Intro: Am F Dm G Am F G G Sha la la la la la la uh huh... Am F Dm G I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Am F Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation G with this black-haired flamenco dancer Am F Dm G She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful Am F G We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful Am F So come dance this silence down through the morning Dm G Am F G * Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh... 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 G Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo C F G When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely Am F I will paint my picture. Dm G Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray Am F 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 If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray 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 gray guitar C F G Am When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely Am I will never be lonely G I will never be lonely Am F I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats Am We All want to be big, big stars, G 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're gonna be big stars...
I think the intro/interludes work fine like this:
G:————–7–5—————7–5————–7–5——–7–5-
C:-5—–5————3—–3———–3—–3————2—2——
E:———————————————————————-
A:———————————————————————-
Play that twice except don’t play the last 3 notes the second time through
I usually use DDUUDU for this song (and many others) as it works quite well but try and play around with strumming patterns while listening to the original, you could find something better 🙂
At “All those signs I knew what they meant something you can’t invent Some get made, some get sent ooh” All the D’s should be E’s
It’s kind of a tricky chord but I think Ddim instead of D sounds better in the interlude.
Is there a strumming pattern to this song or do you just play single cords?