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


[Intro]

        
              

            
    Sha la la 

            
la la la la   

              
      uh huh..

 
.


[Verse 1]

            
I was down at 

             
the New Amster

            
dam staring at

      
 this yellow-h

aired girl
            
Mr. Jones stri

              
kes up a conve

             
rsation with t

             
his black-hair

   
ed flamenco da

ncer
            
She dances whi

             
le his father 

            
plays guitar. 

              
 She's suddenl

  
y beautiful
            
We all want so

             
mething beauti

             
ful, I wish I 

           
was beautiful

            
So come dance 

             
this silence d

own through th

e morning
            
        Sha la

             
 la la la la l

            
a la  yeah    

            
      uh huh..

        
.
           
  Cut up, Mari

            
a!  Show me so

           
me of them Spa

nish dances
           
  Pass me a bo

             
ttle, Mr. Jone

        
s
           
  Believe in m

            
e.  Help me be

         
lieve in anyth

ing
            
'Cause I want 

             
to be someone 

               
who believes


[Chorus 1]

            
Mr. Jones and 

             
me tell each o

     
ther fairy tal

es
             
 Stare at the 

          
beautiful wome

n
             
"She's looking

          
 at you.  Ah, 

no, no, she's 

looking at me.

"

             
Smiling in the

             
 bright lights

             
, coming throu

      
gh in stereo
             
When everybody

            
 loves you, yo

              
u can never be

 
 lonely


[Verse 2]

            
I will paint m

           
y picture.  Pa

              
int myself in 


blue and red a

nd black and g

ray
            
  All of the b

             
eautiful color

              
s are very, ve

             
ry meaningful
            
(you know) Gra

              
y is my favori

           
te color I fel

             
t so symbolic 

        
yesterday
            
  If I knew Pi

            
casso I would 

             
buy myself a g

ray guitar and

 play


[Chorus 2]

            
Mr. Jones and 

             
me look into t

   
he future
             
 Stare at the 

          
beautiful wome

n
             
"She's looking

          
 at you.  Uh, 

I don't think 

so.  She's loo

king at me."
             
Standing in th

            
e spotlight I 

              
bought myself 

  
a gray guitar
             
When everybody

            
 loves me, I w

             
ill never be l

         
onely


[Bridge]

            
I will never b

  
e lonely
            
I will never b

  
e lonely


[Verse 3]

            
  I want to be

          
 a lion.  Ever

ybody wants to

 pass as cats
            
  We All want 

              
to be big, big

            
 stars, but we

 got different

 reasons for t

hat.
            
  Believe in m

            
e because I do

n't believe in

 anything
            
And I want to 

              
be someone to 


believe, to be

lieve, to beli

eve.


[Chorus 3]

            
Mr. Jones and 

             
me stumbling t

           
hrough the bar

rio
             
Yeah we stare 

              
at the beautif

   
ul women
             
"She's perfect

              
 for you, man,


 there's got t

o be somebody 

for me."
             
 I want to be 

    
Bob Dylan
             
Mr. Jones wish

              
es he was some

   
one just a lit

tle more funky
             
When everybody

             
 loves you, so

             
n, that's just

          
 about as funk

y as you can b

e.

            
 Mr. Jones and

             
 me staring at

      
 the video
             
When I look at

             
 the televisio

             
n, I want to s

ee me staring 

right back at 

me.
             
We all want to

             
 be big stars,

             
 but we don't 

          
know why, and 

we don't know 

how.
             
But when every

             
body loves me,

             
 I'm going to 

              
be just about 

   
as happy as I 

can be.
            
Mr. Jones and 

  
me, we're gonn

a be big stars

.....