[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.....
[Intro - No drums to begin with - Sometimes D riff is over A chord section] [G][D][Dsus2][A] x 4 (D riff on 3rd round)
(Drums in) [G][D][Dsus2][A] x 4
[Verse 1] [G] Happiness [D] mor [Dsus2] e or less [A] it's just a change in me something in my libert [G] y o-o- [D] h [Dsus2] m-y m-y [A] ..
[Verse 2] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I [G] know just [D] w [Dsus2] here I a [A] -m
[Bridge] well, [Em] how many corners do I have to turn [G] how many times do I have to learn [D] all the love I have is in my [A] mind.
[Chorus] But I'm A [G] lucky m- [D] a- [Dsus2] a-a-n [A] with fire [G] in my h- [D] a- [Dsus2] a-a-nd [A] s
[Verse 3] [G] happiness [D] som [Dsus2] ething in my own place [A] I'm stood here naked smiling I feel no dis [G] grace with [D] who I [A] a-m
[Verse 4] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I k [G] now with [D] who I [A] a-m
[Bridge] well, [Em] how many corners do I have to turn [G] how many times do I have to learn [D] all the love I have is in my [A] mind. I hope you [G] under [D] st [Dsus2] -A-A-n [A] d I hope you [G] under [D] st [Dsus2] -a-a-n [A] d
[Pre-verse] o-o- [G] o-o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h-h-h-h [A] no no no no no no no no Gotta [G] love that never [D] d- [Dsus2] i-e-s [A]
[Verse 5] [G] Happiness [D] mo [Dsus2] re or less [A] it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] t
[Verse 6] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I [G] know [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my m [A] y - X 4
[Pre-verse] Gotta [G] love that never [D] d [Dsus2] -i-e-s [A] X 3 it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] ty X 3
[Fade out] [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my my [A] - X it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] ty [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my m [A] y - X 2
[End] [D riff - Hold D chord whilst playing the notes] E 0-2------0------ B 3--0-3-~-3------- G 2--0---0-2-------- D 0--------------- A ---------------- E ----------------