Calling All Cars Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays382

Calling All Cars by Mike McClure is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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     E 
Yeah somebody got drunk and drove their car 
A 
Down in a ditch leaving the bar 
B                          A                  E 
Didn't make the corner and here comes the ambulance 
       E 
It was Jimmy's first trip in the back of the van 
          A 
When they flipped on the siren tried to steady his hand 
   B                  A                      E 
He came down the hill somebody didn't have a chance 

 
A           E         B      A        E 
Calling all cars come in wherever you are 
           A                  E                  B 
You better call up somebody's mama and break her heart 
                  A 
Yeah come in come in 
            E 
Calling all cars 


Well three hours in on a twelve hour shift 
Eric went out back he needed a lift 
Walked back inside as Bobby walked in through the door 
It was his fifth day in on an eight day binge 
With a pocket full of nothing and an empty syringe 
He pulled out a pistol and ordered Eric down on the floor

REPEAT Chorus 

Well officer Edwards finally gave in 
He chambered a bullet put it under his chin 
He thought about taking himself out just because 
But when that call came in it was like a trumpet sound 
And pulled him out of the darkness in which he was drowned 
And remembered when life was bigger than he was 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante