Chords for Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video)
Tempo:
128.5 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F].
A man walks down the [C] street, and [F] says, why am I soft in the middle now, why am I soft.
in the [Gm] middle, the [F] rest of my life is so hard, I need a photo [C] [Gm] opportunity, [F] I want a shot.
of redemption, don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard, bones hidden, bones.
[Gm] hidden, [F] dogs in the moonlight, far [C] away in my welly, strip the air of me, air of me,.
Get these mutts away from me, you know.
I don't find this stuff [Dm] on music anymore.
If you be my bodyguard, I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] I [F] .
can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [Am] you call [F] me, you can call me on.
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
A man walks down the street, [Gm] he says,.
[F] Why am I short of attention?.
Got a short little span of [G] attention.
And [F] won't my nights go long?.
Where's my wife [C] and [Gm] family?.
[F] What if I die here?.
Who'll be my [C] role model?.
Now that my [F] role model is [C] gone, gone.
[Bb] He's stuck back [C] down the alley with [F] some.
A roadie [C] pony, little bat face cook.
[Am] [F] [C] All along, [Bb] there were [C] incidents and accidents.
There [F] were [Cm] hints and allegations.
[Bb] [F] .
If you be [C] my [Bb] [F] bodyguard, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [C] you [F] call me, you [C] call [Gm] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
[G] [F] .
Call [Gm] me on.
[F] .
[Gm] [F] .
[Bb] [C] .
[Bb] [C] A .
[Bb] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] man [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] .
[C] [F] walks down [Gm] the street,.
[F] It's a street with a strange woman.
Maybe it's the third one,.
[C] Maybe it's his [F] first time around.
Doesn't speak [C] language, [F] holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the [C] sound, sound.
Cattle in the [F] marketplaces,.
Scattling [C] with all [Bb] the jazz.
[C] He [F] looks around, [Cm] around,.
He sees angels in the architecture,.
Spinning and spinning.
[Gm] He [F] says, hey, hallelujah,.
If you [C] be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be [F] your long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F].
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you [C] call [Bb] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
[Gm] [F] [C] .
[F] [Gm] [F] .
[C] .
[F] [Gm] [F] .
[N] .
[F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F].
If [C] you be my [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Gm] [F] bodyguard,.
[C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
If you [C] be my [F] bodyguard,.
[C] [F] .
[C] [F] If you be [C] my bodyguard,.
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F].
A man walks down the [C] street, and [F] says, why am I soft in the middle now, why am I soft.
in the [Gm] middle, the [F] rest of my life is so hard, I need a photo [C] [Gm] opportunity, [F] I want a shot.
of redemption, don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard, bones hidden, bones.
[Gm] hidden, [F] dogs in the moonlight, far [C] away in my welly, strip the air of me, air of me,.
Get these mutts away from me, you know.
I don't find this stuff [Dm] on music anymore.
If you be my bodyguard, I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] I [F] .
can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [Am] you call [F] me, you can call me on.
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
A man walks down the street, [Gm] he says,.
[F] Why am I short of attention?.
Got a short little span of [G] attention.
And [F] won't my nights go long?.
Where's my wife [C] and [Gm] family?.
[F] What if I die here?.
Who'll be my [C] role model?.
Now that my [F] role model is [C] gone, gone.
[Bb] He's stuck back [C] down the alley with [F] some.
A roadie [C] pony, little bat face cook.
[Am] [F] [C] All along, [Bb] there were [C] incidents and accidents.
There [F] were [Cm] hints and allegations.
[Bb] [F] .
If you be [C] my [Bb] [F] bodyguard, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [C] you [F] call me, you [C] call [Gm] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
[G] [F] .
Call [Gm] me on.
[F] .
[Gm] [F] .
[Bb] [C] .
[Bb] [C] A .
[Bb] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] man [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] .
[C] [F] walks down [Gm] the street,.
[F] It's a street with a strange woman.
Maybe it's the third one,.
[C] Maybe it's his [F] first time around.
Doesn't speak [C] language, [F] holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the [C] sound, sound.
Cattle in the [F] marketplaces,.
Scattling [C] with all [Bb] the jazz.
[C] He [F] looks around, [Cm] around,.
He sees angels in the architecture,.
Spinning and spinning.
[Gm] He [F] says, hey, hallelujah,.
If you [C] be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be [F] your long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F].
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you [C] call [Bb] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
[Gm] [F] [C] .
[F] [Gm] [F] .
[C] .
[F] [Gm] [F] .
[N] .
[F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F].
If [C] you be my [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [Gm] [F] bodyguard,.
[C] [F] .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
If you [C] be my [F] bodyguard,.
[C] [F] .
[C] [F] If you be [C] my bodyguard,.
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] .
[C] [F] .
Key:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
F
C
Bb
[F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
A man walks down the [C] street, and [F] says, why am I soft in the middle now, why am I soft.
in the [Gm] middle, the [F] rest of my life is so hard, I need a photo [C] [Gm] opportunity, [F] I want a shot.
of redemption, don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard, bones hidden, bones.
[Gm] hidden, [F] dogs in the moonlight, _ far [C] away in my welly, _ strip the air of me, air of me,.
Get these mutts away from me, you know.
I don't find this stuff [Dm] on music anymore.
If you be my bodyguard, I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] I [F] _ .
can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [Am] you call [F] me, you can call me on.
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ .
A man walks down the street, [Gm] he says,.
[F] Why am I short of attention?.
Got a short little span of [G] attention.
And [F] won't my nights go long?.
Where's my wife [C] and [Gm] family?.
[F] What if I die here?.
Who'll be my [C] role model?.
Now that my [F] role model is [C] gone, gone.
[Bb] He's stuck back [C] down the alley with [F] some.
A roadie [C] pony, little bat face cook.
[Am] _ [F] [C] All along, _ _ [Bb] there were [C] incidents and accidents.
There [F] were [Cm] hints and allegations.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ .
If you be [C] my [Bb] [F] bodyguard, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [C] you [F] call me, you [C] call [Gm] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
_ Call [Gm] me on.
[F] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ A _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] man [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[C] [F] walks down [Gm] the street,.
[F] It's a street with a strange woman.
Maybe it's the third one,.
[C] Maybe it's his [F] first time around.
Doesn't speak [C] language, [F] holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the [C] sound, sound.
Cattle in the [F] marketplaces,.
Scattling [C] with all [Bb] the jazz.
[C] He [F] looks around, [Cm] around,.
He sees angels in the architecture,.
Spinning and spinning.
[Gm] He [F] says, hey, hallelujah,.
If you [C] be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be [F] your long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you [C] call [Bb] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
If [C] you be my [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] [F] bodyguard,.
_ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
If you [C] be my [F] bodyguard,.
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [F] If you be [C] my bodyguard,.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
A man walks down the [C] street, and [F] says, why am I soft in the middle now, why am I soft.
in the [Gm] middle, the [F] rest of my life is so hard, I need a photo [C] [Gm] opportunity, [F] I want a shot.
of redemption, don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in [F] a cartoon graveyard, bones hidden, bones.
[Gm] hidden, [F] dogs in the moonlight, _ far [C] away in my welly, _ strip the air of me, air of me,.
Get these mutts away from me, you know.
I don't find this stuff [Dm] on music anymore.
If you be my bodyguard, I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] I [F] _ .
can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [Am] you call [F] me, you can call me on.
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ .
A man walks down the street, [Gm] he says,.
[F] Why am I short of attention?.
Got a short little span of [G] attention.
And [F] won't my nights go long?.
Where's my wife [C] and [Gm] family?.
[F] What if I die here?.
Who'll be my [C] role model?.
Now that my [F] role model is [C] gone, gone.
[Bb] He's stuck back [C] down the alley with [F] some.
A roadie [C] pony, little bat face cook.
[Am] _ [F] [C] All along, _ _ [Bb] there were [C] incidents and accidents.
There [F] were [Cm] hints and allegations.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ .
If you be [C] my [Bb] [F] bodyguard, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
[F] Betty, when [C] you [F] call me, you [C] call [Gm] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
_ Call [Gm] me on.
[F] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ A _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] man [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[C] [F] walks down [Gm] the street,.
[F] It's a street with a strange woman.
Maybe it's the third one,.
[C] Maybe it's his [F] first time around.
Doesn't speak [C] language, [F] holds no [C] currency.
He [F] is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the [C] sound, sound.
Cattle in the [F] marketplaces,.
Scattling [C] with all [Bb] the jazz.
[C] He [F] looks around, [Cm] around,.
He sees angels in the architecture,.
Spinning and spinning.
[Gm] He [F] says, hey, hallelujah,.
If you [C] be my [Bb] bodyguard, [F] I can [C] be [F] your long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call [F] me, you [C] call [Bb] me [F] [C] on.
[F] Call me on.
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F].
If [C] you be my [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] [F] bodyguard,.
_ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
If you [C] be my [F] bodyguard,.
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [F] If you be [C] my bodyguard,.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .