{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":84865,"song":"You Can Call Me Al","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11549484-you-can-call-me-al-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84865?type=chord","rating":4.64031,"votes":843,"content":"original key [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] 4x\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA man walks down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe says why am I soft in the middle now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhy am I soft in the middle,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe rest of my life is so hard,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI need a photo-opportunity,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI want a shot at redemption,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndont want to end up a cartoon,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a cartoon graveyard,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbonedigger, bonedigger,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndogs in the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfar away my well-lit door,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nget these mutts away from me,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf youll be my bodyguard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can be your long lost pal,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can call you Betty,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand Betty when you call me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou can call me Al.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA man walks down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe says why am I short of attention,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ngot a short little span of attention,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand wo my nights are so long,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwheres my wife and family,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhat if I die here,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwholl be my role-model,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nnow that my role-model is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ngone, gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe ducked back down the alley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith some roly-poly little bat-faced girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nall along, along[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere were incidents and accidents,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere were hints and allegations.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf youll be my bodyguard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can be your long lost pal,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can call you Betty,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand Betty when you call me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou can call me Al.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncall me Al.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] 8x\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA man walks down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nits a street in a strange world,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmaybe its the Third World,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmaybe its his first time around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe doesnt speak the language,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe holds no currency,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe is a foreign man,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe is surrounded by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe sound, the sound,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncattle in the marketplace,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nscatterlings and orphanages,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nhe looks around, around,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe sees angels in the architecture,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nspinning in infinity,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe says Amen and Hallelujah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf youll be my bodyguard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can be your long lost pal,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can call you Betty,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand Betty when you call me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou can call me Al.[/tab]","plain_text":"original key F C Bb\n\n\n[Intro]\nG D C C D G 4x\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG C D G C G 8x\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","C","Bb","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}