When You Call My Name — Dawes
Chords and lyrics for When You Call My Name by Dawes (key of A).
Intro
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [E]
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [E]
Verse 1
[A]If all my lovers [F#m]sing the big [E]words
[A]And all my brothers [F#m]keep them [E]small
[Bm]Then I get lost in the difference, between their whisper and the echo of [E]their [A]call
Verse 2
[A]So I am headed for the [F#m]ocean, [E]
[A]to let the sea-smoke [F#m]guide me [E]in
[Bm]I'll give up my belongings and questions, they only ever taught me to [E]begin [F#m]
Chorus
[A]So I will not turn around, as I step up to the train,
[Bm]But I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
[A]And I will not be the sound, of your roof under the rain,
[Bm]But I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
Verse 3
[A]So I am taking off my wrist watch, [F#m] [E]
[A]to let the time move how I [F#m]please [E]
[Bm]To let my day be guided by the sunlight, through mornings knell and [E]twilights soft [A]release
Verse 4
[A]So if you want to get to know me, [F#m] [E]
[A]follow my smile into it's [F#m]curves [E]
[Bm]All these lines are born in sorrows and in pleasures, and every man ends up [E]with the face that he [F#m]deserves
Chorus
[A]So I will not give you bread, as you reach out from your cage,
[Bm]But I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
[A]And I will not give applause, as you step off of the stage,
[Bm]But I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
Verse 5
[A]There's a river running through the city [F#m] [E]
[A]Gently reminding me what's [F#m]what [E]
[Bm]Of course, you are invited to come with me, but I don't think that's really what you [A]want
Verse 6
[A]I think you want a world that will hold you, [F#m] [E]
[A]Through security, and gravity, and [F#m]love [E]
[Bm]And I can't think of anyone who'd blame you, and I can't think of how [E]that'd be [F#m]enough
Chorus
[A]So I won't come back around, when you've cursed the ground you've tamed,
[Bm]But I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
[A]And when you realize once I'm gone, that I never really came,
[Bm]Oh, I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
Chorus
[A]And when the burden of the sun, reveals to you it's pain,
[Bm]Oh, I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name
[A]And when you realize that you're wrong, but you still give me all the blame,
[Bm]I'll hear it when you [F#m]call my [E]name