You Can Call Me Al Chords by Paul Simon
- Key: F
- BPM: 128
- Capo: no capo
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YOU CAN CALL ME AL CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] F C Bb C F C7 Gm7 C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C7 F C C7 C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G7 A man walks down the street G7 He says why am I soft in the middle now C7 Why am I soft in the middle G7 C7 The rest of my life is so hard F C7 G7 I need a photoopportunity ■ ■ C7 I want a shot at redemption F Don't want to end up a cartoon Gm7 C7 In a cartoon graveyard C7 Bonedigger Bonedigger Gm7 C7 Dogs in the moonlight Gm7 C7 Far away in my welllit door C7 Mr Beerbelly Beerbelly C7 Get these mutts away from me C7 You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore [Chorus] F C7 If you'll be my bodyguard Bb C F C I can be your long lost pal F C ■ I can call you Betty Bb C F And Betty when you call me you can call me Al C C7 Bb C F C7 A ■ ■ ■ man walks down the street [Verse] G7 C7 He says why am I short of attention C7 Got a short little span of attention G7 C7 And whoa my nights are so long C7 Where's my wife and family G7 C7 What if I die here C7 Who'll be my role model G7 F C7 Now that my role model is gone gone Bb C7 He ducked back down the alley F7 C7 G7 With some rolypoly little batfaced girl C7 All along along Bb C7 There were incidents and accidents F7 C7 Gm7 C7 There were hints and allegations ■ ■ [Chorus] F C7 If you'll be my bodyguard C F I can be your long lost pal C Bb C F ■ ■ ■ ■ C I can call you Betty F C C7 Gm7 And Betty when you call me you can call me ■ ■ Al C F Dm7 Call me Al [Inst] G7 F Dm G7 F G7 C7 G7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dm7 C7 Gm Bb C7 Bb C7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Bb C F C C7 C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C F C C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C7 A man walks down the street G7 C7 It's a street in a strange world C7 Maybe it's the third world G7 C7 Maybe it's his first time around C7 Doesn't speak the language G7 C7 He holds no currency Dm7 C7 He is a foreign man Gm7 C7 He is surrounded by the sound the sound C7 Cattle in the marketplace C7 Scatterings and orphanages C7 He looks around around C7 He sees angels in the architecture C7 Spinning in infinity F7 He says Amen and Hallelujah [Chorus] C7 If you'll be my bodyguard Bb C F C I can be your long lost pal F C ■ I can call you Betty F C F C C7 Bb C And Betty when you call me you can call me ■ ■ Al C Call me F G7 C Na na na na na na na na F F7 G7 Gm7 C7 Na na na na na na nana nana ■ Gm7 C7 F Na na na na ■ nana nana na na Gm7 C7 Na na na na nana nana na na [Bridge] F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 A7 D7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] C Bb C F C F C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C C7 C F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C If you'll be my bodyguard Bb C Dm7 F Dm7 G7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C I can call you Betty C7 C F C Bb C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] F C If you'll be my bodyguard Bb C F C C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C7 I can call you Betty G7 C F C Bb C F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C F C F If you'll be my bodyguard ■ ■ ■ [End]