Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

song : you can call me al

artist : paul simon
album : graceland

transcription by roland spindler ( roland . spindler@ooe . gv . at )
corrections welcome!

A E
a man walks down the street ,
D E
he says why Am i soft in the middle now ,
A E
why Am i soft in the middle ,
D E
the rest of my life is so hard ,
A E
i need a photo – opportunity ,
D E
i want a shot at redemption ,
A E
dont want to end up a cartoon ,
D E
in a cartoon graveyard ,
A E
bonedigger , bonedigger ,
D E
dogs in the moonlight ,
A E D E
far away my well – lit door ,
A E
mr . beerbelly , beerbelly ,
D E
get these mutts away from me ,
A E D E
you know i don’t find this stuff amusing anymore .

A E
if youll be my bodyguard
D E A E D E
i can be your long lost pal ,
A E
i can call you betty ,
D E
and betty when you call me
A E D E
you can call me al .

a man walks down the street ,
he says why Am i short of attention ,
got a short little span of attention ,
and wo my nights are so long ,
wheres my wife and family ,
what if i die here ,
wholl be my role – model ,
now that my role – model is
gone , gone ,
he ducked back down the alley
with some roly – poly little bat – faced girl ,
all along , along
there were incidents and accidents ,
there were hints and allegations .

if youll be my bodyguard
i can be your long lost pal ,
i can call you betty ,
and betty when you call me
A E D E
you can call me al ,
A E D E
call me al .

a man walks down the street ,
its a street in a strange world ,
maybe its the third world ,
maybe its his first time around ,
he doesnt speak the language ,
he holds no currency ,
he is a foreign man ,
he is surrounded by
the sound , the sound ,
cattle in the marketplace ,
scatterlings and orphanages ,
he looks around , around ,
he sees angels in the architecture ,
spinning in infinity ,
he says amen and hallelujah!

if youll be my bodyguard . . .
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