Chords for You Can Call Me Al (Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991)
Tempo:
123.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
Gm
Bb
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [F]
[C] [G] [F] A man walks down the [Gm] street, he says, why [F] am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle of the rest of my life so hard?
I need a photo opportunity, [G] [F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a [Gm] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard.
Well, poor David, poor David, [Gm] [F] dogs in the moonlight.
Far [G] away, my [F] well-lit door, Mr.
Billy, Billy, Billy.
[Gm] Get these [F] butts away from me, boy.
I don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore.
If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
[C]
[C] [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty, when you're gone, you can't call me out.
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, why [F] am I short of attention now?
Short little span of [Gm] attention.
[F] All my nights are spent alone with my wife and kids.
What if I should die here?
Well, [G] who'd be my role model now that my role model is gone?
Gone, gone, stuck back down the alley, [D] I was on the road [F] and polling,
a [Gm] black-faced [F] girl all along, all along.
[G] There were incidents and accidents, there were hits and allegations.
[Gm] [F] If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
I could call you [Gm] Betty, Betty, [F] when you're gone, you can't call me out.
Call me out.
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
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[F]
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb]
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[F] [G]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
A man walks down the [G] street, a [F] dusty and a strange world.
Maybe it's a third [G] world, [F] maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language, [Gm] [F] holds no currency.
Well, here's a farm [Bbm] man, [F] he is surrounded by the sound, the [G] sound.
There's [F] cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and [G] orphanages.
[F] He looked around, he looked around, he [Gm] sees the [F] angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity, he [E] says, amen, [F] hallelujah.
If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, well, [F] I could be on the home of the wild.
I could call you [D] Betty, Betty, when you're gone, you can't call [G]
me out.
[C] Call me.
Na, na, na, [Eb] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [Bb] [F] na, na, na, na, na, na.
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[Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Dm] [F]
[Eb] [F] [Bb]
[D] [F] [Gm]
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[Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [F] If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, [Dm] well, I could [F] be on the home of the wild.
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] I can call you [Gm] baby, baby [F] when you call me, you can call [Gm] [F] me back
Call me out
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F] [D]
[Gm] [Dm] [F]
[D] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C]
[E] [Gb] [N]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [F]
[C] [G] [F] A man walks down the [Gm] street, he says, why [F] am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle of the rest of my life so hard?
I need a photo opportunity, [G] [F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a [Gm] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard.
Well, poor David, poor David, [Gm] [F] dogs in the moonlight.
Far [G] away, my [F] well-lit door, Mr.
Billy, Billy, Billy.
[Gm] Get these [F] butts away from me, boy.
I don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore.
If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
[C]
[C] [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty, when you're gone, you can't call me out.
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, why [F] am I short of attention now?
Short little span of [Gm] attention.
[F] All my nights are spent alone with my wife and kids.
What if I should die here?
Well, [G] who'd be my role model now that my role model is gone?
Gone, gone, stuck back down the alley, [D] I was on the road [F] and polling,
a [Gm] black-faced [F] girl all along, all along.
[G] There were incidents and accidents, there were hits and allegations.
[Gm] [F] If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
I could call you [Gm] Betty, Betty, [F] when you're gone, you can't call me out.
Call me out.
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [G]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
A man walks down the [G] street, a [F] dusty and a strange world.
Maybe it's a third [G] world, [F] maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language, [Gm] [F] holds no currency.
Well, here's a farm [Bbm] man, [F] he is surrounded by the sound, the [G] sound.
There's [F] cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and [G] orphanages.
[F] He looked around, he looked around, he [Gm] sees the [F] angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity, he [E] says, amen, [F] hallelujah.
If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, well, [F] I could be on the home of the wild.
I could call you [D] Betty, Betty, when you're gone, you can't call [G]
me out.
[C] Call me.
Na, na, na, [Eb] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [Bb] [F] na, na, na, na, na, na.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Dm] [F]
[Eb] [F] [Bb]
[D] [F] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [F] [C] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [F] If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, [Dm] well, I could [F] be on the home of the wild.
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] I can call you [Gm] baby, baby [F] when you call me, you can call [Gm] [F] me back
Call me out
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F] [D]
[Gm] [Dm] [F]
[D] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C]
[E] [Gb] [N]
Key:
F
Gm
Bb
G
C
F
Gm
Bb
_ [Em] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ A man walks down the [Gm] street, he says, why [F] am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle of the rest of my life so hard?
I need a photo opportunity, [G] [F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a [Gm] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard.
Well, poor David, poor David, [Gm] [F] dogs in the moonlight.
_ Far [G] away, my [F] well-lit door, Mr.
Billy, Billy, Billy.
[Gm] Get these [F] butts away from me, boy.
I don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore.
_ If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
_ [C] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty, when you're gone, you can't call me out.
_ _ _ A man walks down the [G] street, he says, why [F] am I short of attention now?
Short little span of [Gm] attention.
[F] All my nights are spent alone with my wife and kids.
What if I should die here?
Well, [G] who'd be my role model now that my role model is gone?
Gone, gone, stuck back down the alley, [D] I was on the road [F] and polling,
a [Gm] black-faced [F] girl all along, all along.
[G] There were incidents and accidents, there were hits and allegations.
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
I _ _ _ could call you [Gm] Betty, Betty, [F] when you're gone, you can't call me out.
Call me out.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A man walks down the [G] street, a [F] dusty and a strange world.
Maybe it's a third [G] world, [F] maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language, [Gm] [F] holds no currency.
Well, here's a farm [Bbm] man, [F] he is surrounded by the sound, the [G] sound.
There's [F] cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and [G] orphanages.
[F] _ He looked around, he looked around, he [Gm] sees the [F] angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity, he [E] says, amen, [F] hallelujah.
If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, well, [F] I could be on the home of the wild. _
_ _ _ I could call you [D] Betty, Betty, when you're gone, you can't call [G]
me out.
[C] Call me.
Na, na, na, [Eb] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, _ na, na, na, [Bb] [F] na, na, na, na, na, _ na. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, [Dm] well, I could [F] be on the home of the wild. _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I can call you [Gm] baby, baby [F] when you call me, you can call [Gm] [F] me back
Call me out _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [N] _
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[C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ A man walks down the [Gm] street, he says, why [F] am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle of the rest of my life so hard?
I need a photo opportunity, [G] [F] I want a shot of redemption.
Don't want to end up a [Gm] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard.
Well, poor David, poor David, [Gm] [F] dogs in the moonlight.
_ Far [G] away, my [F] well-lit door, Mr.
Billy, Billy, Billy.
[Gm] Get these [F] butts away from me, boy.
I don't find this stuff [Gm] amusing [F] anymore.
_ If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
_ [C] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] I could call you [Gm] Betty, [F] Betty, when you're gone, you can't call me out.
_ _ _ A man walks down the [G] street, he says, why [F] am I short of attention now?
Short little span of [Gm] attention.
[F] All my nights are spent alone with my wife and kids.
What if I should die here?
Well, [G] who'd be my role model now that my role model is gone?
Gone, gone, stuck back down the alley, [D] I was on the road [F] and polling,
a [Gm] black-faced [F] girl all along, all along.
[G] There were incidents and accidents, there were hits and allegations.
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ If you'd be my bodyguard, I could be on the home of the wild.
I _ _ _ could call you [Gm] Betty, Betty, [F] when you're gone, you can't call me out.
Call me out.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A man walks down the [G] street, a [F] dusty and a strange world.
Maybe it's a third [G] world, [F] maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the language, [Gm] [F] holds no currency.
Well, here's a farm [Bbm] man, [F] he is surrounded by the sound, the [G] sound.
There's [F] cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and [G] orphanages.
[F] _ He looked around, he looked around, he [Gm] sees the [F] angels in the architecture.
Spinning in infinity, he [E] says, amen, [F] hallelujah.
If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, well, [F] I could be on the home of the wild. _
_ _ _ I could call you [D] Betty, Betty, when you're gone, you can't call [G]
me out.
[C] Call me.
Na, na, na, [Eb] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, _ na, na, na, [Bb] [F] na, na, na, na, na, _ na. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ If you'd be my [Gm] bodyguard, [Dm] well, I could [F] be on the home of the wild. _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I can call you [Gm] baby, baby [F] when you call me, you can call [Gm] [F] me back
Call me out _
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