Tom: C
[Intro] Am F Dm G
Am F G
Sha la la la la la la
[Primeira Parte]
Am F Dm
I was down at the New Amsterdam
G
Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am F
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
G Riff 1
With a black-haired flamenco dancer
[Tab - Riff 1]
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Am F Dm
She dances while his father plays guitar
G
She's suddenly beautiful
Am F G
We all want something beautiful
Man I wish I was beautiful
Riff 1 Am
So come dance this silence
F Dm
Down through the mornin'
G Am F G
Sha la la la la la la la yeah
( Riff 2 )
[Tab - Riff 2]
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B|-0-1-0------------------------------------|
G|-------0-2~-------------------------------|
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A|------------------------------------------|
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Am F Dm
Cut up, Maria!
G Am
Show me some of that Spanish dancin'
F G Riff 1
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am F Dm
Believe in me
G
Help me believe in anything
Am
'Cause I wanna be
F G
Someone who believes
[Refrão 1]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me
Tell each other fairy tales
C F
And we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you
C
Ah, no, no, she's looking at me"
F G
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
C F G
When everybody loves you
You can never be lonely
[Segunda Parte]
Riff 1 Am F Dm
Well, I'm paint my picture
G
Paint myself in blue and red
Am
Black and gray
F
All of the beautiful colors
G
Are very, very meaningful
Yeah, well
Riff 1 Am F
You know gray is my favorite color
Dm G Riff 2 Am
I felt so symbolic yesterday
F
If I knew Picasso
G
I would buy myself
A gray guitar and play
[Refrão 2]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me
Look into the future
C F
Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you
C
I don't think so. She's looking at me"
F
Standing in the spotlight
G
I bought myself a gray guitar
C F G
When everybody loves me
Am
I'll never be lonely
[Terceira Parte]
F7M
I'll never be lonely
Am G
Son, I'm never gonna be lonely
Am
I wanna be a lion
F7M Am
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all wanna be big, big stars, yeah,
G
But we've got different reasons for that
Am Riff 3
Believe in me
F7M
'Cause I don't believe in anything
Am G
And I, I wanna be someone to believe
To believe, to believe
[Tab - Riff 3]
E|-------------------------8----------------|
B|-----8h10~----------8h10---10b~-----------|
G|-7/9------------7/9-----------------------|
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[Refrão 3]
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
C
Man, there's got to be somebody for me"
F
I wanna be Bob Dylan
G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone
Just a little more funky
C F
When everybody loves you
G
Oh, son
That's just' bout as funky as you can be
[Refrão 4]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me
Staring at the video
C F
When I look at the television
G
I wanna see me staring right back at me
C F
We all wanna be big stars
G
But we don't know why and we don't know how
C F
But when everybody loves me
G
I'll be just' bout as happy as I could be
C F G
Mr. Jones and me
We're gonna be big stars
[Tab - Guitarra Riff]
Am F Dm G
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B|-1-1-1-0--1--1-1-1-0--3--3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0|
G|-2-2-2-0--2--2-2-2-0--2--2-2-2-0--0--0-0-0|
D|-2-2-2-0--3--3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0|
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Am F Dm G
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B|-1-1-1-0--1--1-1-1-0--3--3-3-3-0--3--3----|
G|-2-2-2-0--2--2-2-2-0--2--2-2-2-0--0--0----|
D|-2-2-2-0--3--3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0----|
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