Intro: A5 F5 D5 G5 A5 F5 G5 G5 Sha la la la la la la uh huh... A5 F5 D5 G5 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl A5 F5 G5 G5 Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer A5 F5 D5 G5 She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful A5 F5 G5 G5 We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful A5 F5 So come dance this silence down through the morning D5 G5 A5 F5 G5 G5 Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh... A5 F5 D5 G5 Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances A5 F5 G5 G5 Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones A5 F5 D5 G5 Believe in me. Help me believe in anything A5 F5 G5 G5 'Cause I want to be someone who believes C5 F5 G5 G5 Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales C5 F5 Stare at the beautiful women G5 G5 "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." C5 F5 G5 G5 Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo C5 F5 G5 G5 When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely A5 F5 D5 G5 I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray A5 F5 G5 G5 All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful A5 F5 D5 G5 (you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday A5 F5 G5 G5 If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play C5 F5 G5 G5 Mr. Jones and me look into the future C5 F5 Stare at the beautiful women G5 G5 "She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." C5 F5 G5 G5 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar C5 F5 G5 G5 A5 When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely A5 F5 I will never be lonely D5 G5 I will never be lonely A5 F5 I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats A5 G5 We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that. A5 F5 Believe in me because I don't believe in anything A5 G5 And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe. C5 F5 G5 G5 Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio C5 F5 Yeah we stare at the beautiful women G5 G5 "She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me." C5 F5 I want to be Bob Dylan G5 G5 Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky C5 F5 G5 G5 When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be. C5 F5 G5 G5 Mr. Jones and me staring at the video C5 F5 G5 When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me. C5 F5 G5 G5 We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how. C5 F5 G5 G5 But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be. C5 F5 G5 Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....
