[Intro]
Dm Bb Gm C
Sha la la la la la la
Dm Bb C C
uh huh…
[Verse 1]
Dm Bb Gm C
I was down at the New Dmsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Dm Bb C
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Dm Bb Gm C
She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful
Dm Bb C
We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
Dm Bb
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Gm C Dm Bb C
Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh…
Dm Bb Gm C
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Dm Bb C
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Dm Bb Gm C
Believe in me. Help me believe in anything
Dm Bb C
'Cause I want to be someone who believes
[Chorus 1]
F Bb C
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
F Bb
Stare at the beautiful women
C
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
F Bb C
Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
F Bb C
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
[Verse 2]
Dm Bb Gm C
I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Dm Bb C
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Dm Bb Gm C
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Dm Bb C
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
[Chorus 2]
F Bb C
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
F Bb
Stare at the beautiful women
C
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
F Bb C
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
F Bb C Dm
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
[Bridge]
Dm Bbmaj7
I will never be lonely
Dm C
I will never gonna be lonely
[Verse 3]
Dm Bb
I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats
Dm C
We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Dm Bb
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Dm C
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
[Chorus 3]
F Bb C
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
F Bb
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
C
"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
F Bb
I want to be Bob Dylan
C
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
F Bb C
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
F Bb C
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
F Bb C
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
F Bb C
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
F Bb C
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
F Bb C
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars…..
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