You Can Call Me Al Uke tab by Paul Simon

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#use a capo or 3 half#

INTRO
guitar and synth
|     D   A     Em7 |    D   A     D   | 

full band
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 


VERSE
D 
A man walks down the street
       Em7        Asus4       A
He says Why am I soft in the middle now
D 
Why am I soft in the middle
        Em7         Asus4   A
When the rest of my life is so hard
D 
I need a photo-opportunity
Em7       Asus4     A
I want a shot at redemption
D 
Don't want to end up a cartoon
    Em7      Asus4 A
In a cartoon graveyard


BRIDGE
D 
Bonedigger Bonedigger
Em7          A
Dogs in the moonlight
D                 Em7          A
Far away from my well-lit door
    D 
Mr Beerbelly Beerbelly
Em7              A
Get these mutts away from me
           D                       Em7       A
You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al


VERSE
D 
A man walks down the street
       Em7        Asus4      A
He says Why am I short of attention
     D 
Got a short little span of attention
   Em7       Asus4      A
And whoa my nights are so long
D 
Where's my wife and family
Em7        Asus4 A
What if I die here
D 
Who'll be my role-model
Em7          Asus4  A
Now that my role - model is


BRIDGE
D 
Gone gone
   Em7                  A
He ducked back down the alley
         D                  Em7           A
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
     D 
All along along
           Em7           A
There were incidents and accidents
          D                      | Em7 A |
There were hints and allegations


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al Call me Al


SOLO (pennywhistle) = verse + bridge
| D | Em7  Asus4 A | D | Em7  Asus4 A |
| D | Em7  Asus4 A | D | Em7  Asus4 A |

| D | Em7 A | D | Em7 A |
| D | Em7 A | D | Em7 A |


INTERLUDE
guitar and synth
|     D   A     Em7 |    D   A     D   | 

full band
| D  A | Em7 A  | 
| D  A | Em7 A  | 
| D  A | Em7 A  | 


VERSE
D 
A man walks down the street

      Em7          Asus4   A
It's a street in a strange world
D 
Maybe it's the Third World
Em7             Asus4      A
Maybe it's his first time around
D 
He doesn't speak the language
  Em7       Asus4 A
He holds no currency
  D 
He is a foreign man
Em7       Asus4   A
He is surrounded by the


BRIDGE
D 
Sound the sound
Em7            A
Cattle in the marketplace
D                            | Em7 A |
Scatterlings and orphanages
          D 
He looks around around
        Em7           A
He sees angels in the architecture
D
Spinning into infinity
         Em7       A
He says Amen and Hallelujah


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al Call me


VERSE (instrumental)
D               Em7      Asus4 A
Na na na na na na na na
D               Em7      Asus4 A
Na na na na na na na na na na
D               Em7      Asus4 A
Na na na na na na na na
D               Em7      Asus4 A
Na na na na na na na na na na


BRIDGE (instrumental)
D           | Em7 A |
Mmmh mmmh
D           | Em7 A |
Mh mh
D           | Em7 A |
Mmmh mmmh
D           | Em7 A |
Mh mh


BREAK (bass solo)
| N.C. | % |


CHORUS (instrumental)
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 


OUTRO (chorus)
D               A              | Em7 D/A A    |
If you'll be my bodyguard

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D              A        | Em7 D/A A    |
I can call you Betty

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D               A              | Em7 D/A A    |
If you'll be my bodyguard

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D              A        | Em7 D/A A    |
I can call you Betty

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

(repeat and fade)