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

INTRO: [D#] [A#] [Fm] // [D#] [A#] [D#] : [x2]

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

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

CHORUS:
[D#] If you'll be my [A#] bodyguard, [Fm] I can be your [A#] long [D#] lost [A#] pal [Fm] [A#]
[D#] I can call you [A#] Betty, and [Fm] Betty when you [A#] call me; You can [D#] call me Al [A#] [Fm] [A#]

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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