You Can Call Me Al Chords by Paul Simon
Tempo:
128.65 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
A man walks down the street, [G] he says, [F] why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
[Gm] The [F] rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [C] opportunity.
I [F] want a [C] shot of [F] redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bone digger, [C] bone digger, [Gm] [F] doves in the moonlight.
Far away, [Bb] my well [F]-lit room.
Strip the air of that, let [C] the air of that, [Bb] get these [C] mutts away from me, [F] you know.
I don't find this [C] stuff amusing anymore.
If [F] you give me my body, Lord, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me yourself.
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, [F] why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span [C] of attention.
[G] And, [F] oh, my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and [Gm] family?
What [F] if I die here?
Who'll be my role model [Bb] now [F] that my role model is gone?
He [Bb] ducked [C] back down the alley with some [F] roly-poly little [Bb] bat-faced [C] girl.
[F] All along, along, [C] there [Bb] were [C] incidents and accidents.
[F] There were hints and allegations.
[Bb] [C]
[F] If you give me [C] my body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
Betty, [F] when you [C] call [F] me, you [C] call [Gm] [C] me out.
I can call [F]
you [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[E] [F]
[C] Betty.
[Bb] [C]
Betty,
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] when you call me, [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
you call me out.
A man walks down the [Gm] street.
[F] It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [G] world.
[F] Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the [Gm] language.
[F] Holds no currency.
He is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the sound, the [C] sound [Bb] of [C] cattle in the marketplace.
Scatterlings and [Bb] orchids.
[Am] He looks around and around.
He [Bb] sees [C] angels in the [F] architecture spinning in infinity.
He [Bb] says, [C] hey, hallelujah, [F] if you give me my [C] body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can [C] be your [F] 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] out.
[F] Na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, [C] [F] na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] [F] na, na, na, [Gm] [F] na.
And if [C] you [F] want to catch up on some of my latest videos, [Bbm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Am] [Bb]
[D] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] make [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] sure you hit subscribe!
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [C] [N]
[C] [Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]
A man walks down the street, [G] he says, [F] why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
[Gm] The [F] rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [C] opportunity.
I [F] want a [C] shot of [F] redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bone digger, [C] bone digger, [Gm] [F] doves in the moonlight.
Far away, [Bb] my well [F]-lit room.
Strip the air of that, let [C] the air of that, [Bb] get these [C] mutts away from me, [F] you know.
I don't find this [C] stuff amusing anymore.
If [F] you give me my body, Lord, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me yourself.
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, [F] why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span [C] of attention.
[G] And, [F] oh, my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and [Gm] family?
What [F] if I die here?
Who'll be my role model [Bb] now [F] that my role model is gone?
He [Bb] ducked [C] back down the alley with some [F] roly-poly little [Bb] bat-faced [C] girl.
[F] All along, along, [C] there [Bb] were [C] incidents and accidents.
[F] There were hints and allegations.
[Bb] [C]
[F] If you give me [C] my body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
Betty, [F] when you [C] call [F] me, you [C] call [Gm] [C] me out.
I can call [F]
you [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[E] [F]
[C] Betty.
[Bb] [C]
Betty,
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] when you call me, [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] [F]
you call me out.
A man walks down the [Gm] street.
[F] It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [G] world.
[F] Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the [Gm] language.
[F] Holds no currency.
He is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the sound, the [C] sound [Bb] of [C] cattle in the marketplace.
Scatterlings and [Bb] orchids.
[Am] He looks around and around.
He [Bb] sees [C] angels in the [F] architecture spinning in infinity.
He [Bb] says, [C] hey, hallelujah, [F] if you give me my [C] body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can [C] be your [F] 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] out.
[F] Na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, [C] [F] na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] [F] na, na, na, [Gm] [F] na.
And if [C] you [F] want to catch up on some of my latest videos, [Bbm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Am] [Bb]
[D] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] make [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] sure you hit subscribe!
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [C] [N]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Gm
G
F
C
Bb
[F] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
A man walks down the street, [G] he says, [F] why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
[Gm] The [F] rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [C] opportunity.
I [F] want a [C] shot of [F] redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bone digger, [C] bone digger, [Gm] [F] doves in the moonlight.
Far away, [Bb] my well [F]-lit room. _
Strip the air of that, let [C] the air of that, [Bb] get these [C] mutts away from me, [F] you know.
I don't find this [C] stuff amusing anymore.
If [F] you give me my body, Lord, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me yourself.
[C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, [F] why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span [C] of attention.
[G] And, [F] oh, my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and [Gm] family?
What [F] if I die here?
Who'll be my role model [Bb] now [F] that my role model is gone?
He [Bb] ducked [C] back down the alley with some [F] _ roly-poly little [Bb] bat-faced [C] girl.
[F] All along, along, [C] there [Bb] were [C] incidents and accidents.
[F] There were hints and allegations.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] If you give me [C] my body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F]
I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
Betty, [F] when you [C] call [F] me, you [C] call [Gm] [C] me out.
I can call [F]
you _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Betty.
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Betty, _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] when you call me, _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F]
you call me out.
A man walks down the [Gm] street.
[F] It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [G] world.
[F] Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the [Gm] language.
[F] Holds no currency.
He is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the sound, the [C] sound [Bb] of [C] cattle in the marketplace.
Scatterlings and [Bb] orchids.
_ [Am] He looks around and around.
He [Bb] sees [C] angels in the [F] architecture spinning in infinity.
He [Bb] says, [C] hey, hallelujah, [F] if you give me my [C] body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can [C] be your [F] 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] out. _
[F] _ Na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, [C] [F] na, na, na, _ [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] [F] na, na, na, _ _ _ [Gm] [F] na.
And if _ [C] _ _ _ _ you [F] want to catch up on some of my latest videos, [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] make _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ sure you hit subscribe! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
A man walks down the street, [G] he says, [F] why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
[Gm] The [F] rest of my life is so hard.
I need a photo [C] opportunity.
I [F] want a [C] shot of [F] redemption.
Don't want to end up a [G] cartoon in a [F] cartoon graveyard.
Bone digger, [C] bone digger, [Gm] [F] doves in the moonlight.
Far away, [Bb] my well [F]-lit room. _
Strip the air of that, let [C] the air of that, [Bb] get these [C] mutts away from me, [F] you know.
I don't find this [C] stuff amusing anymore.
If [F] you give me my body, Lord, I can [C] be your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
I can [C] call you Betty.
[Bb] [F] Betty, [C] when you call me, [F] you can call me yourself.
[C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F]
A man walks down the [G] street, he says, [F] why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span [C] of attention.
[G] And, [F] oh, my nights are so long.
Where's my wife and [Gm] family?
What [F] if I die here?
Who'll be my role model [Bb] now [F] that my role model is gone?
He [Bb] ducked [C] back down the alley with some [F] _ roly-poly little [Bb] bat-faced [C] girl.
[F] All along, along, [C] there [Bb] were [C] incidents and accidents.
[F] There were hints and allegations.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] If you give me [C] my body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can be [C] your [F] long lost [C] pal.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F]
I can [C] call you [Bb] Betty.
Betty, [F] when you [C] call [F] me, you [C] call [Gm] [C] me out.
I can call [F]
you _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Betty.
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Betty, _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] when you call me, _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F]
you call me out.
A man walks down the [Gm] street.
[F] It's a street in a strange world.
Maybe it's the third [G] world.
[F] Maybe it's his first time around.
Doesn't speak the [Gm] language.
[F] Holds no currency.
He is a foreign [Gm] man.
[F] He is surrounded by the sound, the [C] sound [Bb] of [C] cattle in the marketplace.
Scatterlings and [Bb] orchids.
_ [Am] He looks around and around.
He [Bb] sees [C] angels in the [F] architecture spinning in infinity.
He [Bb] says, [C] hey, hallelujah, [F] if you give me my [C] body, [Bb] Lord, [F] I can [C] be your [F] 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] out. _
[F] _ Na, na, na, [G] na, [F] na, na, na, [C] [F] na, na, na, _ [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [G] [F] na, na, na, _ _ _ [Gm] [F] na.
And if _ [C] _ _ _ _ you [F] want to catch up on some of my latest videos, [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] make _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ sure you hit subscribe! _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _
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