You Can Call Me Al , Paul Simon , 1986 Vinyl 45RPM Chords

Tempo:
131.3 bpm
Chords used:

F#

C#

G#

G#m

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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You Can Call Me Al , Paul Simon , 1986 Vinyl 45RPM chords
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[C#] [B]
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[F#] A man walks down the [C#] 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.
I [F#] want to shout redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G#] cartoon in a [F#] cartoon graveyard.
Bone-dead, bone [G#m]-dead, [C#] dogs in the moonlight.
[G#] Far away in my well-lit room, [C#]
just a pair of hands.
[B] [C#]
[G#] [F#]
a long [G#] [C#]
[F#] lost pal, [G#m] [F#]
I can [C#] call you Betty, Betty, when [A#m] you call me, you [F#] can call me a [C#] cute.
[G#m]
[F#] A man walks down the street.
[C#] He says, why am I short of attention got a short little span of [G#] attention in [F#] all my nights
is so long.
Where's my wife and [G#] family?
[F#] What if I die here?
Who will be my role [G#] model?
Now that my role model is gone, gone
He ducked back down the alley with some
A roly poly little bat-faced girl
[C#]
All along, along
[B] There were incidents [C#] and accidents
There were hints and allegations
[G#]
If you'd be my bodyguard
I can [C#] be your long [F#] lost pal
[B] [C#]
[F#] I can call you daddy
[G#m] And daddy when [C#] you call [F#] me
You call [G#m] me [C#] out
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [F#]
[C#] [B] [C#]
[G#] Any time
Any [B] time
[C#]
[F#] [C#] Any time
Any
[C#] [B]
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[F#] time
A man walks down the [G#m] street
It's a [F#] street with a strange woman
Maybe it's the third [C#] woman
Maybe it's his first [F#] time around
He doesn't speak the [G#] language
[F#] Holds no currency
He is a foreign [C#] man
He [F#] is surrounded by the [C#] sound of the sound
Cattle in the market
[F#] Scatterlings and all [B] the [C#] gents
He looks around, looks around
He sees angels in the architecture
[F#] Spinning in [G#] infinity
He sees angels in the [F#] palace
If you'd be my [G#] bodyguard
I can [C#] be your [F#] long lost pal
[G#m] [C#]
[F#] I can call you daddy
[G#m] And daddy [C#] when you call [F#] me
You call [G#] me out
[F#] Call me
Na na na na
Na na na [C#] na
Na na [F#] na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
[C#] Na na na na
Na [G#]
na na
[C#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[A#]
[F#] [B] [C#]
[F#] [B] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#]
[C#]
[G#]
[D#] [F#]
[D#]
Key:  
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
G#
134211114
G#m
123111114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
G#
134211114
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To learn Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, F, C, Gm, F, Dm and F. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 65 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 131 BPM. Given the song's key of F# Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] A man walks down the [C#] 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.
I [F#] want to shout redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G#] cartoon in a [F#] cartoon graveyard.
Bone-dead, bone [G#m]-dead, [C#] dogs in the moonlight.
[G#] _ Far away in my well-lit room, [C#]
just a pair of hands.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
a long _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] lost pal, _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
I can [C#] call you Betty, Betty, when [A#m] you call me, you [F#] can call me a [C#] cute.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] A man walks down the street.
[C#] He says, why am I short of attention got a short little span of [G#] attention in [F#] all my nights
is so long.
Where's my wife and [G#] family?
[F#] What if I die here?
Who will be my role [G#] model?
Now that my role model is gone, gone
He ducked back down the alley with some
A roly poly little bat-faced girl
[C#]
All along, along
[B] There were incidents [C#] and accidents
There were hints and allegations
[G#] _ _ _ _
If you'd be my bodyguard
I can [C#] be your long [F#] lost pal
_ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] I can call you daddy
[G#m] And daddy when [C#] you call [F#] me
You call [G#m] me [C#] out _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[G#] _ Any time _ _ _
_ _ Any [B] time
_ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] Any time
Any _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] time
A man walks down the [G#m] street
It's a [F#] street with a strange woman
Maybe it's the third [C#] woman
Maybe it's his first [F#] time around
He doesn't speak the [G#] language
[F#] Holds no currency
He is a foreign [C#] man
He [F#] is surrounded by the [C#] sound of the sound
Cattle in the market
[F#] _ _ Scatterlings and all [B] the _ [C#] gents
He looks around, looks around
He sees angels in the architecture
[F#] _ Spinning in [G#] infinity
He sees angels in the [F#] palace
If you'd be my [G#] bodyguard
I can [C#] be your [F#] long lost pal
[G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] I can call you daddy
[G#m] And daddy [C#] when you call [F#] me
You call [G#] me out _
[F#] Call me
Na na na na
Na na na [C#] na
Na na [F#] na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na _ na
_ _ [C#] Na na na na
Na _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ na na
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Paul Simon, finds its place within the Im On My Way, I Dont Know Where Im Going: The Coll album.

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