[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 111 - capo 1st fret * [Intro - No drums - slight indie beat feel to strumming] [D][G] x 4
[Verse- Drums in] [D] Tell me all the things you would change [G] I [D] don't pretend to know what you want [G] When you [Bm] come around and spin my top [E] Time and again [G] , time and again [F#] No fi [D] re where I lit my spark [G] [D] I am not afraid of the dark [G] Where y [Bm] our words devour my heart [E] And put me to shame [G] , put me to shame
[Chorus] Your [A] seven worlds colli [Em] de Whene [G] ver I am b [A] y your side [D] Dus [A] t from a distant sun [Em] Will sh [G] ower over e [A] veryone [D][G][D][G]
[Verse] You're [D] still so young to travel so [G]far [D]Old enough to know who you [G]are And [Bm] wise enough to carry the [E] scars Without any [G] blame, there's no one to [F#] blame It's [D]easy to forget what you [G]learnt [D]Waiting for the thrill to [G]return [Bm] Feeling your desire [E] burn And drawn to the [G]flame
[Chorus] Your [A] seven worlds colli [Em] de Whene [G] ver I am b [A] y your side [D] Dus [A] t from a distant sun [Em] Will sh [G] ower over e [A] veryone [D] Dus [A] t from a distant sun [Em] Will sho [G] wer over ev [A] eryone
And I'm l [Bm] ying on the t [A] able w [G] ashed out in the flood [Bm] Like a [A] Christian fearing [G] vengeance from above I d [Bm] on't pretend to [A] know what you [G] want But (I offer love?) [A]
[Solo][A][Em] ([G][A]) [D] - repeat all
[Final Chorus] Your [A] seven worlds colli [Em] de Whene [G] ver I am b [A] y your side [D] Dus [A] t from a distant sun [Em] Will sh [G] ower over e [A] veryone [D][F#][G] As time slip [Bm] s by [F#] ... [G] [D][F#][G] [Bm][F#][G] [fade]
