SINGIN' CALL- Stephen Stills

TUNING: D A D D A D (or E B E E B E )

E9 E E9 E
E9                       E
Listen to the sound of the night bird singin'
  E9          E
I wonder who he calls
     E9                   E
My fingers hurt so bad it's got me grinnin'
        E9              E
And I wonder can I do it all
E9                           E
Hit a stretch of rapids in the rushing ragin' river
E9                         E
Looking out for boulders and falls
E9                        E
A woman she watches from the top of the canyon
E9                     E
Hopin' we don't drown us all

CHORUS:
B4                  A4
Help me now, I got to slow down
          B4   E9
Hear my singin' call

Hurt myself bad on a run through the desert
Threw a shoe and took a bad fall
Long for the peace that the ancients bring me
Murmur of the lowlands shut my jaw
CHORUS

Everyone knows there's a price for the askin'
Some people buy themselves a doll
Help me sweet Jesus
I'm weary from the journey
I need to tell my brothers what I saw
CHORUS


  GENERAL PICKING PATTERN:
E -------------------------------------------------- | 
B -10----------10-----------0(b9)---------0(b9)--------- | 
E -------12-----------(rpt)-------12----------(rpt)- | 
E ----00----------00-----------00----------00------- | 
B -------------------------------------------------- | 
E -00-------00--------------00-------00------------- | 

CHORDS:
  E9   E     B9  A9
E -12-   -12-   --0-   --0- | 
B -10-   --(b9)   --0-   --0- | 
E -12-   -12-   --0-   --0- | 
E --0-   --0-   --7-   --5- | 
E --0-   --0-   --7-   --5- | 
E --0-   --0-   --7-   --5- | 

NOTE: On the picking pattern, any given second string note can be
replaced by a first string note.  It is the sequence of first string
notes that makes this picking pattern challenging and interesting.
Listen to the record closely to hear this- the first string note is
relatively easy to pick out.

(from Stephen Stills 2, 1971)
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