[Intro]
Em C Am D
Sha la la la la la la
Em C D D
uh huh…
[Verse 1]
Em C Am D
I was down at the New Emsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Em C D
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Em C Am D
She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful
Em C D
We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
Em C
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Am D Em C D
Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh…
Em C Am D
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Em C D
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Em C Am D
Believe in me. Help me believe in anything
Em C D
'Cause I want to be someone who believes
[Chorus 1]
G C D
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
G C
Stare at the beautiful women
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"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
G C D
Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
G C D
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
[Verse 2]
Em C Am D
I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Em C D
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Em C Am D
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Em C D
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
[Chorus 2]
G C D
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
G C
Stare at the beautiful women
D
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
G C D
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
G C D Em
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
[Bridge]
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I will never be lonely
Em D
I will never gonna be lonely
[Verse 3]
Em C
I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats
Em D
We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Em C
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Em D
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
[Chorus 3]
G C D
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
G C
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
D
"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
G C
I want to be Bob Dylan
D
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
G C D
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
G C D
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
G C D
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
G C D
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
G C D
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
G C D
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars…..
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