Chords for Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Tempo:
128.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [G] opportunity.
[F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon [G] in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bonehead, [Bb] bonehead, doves in the moonlight.
Far away in my well-lit [F] room.
Strip your [C] belly, your belly, [Bb] get these [Cm] mutts away from me, [Fm] you know.
I don't find this [Bb] stuff amusing anymore.
[F] If you [C] would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me [C] Al.
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention and all my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model now that my role model is gone, [Bb] gone?
He ducked [F] back down the alley where some rover pony little [Bb] bat-faced [F] girl.
All along, along, [Gm] there were incidents and [F] accidents.
There were hints and [Gm] allegations.
[F] If you would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] And Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] [C] Al.
[F] Call me Al.
[Gm] [Am]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[C] A [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
man walks down the street, [Gm] it's a [F] street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [C] world, maybe it's his first [F] time around.
Doesn't speak the language, holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign man.
[Gm] [F] He is surrounded by the sound of the [C] sound.
Cattle [F] in the marketplace, [C] scatterlings and orphans.
[Bb] [F] He looks around and around, he sees angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity.
He says, hey, [G] hallelujah, [F] if you [C] would be my [F] bodyguard, I [C] can be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can call [C] you [Gm] Betty.
And [F] Betty, when you [C] call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] Al.
[C] [F]
Na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [Gm] na, na, [F] na BRUH
[Eb] screw
[Am] [N] my
[F]
[C] [N]
[F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] body
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [G] opportunity.
[F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon [G] in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bonehead, [Bb] bonehead, doves in the moonlight.
Far away in my well-lit [F] room.
Strip your [C] belly, your belly, [Bb] get these [Cm] mutts away from me, [Fm] you know.
I don't find this [Bb] stuff amusing anymore.
[F] If you [C] would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me [C] Al.
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention and all my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model now that my role model is gone, [Bb] gone?
He ducked [F] back down the alley where some rover pony little [Bb] bat-faced [F] girl.
All along, along, [Gm] there were incidents and [F] accidents.
There were hints and [Gm] allegations.
[F] If you would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] And Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] [C] Al.
[F] Call me Al.
[Gm] [Am]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [Cm] [Fm]
[C] A [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
man walks down the street, [Gm] it's a [F] street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [C] world, maybe it's his first [F] time around.
Doesn't speak the language, holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign man.
[Gm] [F] He is surrounded by the sound of the [C] sound.
Cattle [F] in the marketplace, [C] scatterlings and orphans.
[Bb] [F] He looks around and around, he sees angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity.
He says, hey, [G] hallelujah, [F] if you [C] would be my [F] bodyguard, I [C] can be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can call [C] you [Gm] Betty.
And [F] Betty, when you [C] call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] Al.
[C] [F]
Na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [Gm] na, na, [F] na BRUH
[Eb] screw
[Am] [N] my
[F]
[C] [N]
[F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] body
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
F
C
Bb
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [G] opportunity.
[F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon [G] in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bonehead, [Bb] bonehead, doves in the moonlight.
Far away in my well-lit [F] room.
Strip your [C] belly, your belly, [Bb] get these [Cm] mutts away from me, [Fm] you know.
I don't find this [Bb] stuff amusing anymore.
_ [F] If you [C] would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me [C] Al.
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention and all my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model now that my role model is gone, [Bb] gone?
He ducked [F] back down the alley where some _ rover pony little [Bb] bat-faced [F] girl.
All along, along, [Gm] there were incidents and [F] accidents.
There were hints and [Gm] allegations.
_ _ _ [F] If you would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] And Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] [C] Al.
[F] Call me Al.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C] A _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
man walks down the street, [Gm] it's a [F] street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [C] world, maybe it's his first [F] time around.
Doesn't speak the language, holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign man.
[Gm] [F] He is surrounded by the sound of the [C] sound.
Cattle [F] in the marketplace, _ [C] scatterlings and orphans.
[Bb] _ [F] He looks around and around, he sees angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity.
He says, hey, [G] hallelujah, [F] if you [C] would be my [F] bodyguard, I [C] can be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I can call [C] you [Gm] Betty.
And [F] Betty, when you [C] call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] Al.
[C] _ [F] _
Na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, _ [G] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, _ _ na, na, na, na, na, na, _ [Gm] na, na, [F] na _ _ BRUH
_ [Eb] _ _ screw _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [N] _ _ my _
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[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] body
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
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_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [G] opportunity.
[F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon [G] in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bonehead, [Bb] bonehead, doves in the moonlight.
Far away in my well-lit [F] room.
Strip your [C] belly, your belly, [Bb] get these [Cm] mutts away from me, [Fm] you know.
I don't find this [Bb] stuff amusing anymore.
_ [F] If you [C] would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me [C] Al.
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] A man walks down the street, he says, why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention and all my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model now that my role model is gone, [Bb] gone?
He ducked [F] back down the alley where some _ rover pony little [Bb] bat-faced [F] girl.
All along, along, [Gm] there were incidents and [F] accidents.
There were hints and [Gm] allegations.
_ _ _ [F] If you would be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] And Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] [C] Al.
[F] Call me Al.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C] A _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
man walks down the street, [Gm] it's a [F] street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [C] world, maybe it's his first [F] time around.
Doesn't speak the language, holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign man.
[Gm] [F] He is surrounded by the sound of the [C] sound.
Cattle [F] in the marketplace, _ [C] scatterlings and orphans.
[Bb] _ [F] He looks around and around, he sees angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity.
He says, hey, [G] hallelujah, [F] if you [C] would be my [F] bodyguard, I [C] can be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I can call [C] you [Gm] Betty.
And [F] Betty, when you [C] call [F] me, you can call [C] [Gm] me [F] Al.
[C] _ [F] _
Na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, _ [G] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, _ _ na, na, na, na, na, na, _ [Gm] na, na, [F] na _ _ BRUH
_ [Eb] _ _ screw _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [N] _ _ my _
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_ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] body
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
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