You Can Call Me Al

Chords

Standard

#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)