Call On Me Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays696

Call On Me by Janis Joplin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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E                          C#m B A B  
Well, baby, when times are ba--a-a-d, 
     A                                    E    B 
Now call on me, darling, and I'll come to you. 
E                                  C#m B A B 
When you're in trouble and feel so sa-a-a-d, 
      A                                    E    B 
Well, call on me, darling, come on call on me, and I'll help you. 
Yeah!  
  A                         E              E  C#m B A 
A man and a woman have each other, baby, 
                           E              E  C#m B A 
To find their way in this world. 
                               C#m  B     A  B  
I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, 
                A                           E       B 
Don't take your sweet, your sweet love from me.  

Baby, when you're down and feel so blue, 
Well, no, you won't drown, darling, I'll be there too. 
You're not alone, I'm there too, 
Whatever your troubles, honey, I don't care.  

A man and a woman have each other, baby, 
To find their way in this world. 
I need you, darling, like the fish needs the sea, 
Don't take your sweet, sweet love from me!  

Please! So baby, when times are bad, 
Call on me, darling, just call on me. 
    	

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