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You Can Call Me Al Bass Tab by Paul Simon

You Can Call Me Al bass tab by Paul Simon

Bass Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: F

Difficulty: Advanced

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\

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