Paul Simon - You can call me al

You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon (metonymo tab) Chords: F 133211 C/g 332010 Bb/g 3x3333 (tumb, plus barre with index finger) Gm 3x0333 (tumb, plus barre with index finger) ^ Strum down v Strum upwards For the triplet bass notes: Bb/g and Gm: barre with index finger, and thumb holds e-string and mutes a-string. Also faster to play the F chord with tumb on the e-string. May be easier to play in G, so at the bottom I ve included a version in G. (although the main challenge is not the chords, but the rhythm/ strumming pattern (see tab upstroke "v"/downstroke "^"), and integrating rhytm and singing.) Intro and ref. ("If you'll be my bodyguard...") F C C Bb F C C F |--------1-------0------0--------|---------1------0------0-----1--| |--------1-------1------1-----3--|---------1------1------1-----1--| |--------2-------0------0-----3--|---------2------0------0-----2--| |----------------2------2-----3--|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| F C C Bb F C C F |---------1-------0-----0--------|---------1-------0-----0-----1--| |---------1-------1-----1-----3--|---------1-------1-----1-----1--| |*--------2-------0-----0-----3--|---------2-------0-----0-----2-*| |*--------3-------2-----2-----3--|---------3-------2-----2-----3-*| |--------------------------------|-----------------3-----------3--| |-1-1-1--------------------------|-3-3-3--------------------------| Vers, part I ("A man walks down the street..."): F C F Gm F C |--------1---0---0---0---1---1---|--------3---1---1---1---0---0--| |--------1---1---1---1---1---1---|--------3---1---1---1---1---1--| |*-------2---0---0---0---2---2---|--------3---2---2---2---0---0-*| |*-------3-------2-------3-------|--------0-------3-------2-----*| |--------3-------3-------3-------|----------------3-------3------| |-1-1-1--------------------------|-3-3-3-------------------------| ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v Variation for part I (Chords instead of triplet bass): F C F Gm F C |-1---1---1---0---0---0---1---1---|-3---3---3---1---1---1---0---0--| |-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1--| |*2---2---2---0---0---0---2---2---|-3---3---3---2---2---2---0---0-*| |*3-------3-------2-------3-------|-0-------0-------3-------2-----*| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------3-------3------| |---------------------------------|-3-------3----------------------| ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v Vers, part II (from "Bonedigger" to ref.): F Gm C/g |----------1---1---------1---1---|----------3---3---------0---0---| |----------1---1---------1---1---|----------3---3---------1---1---| |*---------2---2---------2---2---|----------3---2---------0---0--*| |*---------3-------------3-------|----------0-------------2------*| |----------3--------3----3-------|-------------------3----3-------| |-1-1-1-------------1------------|-3-3-3------------(3)-----------| ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v Bone-digger, bone-digger Dogs in the moon-light Intro: F C C Bb / F C C F A man walks down the street He says why am I short of attention Got a short little span of attention And wo my nights are so long Where's my wife and family What if I die here Who'll be my role-model Now that my role-model is Gone, gone He ducked back down the alley With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl All along, along There were incidents and accidents There were hints and allegations ... Ref. A man walks down the street It's a street in a strange world Maybe it's the Third World Maybe it's his first time around He doesn't speak the language He holds no currency He is a foreign man He is surrounded by The sound, the sound Cattle in the marketplace Scatterlings and orphanages ... He looks around, around He sees angels in the architecture Spinning in infinity He says Amen! and Hallelujah! Ref. ******** Transposed to G: (strumming pattern in tab above) Intro: G D D C / G D D G