Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al (1986)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Paul Simon)}

INTRO: [E] [B] [F#m] // [E] [B] [E] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
[E] A man walks [B] down the street, he says [F#m] why am I [B] soft in the middle now
[E] Why am I [B] soft in the middle, [F#m] the rest of my [B] life is so hard
[E] I need a [B] photo-opportunity, [F#m] I want a [B] shot at redemption
[E] Don't want to end up a [B] cartoon, in a [F#m] cartoon [B] graveyard

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[E] Bonedigger, [B] bonedigger, [F#m] dogs in the [B] moonlight
[E] Far a-[B]-way from my [F#m] well-lit [B] door
Mr. [E] Beerbelly, [B] Beerbelly, [F#m] get these mutts a-[B]-way from me
You know I [E] don't find this [B] stuff amusing [F#m] anymore [B]

CHORUS:
[E] If you'll be my [B] bodyguard, [F#m] I can be your [B] long [E] lost [B] pal [F#m] [B]
[E] I can call you [B] Betty, and [F#m] Betty when you [B] call me; You can [E] call me Al [B] [F#m] [B]

VERSE 2:
[E] A man walks [B] down the street, he says [F#m] why am I [B] short of attention
Got a [E] short little [B] span of attention, and [F#m] whoa my [B] nights are so long
[E] Where's my [B] wife and family, [F#m] what if I [B] die here
[E] Who'll be my [B] role-model, [F#m] now that my [B] role-model is

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[E] Gone, [B] gone, he [F#m] ducked back down the [B] alley
With some [E] roly-[B]-poly little [F#m] bat-faced girl [B]
All a-[E]-long, a-[B]-long, there were [F#m] incidents and [B] accidents
There were [E] hints and [B] allega-[F#m]-tions [B]

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

REPEAT INTRO:

VERSE 3:
[E] A man walks [B] down the street, [F#m] it's a street in a [B] strange world
[E] Maybe its the [B] Third World, [F#m] maybe its his [B] first time around
[E] He doesnt speak the [B] language, [F#m] he holds no [B] currency
[E] He is a [B] foreign man, [F#m] he is sur-[B]-rounded by the