You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon
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[Intro]G D C C D G (4x)[Strophe]G DA man walks down the street,C Dhe says why am I soft in the middle now,G Dwhy am I soft in the middle,C Dthe rest of my life is so hard,G DI need a photo-opportunity,C DI want a shot at redemption,G Ddont want to end up a cartoon,C Din a cartoon graveyard,G Dbonedigger, bonedigger,C Ddogs in the moonlight,G D C Dfar away my well-lit door,G DMr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,C Dget these mutts away from me,G D C Dyou know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.[Refrain]G DIf youll be my bodyguardC D G D C DI can be your long lost pal,G DI can call you Betty,C Dand Betty when you call meG D C Dyou can call me Al.[Strophe]G DA man walks down the street,C Dhe says why am I short of attention,G Dgot a short little span of attention,C Dand wo my nights are so long,G Dwheres my wife and family,C Dwhat if I die here,G Dwholl be my role-model,C Dnow that my role-model isG Dgone, gone,C Dhe ducked back down the alleyG D C Dwith some roly-poly little bat-faced girl,G Dall along, alongC Dthere were incidents and accidents,G D C Dthere were hints and allegations.[Refrain]G DIf youll be my bodyguardC D G D C DI can be your long lost pal,G DI can call you Betty,C Dand Betty when you call meG D C Dyou can call me Al.G D C Dcall me Al.[Solo]G C D G C G (8x)[Strophe]G DA man walks down the street,C Dits a street in a strange world,G Dmaybe its the Third World,C Dmaybe its his first time around,G Dhe doesnt speak the language,C Dhe holds no currency,G Dhe is a foreign man,C Dhe is surrounded byG Dthe sound, the sound,C Dcattle in the marketplace,G D C Dscatterlings and orphanages,G Dhe looks around, around,C Dhe sees angels in the architecture,G Dspinning in infinity,C Dhe says Amen and Hallelujah![Refrain]G DIf youll be my bodyguardC D G D C DI can be your long lost pal,G DI can call you Betty,C Dand Betty when you call meG D C Dyou can call me Al.
