Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

      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,
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why am I soft in the middle,     the rest of my life is so hard,
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I need a photo-opportunity,      I want a shot at redemption,
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dont want to end up a cartoon,  in a cartoon graveyard,
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Bonedigger, bonedigger,            dogs in the moonlight,
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far away my                      well-lit door,
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Mr. Beerbelly,  Beerbelly,       get these mutts away from me,
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  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...
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short little span of attention,   and oh, my nights are so long,
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Where’s my wife and family,        what if I die here?
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Who’ll be my role-model,        now that my role-model is
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 gone,       gone,          He   ducked back down the alley… with
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some roly-poly little             bat-faced girl,
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all along,    along    there were... incidents and accidents,
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  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,
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maybe its the Third World,    maybe it’s his first time around,
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Doesn’t speak the language,  He    holds no currency,
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he is a foreign man,             he is surrounded by the...
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 sound,  the sound,              cattle in the marketplace,
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scatterings and orphanages,                         He...
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looks around, around,     He sees... angels in the architecture,
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...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
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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
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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...