MajorEb                        Chord diagramDmDm                      Chord diagramC minorCm
But if you need a friend, you can always count on me
                   Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramEb MajorEb
Count on me 'cause I  love you,
    Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramEb6Eb6     Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramEb MajorEb          Chord diagramB minorBm
You know I do, you love me too, oo ooo

Instrumental 2: Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramB minorBm   Chord diagramC minorCm   Chord diagramB minorBm

Outro:
Chord diagramB minorBm
You can count on me, ooh oh (baby)
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
You can count on me

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