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