Vance Joy – Call If You Need Me Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

Vance Joy – Call If You Need Me Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

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This is the chord progression of Call If You Need Me by Vance Joy on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C Am G
C Am G

[Verse 1]
C                                    Am                                                               G
I love you in the morning when the blood runs to your cheeks
C                                Am                                G
Babe, you are the first thing and the last thing that I’d see
C                                Am                                G           C
I was just a boy striking matches upon your heart
C        Am                                G
I couldn’t get no sparks

[Verse 2]
C                                Am                                       G
Ask me to go faster, put my foot down to the floor
C                                Am                                G
Standing at the edge, I feel like I’ve been here before
C                                Am                                G                                C
I loved you in the darkness and I loved you in fluorescent light
C         Am                                F
If it don’t feel right, babe

[Chorus 1]
C                       G                   F
You can run and hide, babe
C                   G                   F
Like a bird you can take flight
C                   G                   F
If I’ve been holding on too tight
C                                     G
If I’ve been holding on
F Am C
Mmm, oooh
F Am C F Am C F Am G
Oooooh, oooooh, oooooh

[Verse 3]
C                                     Am                                                       G
Your mother always told us we should go out to the dance
C                                                     Am                                                     G
You can’t get struck by lightning if you’re not standing in the rain
C                           Am                           G                           C
Take it as the truth or you can take it with a grain of salt
C        Am            G
If it don’t work out

[Verse 4]
C                           Am                                                     G
You were in the shower we were talking through the glass
C                                                     Am                           G
Packing up your suitcase, you were humming to yourself
C                           Am                           G                                                     C
One day you were smiling I could tell by how you sounded on the phone
C                           Am       G         F
Yes, I’m coming home, babe

[Chorus 2]
C                           G                           F
I’m thinking ’bout coming home, babe
C                           G                           F
I’m thinking ’bout coming home, babe
C                           G                           F
I’m thinking ’bout coming home, babe
C                           G                           C
I’m thinking ’bout coming home

C Am G C
Mmm

[Outro]
C Am G C Am C
I’m thinking ’bout coming home,
C                           Am                           G
I’m thinking ’bout coming home.

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How to play Call If You Need Me: key, chords and progression

Call If You Need Me by Vance Joy is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: C, Am, G and F.

Listen for Am – G – C – Am (vi – V – I – vi in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – soh – doh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

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Call If You Need Me chords: questions

What key is Call If You Need Me in?

Call If You Need Me by Vance Joy is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Call If You Need Me?

Call If You Need Me uses 4 chords: C, Am, G, F.

What is the chord progression of Call If You Need Me?

The main progression is Am – G – C – Am (vi – V – I – vi).

Is Call If You Need Me easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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