Foster the People - Call It What You Want: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Call It What You Want" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Call It What You Want Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Foster the People

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Call It What You Want" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 Cm      D#       Fm   Gm
Call it what you want, eh eh eh
                  D# A# G#
Call it what you want,        eh eh eh
              Cm      D#       Fm    Gm
I said, just call it what you want, eh eh eh
                  D# A# G#
Call it what you want

            Cm            Fm
Yeah, we're locked up in ideas
                       Gm
We like to label everything
                                    Cm
Well I'm just gonna do here what I gotta do here
                     A#     Fm
'Cause I gotta keep myself free
                    Cm
You're ducking and moving just to hide
      Fm                       Gm
Your bruises from all your enemies
                                G#
And I'm in the crossfire dodging bullets
                  Fm
From your expectancies, yeah yeah

Cm     Fm                       Gm
(Uh uh-uh, we've got nothing to lose)
You better run and hide
Cm
Yeah you've crossed the line
                   Fm
I've got a knife behind my back, just sayin'
Cm      Fm                        Gm
(Uh, uh-uh, we've got nothing to prove)
                    G#
Your social guides give you swollen eyes
                   Fm
But what I've got can't be bought so you can just

Chorus:
 Cm      D#       Fm    Gm
Call it what you want, eh eh eh
                  D#  A# G#
Call it what you want, eh eh eh
              Cm      D#       Fm   Gm
I said, just call it what you want, eh eh eh
                  D# A# G#
Call it what you want

You've taken your words and you take your judgments
And stick 'em onto everything
If it don't conform to what you were born into
Then you run the other way
You say, "Now what's your style and who do you listen to?"
Who cares?
Well, that rat race ladder-climbing fake-face smile's
Got nothing on me, yeah, yeah

Ooh, we got nothing to lose
You better run and hide, yeah, you crossed the line
I got a knife behind my back, just sayin'
Ooh, we got nothing to prove
Your social guides give you swollen eyes
But what I got can't be bought, so you can just

Chorus:
Call it what you want, eh, eh, eh
Call it what you want, eh, eh, eh
I said, just call it what you want, eh, eh, eh
Call it what you want
Want, want, want, want

What you want, want, want
Call it what you want, want, want
You can call it what you want
What you want, want, want
Call it what you, call it what you want
What you want, want, want
You can call it, you can call it what you want

Eh, eh, eh, call it what you want
Eh, eh, eh
I said, just call it what you want, eh, eh, eh
Call it what you want


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Call It What You Want" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Call It What You Want" by Foster the People.