You Can Call Me Al Bass tabs by Paul Simon

You Can Call Me Al bass tab by Paul Simon

Bass tabs

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-----------|

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  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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