You Can Call Me Al chords by Paul Simon
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Intro 1
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 1
(F major) A man walks down the street
He says, (G minor) "Why am I (C major) soft in the middle, now?
(F major) Why am I soft in the middle?
The (G minor) rest of my (C major) life is so hard
(F major) I need a photo-opportunity
(G minor) I want a (C major) shot at redemption
(F major) Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a (G minor) cartoon (C major) graveyard"
(F major) Bonedigger, Bonedigger
(G minor) Dogs in the (C major) moonlight
(F major) Far away in my (G minor) well-lit door
(C major) Mr. (F major) Beerbelly, Beerbelly
(G minor) Get these mutts a (C major) way from me
You know, (F major) I don't find this stuff
a (G minor) musing anymore
(C major)
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Chorus 1
(F major) If you'll be my (C major) bodyguard (B flat major)
(G minor) I can be your (C major) long (F major) lost pal
(C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) I can call you (C major) Betty
(B flat major) And (G minor) Betty, when you call (C major) me,
you (F major) can call me Al
(C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 2
(F major) A man walks down the street
He says, (G minor) "Why am I (C major) short of attention?
Got a (F major) short little span of attention
And, (G minor) whoa, my (C major) nights are so long
(F major) Where's my wife and family?
(G minor) What if I (C major) die here?
(F major) Who'll be my role model
(G minor) Now that my (C major) role model is (F major) gone, gone?"
He (G minor) ducked back down the (C major) alley
With some (F major) roly-poly little (G minor) bat-faced girl (C major)
All a (F major) long along,
There were (G minor) incidents and (C major) accidents
There were (F major) hints and alle (G minor) gations (C major)
Chorus 2
(F major) If you'll be my (C major) bodyguard (B flat major)
(G minor) I can be your (C major) long (F major) lost pal
(C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) I can call you (C major) Betty
(B flat major) And (G minor) Betty, when you call (C major) me,
you (F major) can call (C major) me (B flat major) Al (G minor)
Call (C major) me Al (F major)
Solo 1
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 3
(F major) A man walks down the street
It's a (G minor) street in a (C major) strange world
(F major) Maybe it's the third world
(G minor) Maybe it's his (C major) first time around
(F major) Doesn't speak the language
He (G minor) holds no (C major) currency
(F major) He is a foreign man
(G minor) He is sur (C major) rounded by the (F major) sound, the sound
(G minor) Cattle in the (C major) marketplace
(F major) Scatterings and orphanages (G minor)
(C major) He looks a (F major) round, around
He sees (G minor) angels in the (C major) architecture
(F major) Spinning in infinity
He says, (G minor) "Amen and (C major) Hallelujah!"
Chorus 3
(F major) If you'll be my (C major) bodyguard (B flat major)
(G minor) I can be your (C major) long (F major) lost pal
(C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) I can call you (C major) Betty
(B flat major) And (G minor) Betty, when you call (C major) me,
you (F major) can call (C major) me (B flat major) Al (G minor)
Call (C major) me Al (F major)
Interlude 1
(F major) Na na na na, (G minor) na na (C major) na na
(F major) Na na na na, (G minor) na na (C major) na-na na-na
(F major) Na na na na, (G minor) na-na na-na (C major) na na
(F major) Na na na na, na-na (G minor) na na (C major) na-na na-na
Solo 2
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
Outro 1
(F major) If you'll be my (C major) bodyguard (B flat major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) I can call you (C major) Betty
(B flat major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) If you'll be my (C major) bodyguard (B flat major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
(F major) I can call you (C major) Betty
(B flat major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (G minor) (C major) (F major)
[Repeat and Fade]
You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon
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