You Can Call Me Al Ukulele Chords

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        You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: "Graceland" (1986)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
 
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CHORDS
       g-C-E-A
F      2-0-1-0
Gm     0-2-3-1
Gm7    0-2-1-1
C      0-0-0-2
Csus4  0-0-1-3
 
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MAIN RIFF (intro / chorus / interlude / outro)
      F   C     Gm7    F   C     F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----0---3--3--1-|----0---3--3-3--|
E|----1---0--0--1-|----1---0--0-0h1|
C|----0---0--0--2-|----0---0--0-0--|
g|----2---0--0--3-|----2---0--0-0h2|
 
 
There is a little lick or riff in the verse, which is played on an
electric guitar. Here's a suggestion how to integrate this lick
into the accompaniment:
 
[Verse]
  F                Gm7   Csus4  C   F                Gm7   Csus4 C [ F ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|--0-------------|--1-----3---3---|--0-------------|--1-----3-3-3-0-|
E|--1--3--1---1---|--3--1--1---0---|--1--3--1---1---|--3--1--1-1-0-1-|
C|0----0--0---0---|2----2--0---0---|0----0--0---0---|2----2--0-0-0-0-|
g|2----2--2---2---|0-------0---0---|2----2--2---2---|0-------0-0-0---|
 
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[Intro]
(guitar and synth)
|     F   C     Gm7 |    F   C     F   |
 
(full band)
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
[Verse 1]
F
 A man walks down the street
       Gm7        Csus4       C
He says, Why am I soft in the middle now?
F
 Why am I soft in the middle?
        Gm7         Csus4   C
When the rest of my life is so hard!
F
 I need a photo-opportunity
Gm7       Csus4     C
 I want a shot at redemption
F
Don't want to end up a cartoon
    Gm7      Csus4 C
In a cartoon graveyard
 
[Bridge]
F
Bonedigger, Bonedigger,
Gm7          C
 Dogs in the moonlight
F                 Gm7          C
 Far away from my well-lit door
    F
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Gm7              C
Get these mutts away from me!
           F                       Gm7       C
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
 
[Chorus]
F               C
If you'll be my bodyguard
Gm7           C         |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
I can be your long lost pal
F              C
I can call you Betty
    Gm7              C
And Betty, when you call me
       |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
You can call me Al
 
[Verse 2]
F
 A man walks down the street
       Gm7        Csus4      C
He says, Why am I short of attention?
     F
Got a short little span of attention
   Gm7       Csus4      C
And whoa, my nights are so long!
F
 Where's my wife and family?
Gm7        Csus4 C
 What if I die   here?
F
 Who'll be my role-model?
Gm7          Csus4  C
 Now that my role - model is
 
[Bridge]
F
Gone, gone
   Gm7                  C
He ducked back down the alley
         F                  Gm7           C
With some roly-poly, little bat-faced girl
     F
All along, along
           Gm7           C
There were incidents and accidents
          F                      | Gm7 C |
There were hints and allegations
 
[Chorus]
F               C
If you'll be my bodyguard
Gm7           C         |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
I can be your long lost pal
F              C
I can call you Betty
    Gm7              C
And Betty, when you call me
       |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
You can call me Al ...   Call me Al ...
 
[Solo] (pennywhistle)
| F | Gm7 C | F | Gm7 C |
| F | Gm7 C | F | Gm7 C |
| F | Gm7 C | F | Gm7 C |
| F | Gm7 C | F | Gm7 C |
 
[Interlude]
(guitar and synth)
|     F   C     Gm7 |    F   C     F   |
 
(full band)
| F  C | Gm7 C  |
| F  C | Gm7 C  |
| F  C | Gm7 C  |
 
[Verse 3]
F
 A man walks down the street
 
      Gm7          Csus4   C
It's a street in a strange world
F
 Maybe it's the Third World
Gm7             Csus4      C
 Maybe it's his first time around
F
 He doesn't speak the language
  Gm7       Csus4 C
He holds no currency
  F
He is a foreign man
Gm7       Csus4   C
 He is surrounded by the 
 
[Bridge]
F
Sound, the sound 
Gm7            C
 Cattle in the marketplace
F                            | Gm7 C |
 Scatterlings and orphanages
          F
He looks around, around
        Gm7           C
He sees angels in the architecture
F
 Spinning into infinity
         Gm7       C
He says, Amen! and Hallelujah!
 
[Chorus]
F               C
If you'll be my bodyguard
Gm7           C         |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
I can be your long lost pal
F              C
I can call you Betty
    Gm7              C
And Betty, when you call me
       |   F  C |  Gm7 C  |
You can call me Al ...   Call me...
 
[Verse]
F               Gm7      Csus4 C
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na    na...
F               Gm7      Csus4 C
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na na na na ...
F               Gm7      Csus4 C
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na    na...
F               Gm7      Csus4 C
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na na na na ...
 
[Bridge]
F           | Gm7 C |
Mmmh, mmmh
F           | Gm7 C |
 Mh, mh
F           | Gm7 C |
Mmmh, mmmh
F           | Gm7 C |
 Mh, mh
 
[Break]
| N.C. | % |
(bass solo)
 
[Chorus]
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
[Outro]
F               C              | Gm7 F/C C    |
If you'll be my bodyguard ...
 
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
F              C        | Gm7 F/C C    |
I can call you Betty ...
 
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
F               C              | Gm7 F/C C    |
If you'll be my bodyguard ...
 
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
F              C        | Gm7 F/C C    |
I can call you Betty ...
 
| F  C |  Gm7 C  |
 
(repeat and fade)
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