Rescue Me Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays669

Rescue Me by Fontella Bass is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D/A, D/E, D, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 

A A A D/A A D/A  
D/E 

Verse 1 

       A 
Rescue me 
        D 
Take me in your arms 
       G 
Rescue me 
            Em 
I want your tender charms 
           A 
'Cause I'm lonely 
        D 
And I'm blue 
        G 
I need you 
               Em 
And your love too 
Come on and rescue me 
A                  D 
Come on, baby, and rescue me 
A                  D 
Come on, baby, and rescue me 
A                  D 
'Cause I need you by my side 
                    D/E 
Can't you see that I'm lonely 
Verse 2 

       A 
Rescue me 
              D 
Come on and take my heart 
            G                 Em 
Take your love and conquer every part 
              A 
'Cause I'm lonely 
         D 
And I'm blue 
        G 
I need you 
               Em 
And your love too 
Come on and rescue me 

Chorus 

Middle - Same as Intro 

Verse 3 (Same as verses 1/2) 

Rescue me 
Take me in your arms 
Rescue me 
I want your tender charm 
'Cause I'm lonely 
And I'm blue 
I need you 
And your love too 
Come on and rescue me 

Chorus 3 

A 
(Come on baby) 
D                      A 
Take me baby (take me baby) 
                       D 
Hold me baby (hold me baby) 
                       A 
Love me baby (love me baby) 
                 D 
Can't you see I need you baby 
                        D/E 
Can't you see that I'm lonely 

Verse 4 

Rescue me 
Come on and take my hand 
C'mon, baby and be my man 
'Cause I love you 
'Cause I want you 
Can't you see that I'm lonely 

Chorus 5 

     A 
Mmm-hmm (mmm-hmm) 
     D 
Mmm-hmm (mmm-hmm) 
           D 
Take me baby (take me baby) 
          D 
Love me baby (love me baby) 
          A 
Need me baby (need me baby) 
      D 
Mmm-hmm (mmm-hmm) 
                    D/E 
Can't you see that I'm lonely 

Outro 

       A 
Rescue Me, 
       D 
Rescue Me, 
  A   D   A   D 
Mmm,mmm,____mmm. 

repeat to fade 


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante