"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:
Amaj7 C#m7 Bm7
The feeling was clear, clear as a blue sky on a sunny day
G#m7 C#9
Everything was you, oo ooo
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
'Cause no one made me feel, the way I felt with you, oh oohh
F#m7 Gmaj7
Call on me 'cause I love you
F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#maj7
You know I do, you love me too. oo ooo oooo
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:
Amaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Then came a change, when I said I would soon be leavin' you
G#m7 C#9
Nothing else to do, oooh
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
But please remember I'll never lose the thought of you
F#m7 Gmaj7
Call on me 'cause I love you
F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#maj7
You know I do, you love me too. oo ooo oooo
I ad-lib on rhythm for the instrumental. It's difficult to hear the guitar
over the brass and percussion anyways.
F#maj7
Woa 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 Dm7 Cm7
You've got to find someone else to somehow take my place
Am7 D9
Share his life with you, oo ooo
Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm7
But if you need a friend, you can always count on me
Gm7 Abmaj7
Count on me 'cause I love you,
Gm7 Abmaj7
You know I do,
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gmaj7
you love me too, oo ooo
Instrumental 2:|Gmaj7 | |Bbmaj7 | |
|Am7 | |Cm7 | |Gmaj7 | |
Gmaj7
You can count on me, ooh oh (baby)
You can count on me
(repeat until done)
