| F | C | C | Bb | Bb | C | C | F |
| | → | | | | → | | x 2 |
| F | C |
| A man walks d | own the street |
| Bb | C |
| He says | why am I s | oft in the middle now |
| F | C |
| Why am I s | oft in the middle when |
| Bb | C |
| The rest of my l | ife is so hard |
| F | C |
| I need a ph | oto-opportunity |
| Bb | C |
| I want a s | hot at redemption |
| F | C |
| Don’t want to end up a c | artoon |
| Bb | C |
| In a | cartoon gr | aveyard |
| F | C |
| B | onedigger, b | onedigger |
| Bb | C |
| Dogs in the mo | onlight |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| Far aw | ay from my w | ell-lit d | oor |
| F | C |
| Mister b | eerbelly, b | eerbelly |
| Bb | C |
| G | et these mutts aw | ay from me |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| You know | I don’t find this | stuff am | using anym | ore |
| F | C |
| If you’ll be my b | odyguard |
| Bb | C | F | C | Bb | C | F |
| I can be your l | ong lost pa | l | | | | |
| Bb | C |
| And B | etty when you c | all me |
| F | C | Bb | C | F |
| You can c | all me Al | | | | |
| F | C |
| A man walks d | own the street |
| Bb | C |
| He says | why am I s | hort of attention |
| F | C |
| Got a | short little s | pan of attention |
| Bb | C |
| Whoa my n | ights are so long |
| F | C |
| Where’s my wif | e and family |
| F | C |
| Who’ll be my r | ole model |
| Bb | C |
| Now that my r | ole model is |
| Bb | C |
| He duck | ed back down the a | lley |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| With some | roly-p | oly little | bat-faced girl | |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| All al | ong, al | ong, there were i | ncidents and ac | cidents |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| There were | hints and alle | gations | | |
| F | C |
| If you’ll be my b | odyguard |
| Bb | C | F | C | Bb | C | F |
| I can be your l | ong lost pa | l | | | | |
| Bb | C |
| And B | etty when you c | all me |
| F | C | Bb | C | F |
| You can c | all me Al | | | | |
| F | C | C | Bb | Bb | C | C | F |
| | → | | | | → | | x 2 |
| F | C |
| A man walks d | own the street |
| Bb | C |
| It’s a s | treet in a | strange world |
| F | C |
| Maybe it’s the | third world |
| Bb | C |
| Maybe it’s his firs | t time around |
| F | C |
| He doesn’t spe | ak the language |
| Bb | C |
| He holds no curren | cy |
| Bb | C |
| Cattle in the m | arketplace |
| F | C | Bb | C |
| Scatterlings and o | rphanages | | |
| F | C |
| He looks a | round, and ar | ound |
| Bb | C |
| He sees a | ngels in the a | rchitecture |
| Bb | C |
| He says | Amen and H | allelujah |
| F | C |
| If you’ll be my b | odyguard |
| Bb | C | F | C | Bb | C | F |
| I can be your l | ong lost pa | l | | | | |
| Bb | C |
| And B | etty when you c | all me |
| F | C | Bb | C | F |
| You can c | all me Al | | | | |
| F | C | C | Bb | Bb | C | C | F |
| | → | | | | → | | x 2 |