[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.....
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[Am7][Em][B7][Em] x2
[Verse] A [Am7] scrub is a guy that [Em] thinks he's fly And is [B7] also known as a [Em] buster Always [Am7] talkin' about [Em] what he wants And just [B7] sits on his broke [Em] ass
So ( [Am7] no) I don't [Em] want your number [B7] (no) I don't want [Em] to give you mine and ( [Am7] no) I don't want to [Em] meet you nowhere [B7] (no) I don't want [Em] none of your time and ( [Am7] no)
[Chorus] [Am7] no ... I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holla at [Am7] me I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holler at [Am7] (there's a) me
[Verse 2] There's a [Am7] scrub checkin' me But his [Em] game is kinda weak And I [B7] know that he cannot [Em] approach me Cuz I'm [Am7] lookin' like class and he's [Em] lookin' like trash Can't [B7] get wit' a dead-beat [Em] ass s0
So ( [Am7] no) I don't [Em] want your number [B7] (no) I don't want [Em] to give you mine and ( [Am7] no) I don't want to [Em] meet you nowhere [B7] (no) I don't want [Em] none of your time and ( [Am7] no)
[Chorus] [Am7] no ... I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holla at [Am7] me I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holler at [Am7] me
[Bridge] If you don't [Cmaj7] have a car and you're walking Oh [B7] yes son, I'm [Em] talking to you If you [Cmaj7] live at home wit' your momma Oh [B7] yes son, I'm [Em] talking to you If you [Cmaj7] have a shorty that you don't show love Oh [B7] yes son I'm [Em] talking to you
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[Am7] No [Em] oh [B7] Scruu [Em] ub [Am7] No [Em] oh [B7] Scruu [Em] ub [Am7] No [Em] oh [B7] Scruu [Em] ub [Am7] No [Em] oh [B7] Scruu [Em] ub
[Chorus] [Am7] no ... I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holla at [Am7] me I don't [Em] want no scrub A [B7] scrub is a guy that can't [Em] get no love from [Am7] me Hangin' out the [Em] passenger side Of his [B7] best friend's ride [Em] Tryin' to holler at [Am7] me