[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] (just arp on top 3 strings) | C#m C#sus2 | C#m | C#m C#sus2 | C#m | 2x [Riff] | C#m | C#m | C#m | C#m | Riff over C#m E -------------------- B -------------------- G -666----------6----- D -666----------6----- A -444-----474--4----- E 4-------7---7-------
[Verse 1 - No drums] [A] This [E] love [B] Is getting kinda [C#m] dangerous [A] Feels [E] like it's a loaded [B] gun [Badd9][B] [A] My [E] mind, [B] It's turning like a [C#m] cloud of dust [A] My [E] heart always wants to [B] run [Badd9][B]
[Chorus] [C#m] Oh-oh-oh-oh [N.C.] If you want a [B] cowboy on a [C#5] white [A] orse [E] Ridin' off into the [A] sun---[B] set If that's the [B] kinda love you wanna [C#5] wait [A] for [E] Hold on tight, girl, (2/4 bit) I [A]ain't [E/G#]there [B]yet No, I ain't there [B] yet No, I ain't there [C#m] yet
[Intro Riff] x 4 (just bass drum) [C#m][C#m] White [C#m] horse [C#m]
[Verse 2 - Full drums] [A] Some [E] day, [B] Maybe you could [C#m] have your way [A] Right [E] now's just not the [B] time [Badd9][B] [A] Some [E] things [B] A man's just [C#m] got to do [A] I [E] wish you could change my [B] mind [Badd9][B]
[Chorus] [C#m] Oh-oh-oh-oh (drums stop on last Oh and then come back in for chorus) [N.C.] If you want a [B] cowboy on a [C#5] white [A] orse [E] Ridin' off into the [A] sun---[B] set If that's the [B] kinda love you wanna [C#5] wait [A] for [E] Hold on tight, girl, (2/4 bit) I [A]ain't [E/G#]there [B]yet No, I ain't there [B] yet No, I ain't there [C#m] yet
[Intro Riff] x 4 [C#m][C#m] White [C#m] horse [C#m]
[Instrumental Bridge] (double time) | B B B B | C#5 A A A| E E E E| A B B B| | B B B B | C#5 A A A| E E E E| A E B* B| (vocals in on B*)
[Chorus - DRUMS STOP] [B]* If you want a [B] cowboy on a [C#5] white [A] orse [E] Ridin' off into the [A] sun---[B] set If that's the [B] kinda love you wanna [C#5] wait [A] for [E] Hold on tight, girl, I [A]ain't [E/G#]there [B] If you want a (DRUMS BACK IN - HALF TIME) [B] cowboy on a [C#5] white [A] orse [E] Ridin' off into the [A] sun---[B] set If that's the [B] kinda love you wanna [C#5] wait [A] for [E] Hold on tight, girl, (2/4 bit) I [A]ain't [E/G#]there [B]yet No, I ain't there [B] yet No, I ain't there [C#m] yet
[Intro Riff] x 4 (just bass drum) [C#m][C#m] White [C#m] horse [C#m]
[Ending] (double time) | B B B B | C#5 A A A| E E E E| A B B B| | B B B B | C#5 A A A| E E E E| A E |                                 (2/4) (normal time - 4 bars - each B is 2 bars) | B | B