VERSE 1: [F] A man walks [C] down the street, he says [Gm] why am I [C] soft in the middle now [F] Why am I [C] soft in the middle, [Gm] the rest of my [C] life is so hard [F] I need a [C] photo-opportunity, [Gm] I want a [C] shot at redemption [F] Don't want to end up a [C] cartoon, in a [Gm] cartoon [C] graveyard
PRE-CHORUS 1: [F] Bonedigger, [C] bonedigger, [Gm] dogs in the [C] moonlight [F] Far a-[C]-way from my [Gm] well-lit [C] door
Mr. [F] Beerbelly, [C] Beerbelly, [Gm] get these mutts a-[C]-way from me
You know I [F] don't find this [C] stuff amusing [Gm] anymore [C]
CHORUS: [F] If you'll be my [C] bodyguard, [Gm] I can be your [C] long [F] lost [C] pal [Gm][C] [F] I can call you [C] Betty, and [Gm] Betty when you [C] call me; You can [F] call me Al [C][Gm][C]
VERSE 2: [F] A man walks [C] down the street, he says [Gm] why am I [C] short of attention
Got a [F] short little [C] span of attention, and [Gm] whoa my [C] nights are so long [F] Where's my [C] wife and family, [Gm] what if I [C] die here [F] Who'll be my [C] role-model, [Gm] now that my [C] role-model is
PRE-CHORUS 2: [F] Gone, [C] gone, he [Gm] ducked back down the [C] alley
With some [F] roly-[C]-poly little [Gm] bat-faced girl [C]
All a-[F]-long, a-[C]-long, there were [Gm] incidents and [C] accidents
There were [F] hints and [C] allega-[Gm]-tions [C]
VERSE 3: [F] A man walks [C] down the street, [Gm] it's a street in a [C] strange world [F] Maybe its the [C] Third World, [Gm] maybe its his [C] first time around [F] He doesnt speak the [C] language, [Gm] he holds no [C] currency [F] He is a [C] foreign man, [Gm] he is sur-[C]-rounded by the
PRE-CHORUS 2: [F] Sound, the [C] sound, [Gm] cattle in the [C] marketplace [F] Scatterlings and [C] orphanages [Gm][C]
He looks a-[F]-round, a-[C]-round, he sees [Gm] angels in the [C] architecture [F] Spinning in [C] infinity, he says [Gm] Amen and [C] Hallelujah
OUTRO: [F] If you'll be my [C] bodyguard [Gm][C] // [F][C][Gm][C] [F] I can call you [C] Betty [Gm][C] // [F][C][Gm][C] [F] If you'll be my [C] bodyguard [Gm][C] // [F][C][Gm][C] [F] I can call you [C] Betty [Gm][C] // [F][C][Gm][C]
