INTRO: Am F Dm G Am F Dm G 

Am F Dm G Am F Dm G 
sha la la la la la la


Am                  F              Dm              G 
I was down at the New Amsterdam starring at this yellow haired girl
Am                    F                     G  
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation with this black haired flamenco dancer
Am                  F              Dm              G 
She dances while his father playes guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful
Am                    F                     G  
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful


Am                  F              Dm              G 
So come dance this silence down through the morning.  sha la la la la la
Am   F  G
   Uh, huh...
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4-----------------      est? frase vai apare?er 
5-----------------         em alguns trechos ( sempre iguais)
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Am            F          Dm              G 
Cut up Maria!  Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am        F           G 
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am        F          Dm              G 
Believe in me   Help me believe in anything
      Am             F           G 
Cause I want to be someone who believes


C   F           G 
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C            F            
Stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you.  Ah no, no she's looking at me."
C             F 
Smiling in the bright lights
G
Coming through in stereo
C             F          G 
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely


Am            F          Dm              G 
I will paint my picture   Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey
Am                   F                    G 
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
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You know Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am        F                            G 
If I knew Picasso I would buy my self a grey guitar and play


C   F            G 
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C           F            
Stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."
C              F         G 
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
C             F           G                  Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
                 F
I will never be lonely              
        Am         G       
I will never 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
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.


C   F            G 
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C                   F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
C                F
I want to be Bob Dylan 
G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C              F              G 
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.


C    F           G 
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C        F                    G 
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C                F                    G 
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
C                 F           G 
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C         F           G 
Mr. Jones and me, we gonna be big stars.....