rearranged the chords, so that the strumming is (in my opinion) much easier to understand

Intro:
AmF DmG		 Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)          Sha la la la la la la		uh huh...

Am (x02210@1)	      F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)	GI (320003@1)was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
    Am (x02210@1)		      F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          GMr. (320003@1)Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)          GShe (320003@1)dances while his father plays guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful
   Am (x02210@1)	      F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)                  GWe (320003@1)all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful

Am (x02210@1)           FSo (133211@1)come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm (xx0231@1)	    G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)G (320003@1)Sha la la la la la la la  yeah		uh huh...
Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)	       G (320003@1) Cut up, Maria!  Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)         G (320003@1) Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)	     G (320003@1) Believe in me.  Help me believe in anything
       Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)	  G (320003@1)       G'Cause (320003@1)I want to be someone who believes

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)               GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C (x32010@1)	        F (133211@1)Stare at the beautiful women
       G (320003@1)              G"She's (320003@1)looking at you.  Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)                GSmiling (320003@1)in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
     C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)               GWhen (320003@1)everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am (x02210@1)	F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)	  GI (320003@1)will paint my picture.  Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am (x02210@1)	       F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)        G (320003@1) All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
           Am (x02210@1)	           F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  G (320003@1)	
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)                 G (320003@1) If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)              GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me look into the future
C (x32010@1)	        F (133211@1)Stare at the beautiful women
       G (320003@1)              G"She's (320003@1)looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."
C (x32010@1)	F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)               GStanding (320003@1)in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
     C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)	 G (320003@1)  AmWhen (x02210@1)everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Am (x02210@1)       FI (133211@1)will never be lonely
  Dm (xx0231@1)          GI (320003@1)will never be lonely

Am (x02210@1)	        F (133211@1) I want to be a lion.  Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am (x02210@1)				G (320003@1) We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am (x02210@1)		  F (133211@1) Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
    A (x02220@1)                     GAnd (320003@1)I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.

C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)                     GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
        C (x32010@1)	       FYeah (133211@1)we stare at the beautiful women
       G (320003@1)                  G"She's (320003@1)perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
C (x32010@1)	  F (133211@1)I want to be Bob Dylan
   G (320003@1)                         GMr. (320003@1)Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
     C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)                   GWhen (320003@1)everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)             G (320003@1)Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
 C (x32010@1)	       F (133211@1)	 GWhen (320003@1)I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C (x32010@1)		F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)             GWe (320003@1)all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
   C (x32010@1)	    F (133211@1)    	 G (320003@1)                       GBut (320003@1)when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)	GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....