You Can Call Me Al

	 
[Intro]
G  D  C     C D G   (4x)
[Strophe]
G            D 
A man walks down the street, 
       C          D 
he says why am I soft in the middle now, 
G         D 
why am I soft in the middle, 
C               D 
the rest of my life is so hard, 
G          D 
I need a photo-opportunity, 
C                   D 
I want a shot at redemption, 
G                      D 
dont want to end up a cartoon, 
    C          D 
in a cartoon graveyard, 
 G           D 
bonedigger, bonedigger, 
C             D 
dogs in the moonlight, 
G     D      C        D 
far away my well-lit door, 
     G          D 
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly, 
 C                D 
get these mutts away from me, 
      G           D                C         D 
you know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.
[Refrain]
G               D 
If youll be my bodyguard 
C              D    G    D    C D 
I can be your long lost pal, 
G               D 
I can call you Betty, 
     C              D 
and Betty when you call me 
         G          D C D 
you can call me Al.
[Strophe]
G            D 
A man walks down the street, 
       C          D 
he says why am I short of attention, 
G            D 
got a short little span of attention, 
       C          D 
and wo my nights are so long, 
G            D 
wheres my wife and family, 
       C          D 
what if I die here, 
G            D 
wholl be my role-model, 
       C          D 
now that my role-model is 
G            D 
gone, gone, 
       C          D 
he ducked back down the alley 
G            D            C          D 
with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl, 
G            D 
all along, along 
               C           D 
there were incidents and accidents, 
           G             D         C  D 
there were hints and allegations.
[Refrain]
G               D 
If youll be my bodyguard 
C              D    G    D    C D 
I can be your long lost pal, 
G               D 
I can call you Betty, 
     C              D 
and Betty when you call me 
         G    D   C  D 
you can call me  Al. 
        G   D C D 
call me Al.
[Solo]
G C D G C G   (8x)
[Strophe]
G            D 
A man walks down the street, 
       C          D 
its a street in a strange world, 
G            D 
maybe its the Third World, 
       C          D 
maybe its his first time around, 
G            D 
he doesnt speak the language, 
       C          D 
he holds no currency, 
G            D 
he is a foreign man, 
       C          D 
he is surrounded by 
G            D 
the sound, the sound, 
       C          D 
cattle in the marketplace, 
G            D               C          D 
scatterlings and orphanages, 
G            D 
he looks around, around, 
       C          D 
he sees angels in the architecture, 
G            D 
spinning in infinity, 
       C          D 
he says Amen and Hallelujah!
[Refrain]
G               D 
If youll be my bodyguard 
C              D    G    D    C D 
I can be your long lost pal, 
G               D 
I can call you Betty, 
     C              D 
and Betty when you call me 
         G          D C D 
you can call me Al.