SINGIN' CALL- Stephen Stills
TUNING: D5 A5 D5 D5 A5 D5 (or E5 B5 E5 E5 B5 E5 )
E5 E5 E5 E5
E5 E5
Listen to the sound of the night bird singin'
E5 E5
I wonder who he calls
E5 E5
My fingers hurt so bad it's got me grinnin'
E5 E5
And I wonder can I do it all
E5 E5
Hit a stretch of rapids in the rushing ragin' river
E5 E5
Looking out for boulders and falls
E5 E5
A woman she watches from the top of the canyon
E5 E5
Hopin' we don't drown us all
CHORUS:
B5 A5
Help me now, I got to slow down
B5 E5
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:
E5 E5 B5 A5
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)