You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon | ortoPilot Cover Chords
Tempo:
117.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [Em] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E] The man walks down the [F#] street, he says, [B] why am I soft in [E] the middle?
Why am I soft in [F#] the middle?
[B] Rest of my life [E] is so hard.
I need a photo [F#] opportunity.
I [B] need a shot of [E] redemption.
Don't end up a [F#] cartoon in a [Bm] cartoon [E] graveyard.
I'm bone, bone, lost in the moonlight.
Far away [A] in my welded [B] room.
[E] Snip it and bit [A] it.
Get these [B] months away from me, you [E] know I don't find this stuff [A] amusing [B] anymore.
[E] You be my [B]
bodyguard, and I can be your long lost pal.
[F#m] [B] [E] I can call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, [B] when you call me, you [E] can call me Al.
[F#m] [B] [E] A man walks down the [F#] street, he says, why [E] am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of [F#] attention, and the rest [B] of my life is [E] so short.
Where's my wife and [D] family?
What if I [E] die?
Who be my role [F#] model now?
Now [E] that my role model is gone, gone.
[A] She goes back [B] down the alley [E] with some roly poly [A] little black [B] face girl.
[E] All along, all along, [A] there were incidents [B] and accidents.
[E] There were hints and allegations.
[A] [B] [E] You [B] be my bodyguard, I can [E] be your long lost [B] pal.
[F#m] [E] I can [B] call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, when [B] you call me, [E] you can call me [A] Al.
[B] Call [E] me Al.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E] A man walks down the street.
It's a [B] street in a strange [E] world.
Maybe it's the third world.
[B] Maybe it's his first [E] time around.
Doesn't speak a [F#] language, holds [C#] no currency.
[E] He is a foreign [F#m] man.
He is [B] surrounded [E] by the south side.
[A] Cattle's in [B] the marketplace.
[E] Scattling's an orphan [A] named Dick.
[B] He [E] looks around, surrounds [A] these angels in [B] the octaves.
[E] Spinning in infinity, [A] he says, amen.
[B] Hallelujah.
[E] You [B] be my [F#] bodyguard.
I can be your long [E] lost pal.
[F#m] [E] I can [B] call you Betty.
[A] Betty, when you call me, [E] you can call me [F#] Al.
Call [E] me Al.
Ba
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [C#] [E]
[A] [B] [E] [C#]
[E] [B] da ba [C#m] da, [D#m] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
[F#m] [E] [B]
[F#m] [Em] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E]
[F#m] [B] [E] The man walks down the [F#] street, he says, [B] why am I soft in [E] the middle?
Why am I soft in [F#] the middle?
[B] Rest of my life [E] is so hard.
I need a photo [F#] opportunity.
I [B] need a shot of [E] redemption.
Don't end up a [F#] cartoon in a [Bm] cartoon [E] graveyard.
I'm bone, bone, lost in the moonlight.
Far away [A] in my welded [B] room.
[E] Snip it and bit [A] it.
Get these [B] months away from me, you [E] know I don't find this stuff [A] amusing [B] anymore.
[E] You be my [B]
bodyguard, and I can be your long lost pal.
[F#m] [B] [E] I can call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, [B] when you call me, you [E] can call me Al.
[F#m] [B] [E] A man walks down the [F#] street, he says, why [E] am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of [F#] attention, and the rest [B] of my life is [E] so short.
Where's my wife and [D] family?
What if I [E] die?
Who be my role [F#] model now?
Now [E] that my role model is gone, gone.
[A] She goes back [B] down the alley [E] with some roly poly [A] little black [B] face girl.
[E] All along, all along, [A] there were incidents [B] and accidents.
[E] There were hints and allegations.
[A] [B] [E] You [B] be my bodyguard, I can [E] be your long lost [B] pal.
[F#m] [E] I can [B] call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, when [B] you call me, [E] you can call me [A] Al.
[B] Call [E] me Al.
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E] A man walks down the street.
It's a [B] street in a strange [E] world.
Maybe it's the third world.
[B] Maybe it's his first [E] time around.
Doesn't speak a [F#] language, holds [C#] no currency.
[E] He is a foreign [F#m] man.
He is [B] surrounded [E] by the south side.
[A] Cattle's in [B] the marketplace.
[E] Scattling's an orphan [A] named Dick.
[B] He [E] looks around, surrounds [A] these angels in [B] the octaves.
[E] Spinning in infinity, [A] he says, amen.
[B] Hallelujah.
[E] You [B] be my [F#] bodyguard.
I can be your long [E] lost pal.
[F#m] [E] I can [B] call you Betty.
[A] Betty, when you call me, [E] you can call me [F#] Al.
Call [E] me Al.
Ba
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [C#] [E]
[A] [B] [E] [C#]
[E] [B] da ba [C#m] da, [D#m] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
[F#m] [E] [B]
Key:
E
B
A
F#m
F#
E
B
A
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[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] The man walks down the [F#] street, he says, [B] why am I soft in [E] the middle?
Why am I soft in [F#] the middle?
[B] Rest of my life [E] is so hard.
I need a photo [F#] opportunity.
I [B] need a shot of [E] redemption.
Don't end up a [F#] cartoon in a [Bm] cartoon [E] graveyard.
I'm bone, bone, lost in the moonlight.
_ Far away [A] in my welded [B] room.
_ [E] Snip it and bit [A] it.
Get these [B] months away from me, you [E] know I don't find this stuff [A] amusing [B] anymore.
[E] You be my [B]
bodyguard, and I can be your long lost pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] I can call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, [B] when you call me, you [E] can call me Al. _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] A man walks down the [F#] street, he says, why [E] am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of [F#] attention, and the rest [B] of my life is [E] so short.
Where's my wife and [D] family?
What if I [E] die?
Who be my role [F#] model now?
Now [E] that my role model is gone, gone.
[A] She goes back [B] down the alley [E] with some roly poly [A] little black [B] face girl.
[E] All along, all along, [A] there were incidents [B] and accidents.
[E] There were hints and allegations.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You [B] be my bodyguard, I can [E] be your long lost [B] pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ I can [B] call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, when [B] you call me, [E] you can call me [A] Al.
[B] Call [E] me Al. _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] A man walks down the street.
It's a [B] street in a strange [E] world.
Maybe it's the third world.
[B] Maybe it's his first [E] time around.
Doesn't speak a [F#] language, holds [C#] no currency.
[E] He is a foreign [F#m] man.
He is [B] surrounded [E] by the south side.
[A] Cattle's in [B] the marketplace.
[E] _ Scattling's an orphan [A] named Dick.
_ [B] He [E] looks around, surrounds [A] these angels in [B] the octaves.
[E] _ Spinning in infinity, [A] he says, amen.
[B] Hallelujah.
[E] You [B] be my [F#] bodyguard.
I can be your long [E] lost pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ I can [B] call you Betty.
[A] Betty, when you call me, [E] you can call me [F#] Al.
Call [E] me Al.
Ba _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] da ba [C#m] da, _ [D#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] The man walks down the [F#] street, he says, [B] why am I soft in [E] the middle?
Why am I soft in [F#] the middle?
[B] Rest of my life [E] is so hard.
I need a photo [F#] opportunity.
I [B] need a shot of [E] redemption.
Don't end up a [F#] cartoon in a [Bm] cartoon [E] graveyard.
I'm bone, bone, lost in the moonlight.
_ Far away [A] in my welded [B] room.
_ [E] Snip it and bit [A] it.
Get these [B] months away from me, you [E] know I don't find this stuff [A] amusing [B] anymore.
[E] You be my [B]
bodyguard, and I can be your long lost pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] I can call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, [B] when you call me, you [E] can call me Al. _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] A man walks down the [F#] street, he says, why [E] am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of [F#] attention, and the rest [B] of my life is [E] so short.
Where's my wife and [D] family?
What if I [E] die?
Who be my role [F#] model now?
Now [E] that my role model is gone, gone.
[A] She goes back [B] down the alley [E] with some roly poly [A] little black [B] face girl.
[E] All along, all along, [A] there were incidents [B] and accidents.
[E] There were hints and allegations.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You [B] be my bodyguard, I can [E] be your long lost [B] pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ I can [B] call you Betty.
[F#m] Betty, when [B] you call me, [E] you can call me [A] Al.
[B] Call [E] me Al. _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] A man walks down the street.
It's a [B] street in a strange [E] world.
Maybe it's the third world.
[B] Maybe it's his first [E] time around.
Doesn't speak a [F#] language, holds [C#] no currency.
[E] He is a foreign [F#m] man.
He is [B] surrounded [E] by the south side.
[A] Cattle's in [B] the marketplace.
[E] _ Scattling's an orphan [A] named Dick.
_ [B] He [E] looks around, surrounds [A] these angels in [B] the octaves.
[E] _ Spinning in infinity, [A] he says, amen.
[B] Hallelujah.
[E] You [B] be my [F#] bodyguard.
I can be your long [E] lost pal. _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ I can [B] call you Betty.
[A] Betty, when you call me, [E] you can call me [F#] Al.
Call [E] me Al.
Ba _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] da ba [C#m] da, _ [D#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _