[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.....
D A Bm7 G E -2-2-3200-----7--12(9)7--7-5-3- B -3-3----7-578-10------x-------- G -2-2----6-----7-------0-------- D -0-0----7-----7-------0-------- A --------0-----9-------x-------- E --------------7-------3--------
(notes - play 023 line with A with little finger
[Verse 1 - Drum roll in] Satur [D] day [A] after [Bm] noon The [G] sunshine pours like [D] wine Through your window [A] - (A riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I [D] know [Dsus4] ------- [D] --- [A] -- Golden J [Bm] une can [G] turn an empty [D] grey Against your [A] window - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I f [G] eel like [G6(320000)] ----------- [G] -- Im on [A] the outside [A6(x02222)] ----------- [A] -- Of a [D] circle
[Intro Riff - D A Bm7 G D]
[Verse 2] If I [D] walked [Dsus4] ------ [D] -- [A] ---- By the [Bm] trees I`ll [G] catch the falling [D] leaves If the w [A] ind blows - (A riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] But I k [D] now [Dsus4] ------ [D] -- [A] ---- All this [Bm] means is [G] whiling on the h [D] ours Watching [A] sideshows - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I [G] feel like [G6(320000)] ----------- [G] - Im on the [A] outside [A6(x02222)] ----------- [A] - Of a c [D] ircle [Dsus4] ------ [D]
[Bridge] [C] Will I tu [G] rn my coat to the [D] rain (I don`t know) [Asus4][A] [C] But im g [G] oing somewhere I can [A] warm my [Asus4] bones
[Verse 3] Fare you [D] well [Dsus4][D][A] I`ll carry me [Bm] away And s [G] ing for those I [D] know upon their [A] birthdays - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E]
I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] Of a [D] circle
[Outro] D A Bm G - D Dsus4 D A Bm G D (Drum Roll to end) [End]
[Notes] (A riff) - G F# E bass run - fret all of A chord with 1st finger to accomodate the bass run GG F#F# EE
