[Intro - BPM 142 - No drums] [Am][F][Dm][G] Sha la la la la la la [Am] uh huh... [F][G][G]
[Verse 1 - No drums] [Am] I was down at the New [F] Amsterdam [Dm] staring at this [G] yellow-haired girl Mr. [Am] Jones strikes up a conver [F] sation with this [G] black-haired flamenco dancer [G] [Am] She dances while his father [F] plays gui [Dm] tar. She's suddenly [G] beautiful .. We [Am] all want something [F] beaut [G] iful, [G] I wish I was beautiful .... So come
(Drums in) [Am] dance this silence [F] down through the morning [Dm] Sha la la la [G] la la la [Am] la [F] yeah [G] uh huh... [G] [Am] Cut up, Ma [F] ria! [Dm] Show me some of them Span [G] ish dances [Am] Pass me a bo [F] ttle, Mr Jones [G][G] [Am] Believe in me [F][Dm] Help me believe in an [G] ything [Am] Cause I want to [F] be someone who beli [G] eves [G]
[Chorus 1] [C] Mr. [F] Jones and me [G] tell each other fairy tales [C] Stare at the beautiful women [F] [G] "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." [C] Smiling in the bright [F] lights, [G] coming through in [G] stereo When [C] everybody [F] loves you, you [G] [G] can never be lonely
[Verse 2] [Am] I will paint my [F] picture. [Dm] Paint myself in blue [G] and red and black and gray [Am] All of the beautiful [F] colors are [G] very, very meaningful you know [Am] Gray is my favorite [F] color I [Dm] felt so sym [G] bolic yesterday [Am] If I knew Pi [F] casso I would [G] buy myself a gray [G] guitar and play
[Chorus 2] [C] Mr. [F] Jones and me [G] look into the future [C] Stare at the beautiful women [F] [G] "She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." [C] Standing in the spotlight [F][G] I bought myself a gray guitar When [C] everybody [F] loves me, I [G] will never be lone....
[Bridge] [Am] ly .... I will never be [Fmaj7] lonely I will never gonna [Am] be lone [G] ly
[Verse 3] [Am] I want to be a lion. [F] Everybody wants to pass as cats [Am] We all want to be big, big stars, but we got [G] different reasons for that. [Am] Believe in me because I [F] don't believe in anything And [Am] I want to be someone to believe, to [G] believe, to believe.
[Chorus 3] [C] Mr. [F] Jones and me [G] stumbling through the barrio [C] Yeah we stare at the beautiful women [F] [G] She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me. [C] I want to be Bob Dylan [F] ... Mr. [G] Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky .. When [C] everybody [F] loves you, [G] son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
[C] Mr. [F] Jones and me [G] staring at the video [C] When I look at the tele [F] vision, I want [G] to see me staring right back at me. [C] We all want to be big [F] stars, but [G] we don't know why, and we don't know how. But when [C] everybody [F] loves me, [G] I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be. [C] Mr. [F] Jones and me [G] (stop drums) we're gonna be big stars.....
BPM 103 - VOX BIG ON CHORUS [Intro] [D] We'll be [G] singing [D] When we're [G] winning [D] We'll be [G] singing [A]
[Chorus] (x2) I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again You're [D] never going to keep me [G] down I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again You're [A] never going to keep me down [Em][G] Pissing the [Bm] night aw [A] a [Em][G] Pissing the [Bm] night aw [A] a [VERSE] He drinks a [D] whisky drink, he drinks a [G] vodka drink He drinks a [D] lager drink, he drinks a [G] cider drink He sings the [D] songs that remind him of the [G] good times He sings the s [A] ongs that remind him of the better times " [D] Oh D [G] anny [D] Boy, [G] Danny [D] Boy, [G] Danny [A] Boy..."
[Chorus] (x2) D G D G D G A A x 2 [Em][G] Pissing the [Bm] night aw [A] ay [Em][G] Pissing the [Bm] night aw [A] a [VERSE] He drinks a [D] whisky drink, he drinks a [G] vodka drink He drinks a [D] lager drink, he drinks a [G] cider drink He sings the [D] songs that remind him of the [G] good times He sings the s [A] ongs that remind him of the better times " [D] Don't c [G] ry for [D] me, [G] next door [D] neighbour... [G] " [A]
[Chorus] (x2) I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again You're [D] never going to keep me [G] down I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again You're [A] never going to keep me down
[Solo] Em G Bm A Em G Bm A D G D G D G A
[Chorus] (x8) I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again (We'll be singing) You're [D] never going to keep me [G] down (When we're winning) I get knocked [D] down, but I get [G] up again (We'll be singing) You're [A] never going to keep me down
