The Call Chords

by Regina Spektor
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Bb
Capo: 3rd fret
Author faeriehazel [pro] 82.
4 contributors total, last edit on Nov 16, 2021
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Chords

G
D
Em
C
D7
Am
F

Strumming

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Capo on 3rd fret
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   G                D
It started out as a feeling
           Em          C
Which then grew into a hope
           G             D
Which then turned into a quiet thought
           Em                  C
Which then turned into a quiet word
    D                   D7
And then that word grew louder and louder
 G            D       Em
'Til it was a battle cry
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          C
I'll come back
         D    G
When you call me
Em                  D
No need to say goodbye
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                         D
Just because everything's changing
                  Em                    C
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
G                        D
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
   Em                  C
As you head off to the war
D                  D7
Pick a star on the dark horizon
    G      D    Em
And follow the light
 
 
[Chorus]
 
            C
You'll come back
          D G
When it's over
Em          D       Em
No need to say goodbye
            C
You'll come back
          D G
When it's over
Em          D       G
No need to say goodbye
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Am   F   G   C
Am   F   G   C
Am   F   G   G
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G                       D
Now we're back to the beginning
            Em                       C
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
    G                       D
But just because they can't feel it too
        Em                       C
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
D                      D7
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
G               D         Em
'Til they're before your eyes
 
 
[Chorus]
 
            C
You'll come back
          D    G
When they call you
Em          D       Em
No need to say goodbye
            C
You'll come back
          D    G
When they call you
Em          D       C
No need to say goodbye
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The Call – Regina Spektor
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41 comments
benh25
this is the nicest song anyone has written in a very long time...
+82
IrishOfNorway
I don't agree in all those "corrections"... I think it was nice, easy to play. Maybe he has a good point in the Em should be C.. but I think the rest of it was bull shit..
+11
forcebreaker
I usually just figure it out on my own. Strum patterns are usless to me.
+7