You Can Call Me Al chords by Paul Simon (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

You can call me Al
Paul simon
Tempo: 126 bpm

Intro:
keyboard cue              Bass: 00:03
  F C     Gm   F C   F      C     Gm    C

  F   C   Gm   F C  F      C     Gm    C

Verse 1:: 00:14
F      C
A man walks down the street,
    Gm     C
he says why am I soft in the middle now,
F     C           Gm        C
why am I soft in the middle,   the rest of my life is so hard,
F     C           Gm    C
I need a photo-opportunity,   I want a shot at redemption,
F           C      Gm    C
dont want to end up a cartoon, in a cartoon graveyard,
F      C          Gm       C
Bonedigger, bonedigger,      dogs in the moonlight,
F   C             Gm      C
far away my           well-lit door,
F     C        Gm        C
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,    get these mutts away from me,
F       C          Gm       C
 I don't find this stuff...   amusing anymore.


Chorus 1:: 00:44
F        C        Gm       C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,    I can be your long lost pal,

F      C         Gm     C

F        C        Gm       C
I can call you Betty,   and  Betty when you call me
F       C         Gm     C
you can call me Al.




Verse 2:: 00:59
F      C
A man walks down the street,
    Gm     C
he says why am I short of attention,  got a...
F       C         Gm      C
short little span of attention,  and oh, my nights are so long,
F      C          Gm     C
Where’s my wife and family,    what if I die here?
F       C         Gm    C
Who’ll be my role-model,    now that my role-model is
F      C          Gm         C
 gone,    gone,     He  ducked back down the alley… with
F     C            Gm      C     F
some roly-poly little       bat-faced girl,
F     C          Gm       C
all along,  along  there were... incidents and accidents,
F        C   Gm     C
 there were hints   and al--legations


Chorus 2:: 01:29
F        C        Gm       C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,    I can be your long lost pal,

F      C         Gm     C

F        C        Gm       C
I can call you Betty,   and  Betty when you call me
F       C         Gm     C
you can call me Al.

Solo:: 01:44 Penny Whistle Solo

 F       C        Gm     C   repeat x 10

Brass playing: : 02:14
 F       C        Gm     C repeat x4

Verse 3:: 02:29
F      C            Gm      C
A man walks down the street, It’s a street in a strange world,
F       C         Gm      C
maybe its the Third World,  maybe it’s his first time around,
F      C          Gm     C
Doesn’t speak the language, He  holds no currency,
F    C            Gm    C
he is a foreign man,       he is surrounded by the...
F      C          Gm      C
 sound, the sound,       cattle in the marketplace,
F        C           Gm    C
scatterings and orphanages,             He...
F    C         Gm       C
looks around, around,   He sees... angels in the architecture,
F        C          Gm     C
...spinning in infinity, He says... Amen and Hallelujah!

Chorus 3:: 02:59
F        C        Gm       C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,    I can be your long lost pal,

F      C         Gm     C

F        C        Gm       C
I can call you Betty,   and  Betty when you call me
F       C         Gm     C
you can call me Al.


Break:: 03:14
F    C         Gm       C
Na na na na           Na na na na
F    C         Gm       C
Na na na na           Na na na na
F    C         Gm       C
Na na na na           Na na na na
F    C         Gm       C
Na na na na           Na na na na

... 03:29 (play x4)
F      C         Gm       C
 Hum     hum


Bass solo:: 03:43
G|-3/5-------------------------------|----------------------------------5/3-|
D|-------0/3/5-----------------------|------0---------------------5/3/0-----|
A|--------------0/3/5--0-------0-----|-3/5-----x-0-------0-5-3-0------------|
E|------------------------3/5-----x--|--------------3/5---------------------|


Outro:: 03:48 repeat till fade out...
F      C         Gm       C

F      C         Gm       C

If you’ll be my bodyguard...

I can call you Betty...

If you’ll be my bodyguard...

I can call you Betty...