Lirik dan Chord Lagu You can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "You can Call Me Al" merupakan lagu hit Paul Simon yang tergabung dalam album Graceland.

Album tersebut dirilis pada 1986 dan menjadi hit dengan pengaruh musik dari Afrika Selatan.

Selain lagu ini, album tersebut juga menelurkan lagu hit "Graceland".

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "You can Call Me Al" dari Paul Simon:

[Intro]
G D C C D G 4x

[Verse]
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.

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse]
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,

there were hints and allegations.

[Chorus]
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

[Verse]
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!

[Chorus]
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