Chords for Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (from The Concert in Hyde Park)
Tempo:
129.1 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Gm
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
The man walks down [G] the street he [F] says why am I [C] soft in the middle?
Why am [F] I soft in the [Gm] middle the [F] rest of my life is so [C] hard.
I need [F] a photo [Eb] opportunity
[F] I want a shot of [C] redemption.
[F] Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon [C] graveyard
[G] Oh, [Dm] digger born with a [G] [F] dog's in the moonlight
Oh, who am I?
Well, let go Mr.
Beard belly, beard belly [Gm] get [F] these mutts away [C] from me, you know
I [Dm] don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore
If you be [C] my [Gm] bodyguard I [F] could be your lost child
[Bb] I [F]
could [G] call you Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you can call me [Gm] [F] out
[C] The [F] [Gm] man [Dm] walks down the [Gm] street [Dm] says why am I [C] short of [Gm] attention?
Got busy [F] with the span of [Gm] attention [F] all my nights are so long
Where is my wife [Gm] and [F] family?
What if I die [Gm] here?
Who will [F] be my role model now that my role model's gone?
[C] Duck that [Am] down the aisle [C] of the swamp, [Dm] whoa, hold it [Gm] up that face, [F] girl
All along, all along [Gm] there were [F] incidents and [C] accidents and [F] hints and [Eb] allegations
[F]
If you [C] be my [G] bodyguard [F] I could be [C] your lost [F] child
[Gm] [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you [Bb] [F]
can call [Bb] me [F] out
[Gm] [F]
[C] [F]
[A] [Gm] [F]
[C] [D]
[F]
[C]
[F] [C] [G]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
The man walks down the [G] street, [Dm] street in a [Am] strange world
Maybe [F] it's the third world, maybe it's his first time [C] around
He doesn't [F] speak the language, [Gm] he [F] holds no [C] currency
He [Dm] is a foreign [E] man, [F] he is [Am] surrounded by the sound, [F] the sound
[Gm] [F] Cattle in the [C] marketplace, [F] scatterings and [Gm] oranges
[F]
He looks around, around and sees [E] [F] angels in the [C] architecture
Spinning [F] in infinity [Gm] he said [F]
amen
[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [F]
[C] [F] [Gm]
[F] [G] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [G] [F]
[C] [G]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Dm] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [Am]
[F] [C] [E] [F]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [N]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
The man walks down [G] the street he [F] says why am I [C] soft in the middle?
Why am [F] I soft in the [Gm] middle the [F] rest of my life is so [C] hard.
I need [F] a photo [Eb] opportunity
[F] I want a shot of [C] redemption.
[F] Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon [C] graveyard
[G] Oh, [Dm] digger born with a [G] [F] dog's in the moonlight
Oh, who am I?
Well, let go Mr.
Beard belly, beard belly [Gm] get [F] these mutts away [C] from me, you know
I [Dm] don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore
If you be [C] my [Gm] bodyguard I [F] could be your lost child
[Bb] I [F]
could [G] call you Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you can call me [Gm] [F] out
[C] The [F] [Gm] man [Dm] walks down the [Gm] street [Dm] says why am I [C] short of [Gm] attention?
Got busy [F] with the span of [Gm] attention [F] all my nights are so long
Where is my wife [Gm] and [F] family?
What if I die [Gm] here?
Who will [F] be my role model now that my role model's gone?
[C] Duck that [Am] down the aisle [C] of the swamp, [Dm] whoa, hold it [Gm] up that face, [F] girl
All along, all along [Gm] there were [F] incidents and [C] accidents and [F] hints and [Eb] allegations
[F]
If you [C] be my [G] bodyguard [F] I could be [C] your lost [F] child
[Gm] [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you [Bb] [F]
can call [Bb] me [F] out
[Gm] [F]
[C] [F]
[A] [Gm] [F]
[C] [D]
[F]
[C]
[F] [C] [G]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
The man walks down the [G] street, [Dm] street in a [Am] strange world
Maybe [F] it's the third world, maybe it's his first time [C] around
He doesn't [F] speak the language, [Gm] he [F] holds no [C] currency
He [Dm] is a foreign [E] man, [F] he is [Am] surrounded by the sound, [F] the sound
[Gm] [F] Cattle in the [C] marketplace, [F] scatterings and [Gm] oranges
[F]
He looks around, around and sees [E] [F] angels in the [C] architecture
Spinning [F] in infinity [Gm] he said [F]
amen
[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [F]
[C] [F] [Gm]
[F] [G] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [G] [F]
[C] [G]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Dm] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [Am]
[F] [C] [E] [F]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [N]
Key:
F
C
Gm
G
Bb
F
C
Gm
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_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
The man walks down [G] the street he [F] says why am I [C] soft in the middle?
Why am [F] I soft in the [Gm] middle the [F] rest of my life is so [C] hard.
I need [F] a photo [Eb] opportunity
[F] I want a shot of [C] redemption.
[F] Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon [C] graveyard
[G] Oh, [Dm] digger born with a [G] [F] dog's in the moonlight
Oh, who am I?
Well, let go Mr.
Beard belly, beard belly [Gm] get [F] these mutts away [C] from me, you know
I [Dm] don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore _
If you be [C] my [Gm] bodyguard I [F] could be your lost child
[Bb] I [F] _ _ _
_ could [G] call you Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you can call me [Gm] [F] out
[C] The [F] _ [Gm] man [Dm] walks down the [Gm] street [Dm] says why am I [C] short of [Gm] attention?
Got busy [F] with the span of [Gm] attention [F] all my nights are so long
Where is my wife [Gm] and [F] family?
What if I die [Gm] here?
Who will [F] be my role model now that my role model's gone?
_ [C] Duck that [Am] down the aisle [C] of the swamp, [Dm] whoa, hold it [Gm] up that face, [F] girl
All along, all along [Gm] there were [F] incidents and [C] accidents and [F] hints and [Eb] allegations
[F] _
If you [C] be my [G] bodyguard [F] I could be [C] your lost [F] child
_ [Gm] [F] I _ _ _ could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
can call [Bb] me [F] out
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ The man walks down the [G] street, [Dm] street in a [Am] strange world
Maybe [F] it's the third world, maybe it's his first time [C] around
He doesn't [F] speak the language, [Gm] he [F] holds no [C] currency
He [Dm] is a foreign [E] man, [F] he is [Am] surrounded by the sound, [F] the sound
[Gm] [F] Cattle in the [C] marketplace, _ [F] scatterings and [Gm] oranges
[F] _
He looks around, around and sees [E] [F] angels in the [C] architecture
Spinning [F] in infinity [Gm] he said [F] _ _
amen
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
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[C] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
The man walks down [G] the street he [F] says why am I [C] soft in the middle?
Why am [F] I soft in the [Gm] middle the [F] rest of my life is so [C] hard.
I need [F] a photo [Eb] opportunity
[F] I want a shot of [C] redemption.
[F] Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon [C] graveyard
[G] Oh, [Dm] digger born with a [G] [F] dog's in the moonlight
Oh, who am I?
Well, let go Mr.
Beard belly, beard belly [Gm] get [F] these mutts away [C] from me, you know
I [Dm] don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore _
If you be [C] my [Gm] bodyguard I [F] could be your lost child
[Bb] I [F] _ _ _
_ could [G] call you Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you can call me [Gm] [F] out
[C] The [F] _ [Gm] man [Dm] walks down the [Gm] street [Dm] says why am I [C] short of [Gm] attention?
Got busy [F] with the span of [Gm] attention [F] all my nights are so long
Where is my wife [Gm] and [F] family?
What if I die [Gm] here?
Who will [F] be my role model now that my role model's gone?
_ [C] Duck that [Am] down the aisle [C] of the swamp, [Dm] whoa, hold it [Gm] up that face, [F] girl
All along, all along [Gm] there were [F] incidents and [C] accidents and [F] hints and [Eb] allegations
[F] _
If you [C] be my [G] bodyguard [F] I could be [C] your lost [F] child
_ [Gm] [F] I _ _ _ could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty when you call me you _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
can call [Bb] me [F] out
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ The man walks down the [G] street, [Dm] street in a [Am] strange world
Maybe [F] it's the third world, maybe it's his first time [C] around
He doesn't [F] speak the language, [Gm] he [F] holds no [C] currency
He [Dm] is a foreign [E] man, [F] he is [Am] surrounded by the sound, [F] the sound
[Gm] [F] Cattle in the [C] marketplace, _ [F] scatterings and [Gm] oranges
[F] _
He looks around, around and sees [E] [F] angels in the [C] architecture
Spinning [F] in infinity [Gm] he said [F] _ _
amen
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
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