Intro:
Am F Dm G Am F G G
Verse:
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am F G G
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
She dances while his father plays guitar. She”s suddenly beautiful
Am F G G
We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
Am F Dm G Am F G G
So come dance this silence down through the morning Sha la la la la la la la yeah huh…
Am F Dm G
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am F G G Am F Dm G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me. Help me believe in anything
Am F G G
“Cause I want to be someone who believes who believes yea
Chorus:
C F G G C F
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales Stare at the beautiful women
G G
“She”s looking at you. Ah, no, no, she”s looking at me.”
C F G G
Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
C F G G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
Verse:
Am F Dm G
I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Am F Dm G
You know gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
Chorus:
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me, look into the future
C F
yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G G
“She”s looking at you. Uh, I don”t think so. She”s looking at me.
C F G G
me” Standing in the spotlight, I bought myself a gray guitar
C F G G Am (strumg and hold)
When everybody lo-ves me, I will never be lo-one-ly
Bridge: You can strum each chord once
F Am G
I will never be lonely I”m never gonna be lonely
Am F
I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am G
We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am F
Believe in me because I don”t believe in anything
Am G (strum again) G
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
Chorus:
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio
C F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G G
“She”s perfect for you, man, there”s got to be somebody for
C F
me “I want to be Bob Dylan
G G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C F G G
When everybody loves you, ah son, that”s just about as funky as you can be.
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me, staring at the video
C F G G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C F G G
We all want to be big stars, but we don”t know why, and we don”t know how.
C F G G
But when everybody loves me, I”m going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C F G (strum and hold)
Mr. Jones and me, we”re gonna be big stars…..