You Can Call Me Al Bass

por Paul Simon
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You can call me Al
Paul simon
Album: Negociations and Love Songs - 1988
 
Tempo: 126 bpm
 
Singularity: Fretted bass + fretless bass
 
[Intro]
keyboard cue                           Bass: 00:03
    F  C              Gm     F  C       F           C     Gm       C
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|o----------------|-------0-3-----3-|--------1-3----3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-----------|-3-3-3-----------|
 
    F      C         Gm      F  C      F            C     Gm       C
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------0-3-----3-|-------1-3----3--|------0-3------3-|--------1-3----3-|
E|-1-1-1-----------|-3-3-3-----------|-1--1------------|-3-3-3-----------|
 
[Verse 1]: 00:14
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x-----0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F            C                           Gm     C
A man walks down the street,  he says why am I soft in the middle now,
 
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F         C                      Gm               C
why am I soft in the middle,     the rest of my life is so hard,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---0-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F         C                      Gm        C
I need a photo-opportunity,      I want a shot at redemption,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--x--0-----|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3-------------------------3-|
F                      C            Gm       C
dont want to end up a cartoon,  in a cartoon graveyard,  
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 F           C                   Gm             C
Bonedigger, bonedigger,            dogs in the moonlight,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x----0---3----3-|----------1---3---x---x---0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F     C                          Gm            C
far away my                      well-lit door,   
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-|-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|-
      F          C               Gm                C
Mr. Beerbelly,  Beerbelly,       get these mutts away from me,
 
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
A|----------0---3---x-------0-----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-||-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||-
  F             C                   Gm              C
  I don't find this stuff...      amusing anymore.
 
 
[Chorus 1]: 00:44
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F                C               Gm              C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,       I can be your long lost pal,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------3-|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3----------------3---|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
   F           C                 Gm          C
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F               C                Gm             C
I can call you Betty,     and    Betty when you call me
                                                        To coda*
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-||
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||
F             C                  Gm          C
you can call me Al.
 
 
[Verse 2]: 00:59
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x-----0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F            C
A man walks down the street,
       Gm          C
he says why am I short of attention,   got a...
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F             C                  Gm           C
short little span of attention,   and oh, my nights are so long,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---0-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F           C                    Gm          C
Where’s my wife and family,        what if I die here?
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---0-------0----3--|----------1---3---x-------0------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--x--0-----|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3-------------------------3-|
F             C                 Gm       C
Who’ll be my role-model,        now that my role-model is
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
  F           C                   Gm                  C
 gone,       gone,          He   ducked back down the alley… with
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x--------0----3-|----------1---3---x---x---0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F         C                       Gm            C          F
some roly-poly little             bat-faced girl,   
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-|-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|-
       F         C                   Gm             C
all along,    along    there were... incidents and accidents,
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
A|----------0---3---x-------0-----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-||-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||-
             F               C      Gm         C
  there were  hints     and  al--legations
 
 
[Chorus 2]: 01:29
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F                C               Gm              C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,       I can be your long lost pal,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------3-|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3----------------3---|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
   F           C                 Gm          C
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F               C                Gm             C
I can call you Betty,     and    Betty when you call me
                                                                  To coda*
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-||
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||
F             C                  Gm          C
you can call me Al.
 
 
[Solo]: 01:44 Penny Whistle Solo  (slap all notes w/thumb till interlude)
 
  F              C                Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x--0--3----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 
  F             C                 Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x---x--------||
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------3br/5-||
 
...
 
   F          C    Gm          C   F         C    Gm          C
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-------0-3-x--0-3-|-------1-3--x-0-3-|-------0-3-x--0-3-|------1-3-x-x-3-x|
E|-1-1-1------------|-3-3-3------------|-1-1-1------------|-3-3-3-----------|
 
   F          C    Gm          C   F         C    Gm          C
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------3-|
A|-------0--3-----3-|-------1--3-----3-|-------0--3-----3-|-------1-3---3---| *** Fretted bass ***
E|-1--1-------------|-3-3-3------------|-1-1-1------------|-3-3-3-----------|
 
(now 2nd bass "fretless" playing along...)                                      playing togeher
    F             C                        Gm              C
G||--7/10--7/10-----|-------7---5-5----|--7/10--7/10------|----------------||
D||-----------------|-5---8---8--------|--------------10--|-8---5-7-5------||
A||-----------------|---------------3--|------------------|------------3---|| *** fretless bass***
E||-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------1-||
 
   F          C    Gm          C  F          C    Gm          C
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-------0--3-----3-|-------1--3-----3-|-------0--3-----3-|-------1--3----3.| ^^^ Fretted bass ^^^
E|-1--1-------------|-3-3-3------------|-1--1-------------|-3-3-3-----------|
 
    F                 C                       Gm              C                  playing togeher
G||--7/10--7/10-----|-------7---5-5----|--7/10--7/10------|----------------||
D||-----------------|-5---8---8--------|--------------10--|-8---5-7-5------||
A||-----------------|---------------3--|------------------|------------3---|| ^^^ fretless bass ^^^
E||-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------1.||
 
Interlude: [Brass playing] : 02:14
  F              C                Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
  F              C                Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x--0--3----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 
  F              C                Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x--0--3----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 
  F              C                Gm          C
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x--0--3----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]: 02:29
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---x-----0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F            C                       Gm            C
A man walks down the street, It’s a street in a strange world,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F             C                  Gm           C
maybe its the Third World,    maybe it’s his first time around,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---0-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F           C                    Gm          C
Doesn’t speak the language,  He    holds no currency,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x----x--x--0-----|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3-------------------------3-|
F        C                       Gm       C
he is a foreign man,             he is surrounded by the...
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|----------1---3---x---------0----3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
  F           C                   Gm            C
 sound,  the sound,              cattle in the marketplace,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3---x--------0----3-|----------1---3---x---x---0--3---3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F                C                      Gm        C
scatterings and orphanages,                         He... 
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-|-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|-
          F       C                  Gm             C
looks around, around,     He sees... angels in the architecture,      
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-
A|----------0---3---x-------0-----3--|-----------1---3---x--------0----3-||-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||-
  F               C                  Gm         C
   spinning in infinity, He says...  Amen  and  Hallelujah!
[Chorus 3]: 02:59
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F                C               Gm              C
If you’ll be my bodyguard,       I can be your long lost pal,
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------3-|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3----------------3---|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
   F           C                 Gm          C
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-|
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|
F               C                Gm             C
I can call you Betty,     and    Betty when you call me
                                                        To coda*
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|-----------0---3----------------3--|----------1---3------------------3-||
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------||
F             C                  Gm          C
you can call me Al.
 
 
[Break]: 03:14
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------x-------|-----------1---3---x----3--3--3----|-
E|-1--1--1------------------------1--|-3--3--3-------------------------0-|-
          F       C                  Gm             C
Na na na na                      Na na na na
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------x-------|-----------1---3---x----3--3--3----|-
E|-1--1--1------------------------1--|-3--3--3-------------------------0-|-
          F       C                  Gm             C
Na na na na                      Na na na na
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------x-------|-----------1---3---x----3--3--3----|-
E|-1--1--1------------------------1--|-3--3--3-------------------------0-|-
          F       C                  Gm             C
Na na na na                      Na na na na
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------x-------|-----------1---3---x----3--3--3----|-
E|-1--1--1------------------------1--|-3--3--3-------------------------0-|-
          F       C                  Gm             C
Na na na na                      Na na na na
 
 
then ... 03:29 (play x4)
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------x-------|-----------1---3---x----3--3--3----|- ^^^ fretted bass ^^^ x4
E|-1--1--1------------------------1--|-3--3--3-------------------------0-|-
   F           C                        Gm             C
  Hum         hum                 
 
    With second bass "fretless", playing along...                                playing togeher
    F             C                Gm              C
G||--7/10--7/10-----|-------7---5-5----|--7/10--7/10------|----------------||
D||-----------------|-5---8---8--------|--------------10--|-8---5-7-5------||
A||-----------------|---------------3--|------------------|------------3---|| ^^^ fretless bass ^^^ x4
E||-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------1-||
 
 
[Bass solo]: 03:43
G|-3/5-------------------------------|----------------------------------5/3-|
D|-------0/3/5-----------------------|------0---------------------5/3/0-----|
A|--------------0/3/5--0-------0-----|-3/5-----x-0-------0-5-3-0------------|
E|------------------------3/5-----x--|--------------3/5---------------------|
 
 
[Outro]: 03:48  repeat till fade out...
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|-----------1---3---x------0------3-|-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|-
   F           C                  Gm             C                
 
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
A|-----------0---3---x-------0----3--|-----------1---3---x--x---0--3---3-|-
E|-1--1--1---------------------------|-3--3--3---------------------------|-
   F           C                  Gm             C                
 
If you’ll be my bodyguard...
 
I can call you Betty...
 
If you’ll be my bodyguard...
 
I can call you Betty...
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Bassic Groove
My band thought I was crazy when I said there was a fretless playing that line. In the end I told them to stuff it and let me do what I knew needed to be done. It's a pain but you can get most of both lines at the same time. Good job though.
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