You Can Call Me Al
By Paul Simon
This song is probably the most famous songs Paul Simon has done, from a bassists point of view anyway,
because of the slap bass solo. I have seen two different ways of playing the bass solo,
I have only included one here, and if you look around the net, you will probably find a few more versions.
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Verse — Dont play note In bracket first time, but every time after that
G—||—————2—5———5—|————3—5———5—||
D—||*—3—(3)—3——————|—5—5—5——————*||
A—||*—————————-|—————————*||
E—||——————————|—————————||
Chorus
G—||————2—5————2—5—|————3—5——5——5—||
D—||*—3—3—3———3—3—3———|—5—5—5———————*||
A—||*———————————|——————————*||
E—||———————————|——————————||
Post Chorus
G—||———2—5—10—10—10—10—5—2—|————3—5—7—7—7—7—5—2—||
D—||*—3—3——————————|—5—5—5—————————*||
A—||*————————————|————————————*||
E—||————————————-|————————————||
Slap Solo — The bit you’ve all been waiting for 😉
G—-|—15—17————————————————|
D—-|—————15—17————————————|
A—-|———-17———-13—15—17—13———————|
E—-|—————————————15—15—17—15—-|
G—|———————————————————-17—15—||
D—|———————————————-17—15—————||
A—|—15—17—17—15——————17—15—————17———-||
E—|——————15—17—15—13———-17———————-||
You can work out for yourselves where everything goes, have fun and dont hurt yourselves!
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