Chords :

Am : x02210

F  : 133211

Dm : xx0231

G  : 320033

C  : x32010

 

 

 

Intro :

Am  F  Dm  G                Am     F   G  G

            sha la la la la la la

 

 

1st verse :

Am                     F        Dm               G

 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl

    Am                          F                 G               G

Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer

Am                   F                Dm                  G

She dances while his father playes guitar, she's suddenly beautiful

   Am                 F        G                 G

We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful

 

 

 

2^nd Verse :

        Am                 F                        Dm       G

So come dance this silence down through the morning,  sha la la la la la

Am      F  G        G

   Yeah,     Uh huh...yeah

Am        F   Dm                     G               G

 Cut up Maria! Show me some of them spanish dances.

Am          F          G         G

  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones

Am           F  Dm                  G

  Believe in me, help me believe in anything

      Am           F                   G          G

Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah !

 

 

 

Chorus :

C  F            G                G

 Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales

Am                      F            G                 G

 Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me

Am              F             G                   G

 Smiling in the bright lights, comming through in sterio

     Am            F     G                 G

When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

 

 

 

3^rd Verse :

        Am              F       Dm                G

 Oh and I will paint my picture, paint my self in blue and red and black & grey

Am                      F                 G        G

   All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful

                   Am                  F      Dm          G

Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday

Am           F             G            G

 If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

 

 

 

Chorus :

C   F            G              G

 Mr. Jones and me look into the future

Am                      F            G                   G

 Stare at the beautiful women, "she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."

Am               F        G                G

 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar

     Am           F     G                  

When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)

 

 

 

Bridge :

         Am                  F

(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely

              Am           G

So I'll never gonna be lonely

Am                    F

 I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats

Am                                   G

 We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent reasons for that.

Am                        F

  Believe in me because I don't believe in anything

     Am                             G

and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.

 

 

 

Chorus :

C   F            G                      G

 Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio

       Am                      F             G                             G

Yeah we stare at the beautiful women, "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."

Am                F         G                          G

 I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

Am               F            G                     G

When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

 

 

 

Chorus :

C   F            G               G

 Mr. Jones and me staring at the video

       Am              F                 G      G

When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.

Am                 F                 G                      G

 We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.

         Am          F           G                         G

But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.

 

 

 

Ending :

C         F      G>let ring

Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....