You Can Call Me Al chords by
Paul Simon 
Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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A man walks down the street
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He says, "Why am I soft in the middle, now?
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Why am I soft in the middle?
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The rest of my life is so hard
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I need a photo-opportunity
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I want a shot at redemption
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Don't want to end up a cartoon
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In a cartoon graveyard"
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Bonedigger, Bonedigger
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Dogs in the moonlight
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Far away in my well-lit door
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Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
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Get these mutts a way from me
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You know, I don't find this stuff
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a musing anymore
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Chorus 1
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If you'll be my body guard
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I can be your long lost pal
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I can call you Betty
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And Betty, when you call me,
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you can call me Al
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Verse 2
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A man walks down the street
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He says, "Why am I short of attention?
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Got a short little span of attention
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And, whoa, my nights are so long
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Where's my wife and family?
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What if I die here?
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Who'll be my role model
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Now that my role model is gone, gone?"
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He ducked back down the alley
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With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
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All a long along,
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There were incidents and accidents
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There were hints and alle gations
Chorus 2
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If you'll be my body guard
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I can be your long lost pal
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I can call you Betty
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And Betty, when you call me,
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you can call me Al
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Call me Al
Solo 1
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Verse 3
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A man walks down the street
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It's a street in a strange world
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Maybe it's the third world
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Maybe it's his first time around
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Doesn't speak the language
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He holds no currency
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He is a foreign man
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He is sur rounded by the sound, the sound
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Cattle in the marketplace
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Scatterings and orphanages
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He looks a round, around
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He sees angels in the architecture
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Spinning in infinity
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He says, "Amen and Hallelujah!"
Chorus 3
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If you'll be my body guard
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I can be your long lost pal
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I can call you Betty
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And Betty, when you call me,
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you can call me Al
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Call me Al
Interlude 1
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Na na na na, na na na na
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Na na na na, na na na-na na-na
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Na na na na, na-na na-na na na
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Na na na na, na-na na na na-na na-na
Solo 2
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Outro 1
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If you'll be my body guard
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I can call you Betty
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If you'll be my body guard
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I can call you Betty
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[Repeat and Fade]
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