Call On Me chords by Chicago

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 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: Am Bm Dm  A#m C#m Em
Bm  Dm  Am   Bm  C#m Em  C#m Em
A#m    A#m Bm C#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:
C#m                       Bm
The feeling was clear, clear as a blue sky on a sunny day
        C#m
Everything was you, oo ooo
D             C#m             Bm
'Cause no one made me feel, the way I felt with you, oh oohh
         C#m C#m  D
Call on me 'cause I love you
  C#m C#m D6   C#m C#m D    A#m  A#m Bm C#m
You know I do, you love me too.

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:
C#m                       Bm
Then came a change, when I said I would soon be leavin' you
        C#m
Nothing else to do, oooh
D          C#m              Bm
But please remember I'll never lose the thought of you
         C#m C#m D
Call on me 'cause I love you
  C#m C#m D6   C#m C#m D     A#m
You know I do, you love me too, oo ooo
A#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: A#m Bm   C#m   Em   Bm    Dm
Am    Cm     Bm    Gmaj7  Bm Cm Dm


Same strum pattern as verse 1

Verse 3:
Dm                     Cm
You've got to find someone else to somehow take my place
          Dm
Share his life with you, oo ooo
Eb            Dm           Cm
But if you need a friend, you can always count on me
          Dm Dm Eb
Count on me 'cause I love you,
  Dm  Dm Eb6   Dm Dm Eb     Bm
You know I do, you love me too, oo ooo

Instrumental 2: Bm  Dm    Am   Bm  Cm  Bm

Outro:
Bm
You can count on me, ooh oh (baby)
G        D
You can count on me