You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon
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Key:
[Intro] G D CC D GG D A man walks down the streetC D He says why am I soft in the middle nowG D Why am I soft in the middleC D The rest of my life is so hardG D I need a photo-opportunityC D I want a shot at redemptionG D Dont want to end up a cartoonC D In a cartoon graveyardG D Bonedigger, bonediggerC D Dogs in the moonlightG D C D Far away my well-lit doorG D Mr. Beerbelly, BeerbellyC D Get these mutts away from meG D You know I don't find this stuffC D amusing anymoreG D If youll be my bodyguardC D G D C D I can be your long lost palG D I can call you BettyC D And Betty when you call meG D C D You can call me AlG D A man walks down the streetContinues after the adC D He says why am I short of attentionG D Got a short little span of attentionC D And wo my nights are so longG D Wheres my wife and familyC D What if I die hereG D Wholl be my role-modelC D Now that my role-model isG D Gone, goneC D He ducked back down the alleyG D C With some roly-poly littleD bat-faced girlG D All along, alongC D There were incidents and accidents There were hints and allegationsG D If youll be my bodyguardC D G D C D I can be your long lost palG D I can call you BettyC D And Betty when you call meG D C D You can call me AlG D C D Call me Al[Solo] G C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG C D G C GG D A man walks down the streetC D Its a street in a strange worldG D Maybe its the Third WorldC D Maybe its his first time aroundG D He doesnt speak the languageC D He holds no currencyG D He is a foreign manC D He is surrounded byG D The sound, the soundC D Cattle in the marketplaceG D C Scatterlings and orphanagesDG D He looks around, aroundC D He sees angels in the architectureG D Spinning in infinityC D He says Amen and Hallelujah!G D If youll be my bodyguardC D G D C D I can be your long lost palG D I can call you BettyC D And Betty when you call meG D C D You can call me Al