[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.....
[Em]Four seasons [D/F#]in one [G]day [Am]Lying in the [Amb7-x02212] depths of your imagination [Em]Worlds above and [D/F#]worlds [G]below The [Am]sun shines on the [Amb7]black clouds Hanging over the do[C]main [Bm]Even when you're feeling [C]warm The [Bm]temperature could drop a[Am]way Like [D]four seasons in one [G]day
[Em]Smiling as the [D/F#]shit comes [G]down [Am]You can tell a [Amb7]man from what he has to say [Em]Everything gets [D/F#]turned A[G]round And [Am]I will risk my [Amb7]neck again [C] [Bm]You can take me where you [C]will [Bm]Up the creek and through the [Am]mill Like [Bm]all the things you [C]can't explain [D]Four seasons in one [G]day
[C]Blood dries [G]up (harmony A C D) Like [D]rain, like [Em]rain [C]Fills my [G]cup [D]Like four seasons in one [Em]day
[Instrumental] - with D chord line you can let go of D chord to get 5th fret on E if leave low open strings ringing
E -0-2-3-0--2-3-5-2--3-t10-7----8-7-5---7-------7-------- B -0--------3--------3-----8----5-----8-7-8-7-8---10-8-7 G -0--------2--------0-----7----5-------8-mute with thumb after strum D -2--------0--------0-----9----5-------7--------------- A -2--------0--------x-----10---0-------9--------------- E -0--------2--------3------------------7---------------
Play basic arps [Em][D/F#][G] "It"
[Am]doesn't pay to [Amb7]make predictions [Em]Sleeping on an [D/F#]unmade [G]bed [Am]Finding out wher[Amb7]ever there is comfort There is [C]pain [Bm]Only one step a[C]way Like [D]four seasons in one [G]day
[C]Blood dries [G]up Like [D]rain, like [Em]rain [C]Fills my [G]cup [D]Like four seasons in one [Em]day (D D D D A B - harmony at end) [End]
[Extra notes] 2 styles of snare - one is muted strum down so subtler than direct slap against strings second style is light thumb on wood