Intro: |
Am F Dm G |
Am F G G |
Am |
Am F Dm |
I was down at the New Amsterdam |
G |
Staring at this yellow-haired girl |
Am F |
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation |
G |
With a black-haired flamenco dancer |
Am |
You know she dances |
F Dm |
While his father plays guitar |
G |
She's suddenly beautiful |
Am |
And we all want |
F G |
Something beautiful |
G |
Man, I wish I was beautiful |
Am F |
So come dance the silence down |
Dm |
Through the morning |
G Am F G |
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah |
G Am |
Uh huh, yeah |
F Dm |
Cut up, Maria |
Dm |
Show me some of |
G Am |
Them Spanish dances |
F G Am |
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones |
G Dm |
Believe in me |
G |
Help me believe in anything |
Am F |
'Cause I wanna be someone |
G |
Who believes |
G C |
Yeah |
C F G |
Mr. Jones and me |
G |
Tell each other fairy tales |
C F |
And we stare at the beautiful women |
G |
She's looking at you |
C |
Ah, no, no, she's looking at me |
F G |
Smilin' in the bright lights |
G |
Coming through in stereo |
C F G |
When everybody loves you |
G |
You can never be lonely |
Am F Dm |
Well, I'm gon' paint my picture |
G |
Paint myself in blue and |
Am |
Red and black and gray |
F |
All of the beautiful colors are |
G |
Very, very meaningful |
G |
Yeah, well, you know |
Am F |
Gray is my favorite color |
Dm G Am |
I felt so symbolic yesterday |
F |
If I knew Picasso |
G |
I would buy myself |
C |
A gray guitar and play |
C F G |
Mr. Jones and me |
G |
Looked into the future |
C F |
And we stare at the beautiful women |
G |
She's looking at you |
C |
Ah, no, no, she's looking at me |
F G |
Standing in the spotlight |
G |
I bought myself a gray guitar |
C F G |
When everybody loves me |
G Am |
I will never be lonely |
Bridge: |
Am Am Am Am x4 |
F |
I will never be lonely |
Am G Am |
Said I'm never gonna be lonely |
Am |
I wanna be a lion |
F Am |
Yeah, everybody wanna pass as cats |
Am |
We all wanna be big, big stars |
G |
Yeah, but we got |
Am |
Different reasons for that |
Am |
Believe in me |
F |
'Cause I don't believe in anything |
Am G |
And I wanna be someone to believe |
G C |
To believe, to believe |
Bridge: |
Am Am Am Am x4 |
C F G |
Mr. Jones and me |
G |
Stumbling through the barrio |
C |
Yeah, we stare at |
F |
The beautiful women |
G |
She's perfect for you |
G |
Man, there's got to be somebody |
C |
For me |
F |
I wanna be Bob Dylan |
G |
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone |
G |
Just a little more funky |
C F G |
When everybody loves you, ah son |
G |
That's just about as funky |
C |
As you can be |
F G |
Mr. Jones and me |
G |
Staring at the video |
C F |
When I look at the television |
G |
I want to see me |
C |
Staring right back at me |
F |
We all wanna be big stars |
G |
But we don't know why |
G |
And we don't know how |
C F |
But when everybody loves me |
G |
I'm wanna be just about |
C |
As happy as I can be |
F G |
Mr. Jones and me |
G |
We're gonna be big stars |
Ending: |
Am Am Am Am x4 |