You Can Call Me Al — Paul Simon
Chords and lyrics for You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon (key of G).
Intro
[G] [D] [C] [C] [D] [G]
Verse 1
[G]A man walks down the street, [D]
[C]he says why am I soft in the middle now, [D]
[G]why am I soft in the middle, [D]
[C]the rest of my life is so hard, [D]
[G]I need a photo-opportunity, [D]
[C]I want a shot at redemption, [D]
[G]don't want to end up a cartoon, [D]
[C]in a cartoon graveyard, [D]
[G]bonedigger, bonedigger, [D]
[C]dogs in the moonlight, [D]
[G]far away my well-lit door, [D] [C] [D]
[G]Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly, [D]
[C]get these mutts away from me, [D]
[G]you know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore. [D] [C] [D]
Chorus
[G]If you'll be my bodyguard [D]
[C]I can be your long lost pal, [D] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[G]I can call you Betty, [D]
[C]and Betty when you call me [D]
[G]you can call me Al. [D] [C] [D]
Verse 2
[G]A man walks down the street, [D]
[C]he says why am I short of attention, [D]
[G]got a short little span of attention, [D]
[C]and wo my nights are so long, [D]
[G]where's my wife and family, [D]
[C]what if I die here, [D]
[G]who'll be my role-model, [D]
[C]now that my role-model is [D]
[G]gone, gone, [D]
[C]he ducked back down the alley [D]
[G]with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl, [D] [C] [D]
[G]all along, along [D]
[C]there were incidents and accidents, [D]
[G]there were hints and allegations. [D] [C] [D]
Chorus
[G]If you'll be my bodyguard [D]
[C]I can be your long lost pal, [D] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[G]I can call you Betty, [D]
[C]and Betty when you call me [D]
[G]you can call me Al. [D] [C] [D]
[G]call me Al. [D] [C] [D]
Solo
[G] [C] [D] [G] [C] [G]
Verse 3
[G]A man walks down the street, [D]
[C]it's a street in a strange world, [D]
[G]maybe it's the Third World, [D]
[C]maybe it's his first time around, [D]
[G]he doesn't speak the language, [D]
[C]he holds no currency, [D]
[G]he is a foreign man, [D]
[C]he is surrounded by [D]
[G]the sound, the sound, [D]
[C]cattle in the marketplace, [D]
[G]scatterlings and orphanages, [D] [C] [D]
[G]he looks around, around, [D]
[C]he sees angels in the architecture, [D]
[G]spinning in infinity, [D]
[C]he says Amen and Hallelujah! [D]
Chorus
[G]If you'll be my bodyguard [D]
[C]I can be your long lost pal, [D] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[G]I can call you Betty, [D]
[C]and Betty when you call me [D]
[G]you can call me Al. [D] [C] [D]