I Keep Callin Cifras

An extra track from the 2009 reissue of 'Jarreau' (1983) - Jazz/R&B/Pop - written by Al Jarreau, Jay Graydon,
amd Tom Canning
 
[Intro]
 
B/Db D/E    C/D  Eb/F   D/E E/Gb Gb/Ab
^    ^      ^    ^      ^   ^    ^
 
[Pre-Verse]
 
(Can alternate between Bb9 and Bbadd2 (and Eb9 and Ebadd2) through whole pre-verse and verse, not going to
write it in for neatness)
 
Bb9  Bbadd2  Bb9
Okay, now I  know
Bbm11/F Abmaj9 Bb9
        To got to, to get through to you
       Ab9 A9  Bb9
Listen ^   ^   ^
 
[Verse 1]
 
Bb9
  They may wonder where
Bbm11/F  Abmaj9  Bb9               Db  D
Where    you     come from        -oh
Eb9
Make me wonder where
Eb7sus4   Eb7/F  Bb9
Where     you    come from
Ebm7                      Gbmaj13
  You leave me high and dry-y-y
Ab9   F7+5  Bb9
When  I     want some
 
[Verse 2]
 
        Bb9
Oh, you make me wonder what
Bbm11/F  Abmaj9  Bb9                   Db  D
What     it      leads to        -where
    Eb9
You make me wonder what  (what it is)
Eb7sus4   Eb7/F  Bb9
You       a-     greed to
Ebm9          Db6add11   Gbmaj13
  You don't recog-       nise
Ab9  F7+5  Bb9
When I     need you
 
[Chorus]
 
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', ain't nobody home
Db6/Ab
  You keep stallin', turn on your phone
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', and there ain't nobody home
Db6/Ab                Db/Eb  Eb/F    E/Gb  Gb/Ab
  You keep stallin'   ^      ^       ^     ^
 
[Verse 3]
Bb9             Bbm11/F  Abmaj9  Bb9         Ab9  A9
  Uh-huh, uh-huh,         uh-huh, uh-huh     ^    ^
Bb9
 Love is just ain't what
Bbm11/F  Abmaj9  Bb9            Db  D
I        ex      -pected        ^   ^
Eb9
By myself alone
    Eb7sus4  Eb7/F  Bb9
And so       re-    jected
Ebm9           Db6add11  Gbmaj13
  No-one wants to        be
Ab9   F7+5   Bb9
Dis-  conn-  ected
Ebm9           Db6add11  Gbmaj13
  It takes you and       me
Ab9  F7+5  Bb9           Bbadd2
To   cor  -rect it       ^
 
[Chorus]
 
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', ain't nobody home  (2nd time: I'm sittin' on the
Db6/Ab
line)  you keep stallin', turn on your phone
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', and now there ain't nobody home (I'm waitin' on the
Db6/Ab
phone)  you keep stallin', I'm all alone 
           Db/Eb  Eb/F    E/Gb  Gb/Ab   Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb
(2nd time: ^      ^       ^     ^       ^      ^    )
 
(Repeat chorus x2 (But the 2nd time instead of "I'm all alone" there is a horn part (shown above)
that leads into the break))
 
[Vocal Break]
 
|C7  |    |    |    |
 
|Ab13|    |    |  Dm11 Csus4/G |
                  ^    ^
|C7  |    |    |    |
 
|Ab13|    |Cm11/F|    |
 
[Chorus/Outro]
 
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', ain't nobody home  (I'm sittin' on the
Db6/Ab
line)  you keep stallin', turn on your phone
Bbadd2
  I keep callin', you know there ain't nobody home (I'm waitin' on the
Db6/Ab
phone)  you keep stallin', I'm all alone
 
(Repeat and fade out)
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