COUNTING CROWS - "Mr Jones (Chords)" Tablature
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Mr. JonesCounting Crows
[Am] [F] [Dm] [G] sha la la la la [Am]la la [F] [G] uh huh...
[Am]I was down at the New [F]Amsterdam [Dm]staring at this [G]yellow-haired girl
Mr. [Am]Jones strikes up a conver[F]sation with this [G]black-haired flamenco dancer
[Am]She dances while his [F]father plays [Dm]guitar. She's suddenly [G]beautiful
We [Am]all want something [F]beautiful [G]I wish I was beautiful
So come [Am]dance this silence [F]down through the morning
[Dm] sha la la [G]la la la la [Am]la yeah [F] [G] uh huh...
[Am]Cut up, [F]Maria! [Dm]Show me some of them [G]Spanish dances
[Am]Pass me a [F]bottle, Mr. [G]Jones
[Am]Believe in [F]me [Dm]Help me believe in [G]anything
(cause) [Am]I want to be [F]someone who be[G]lieves
[C]Mr. J[F]ones and me [G]tell each other fairy tales
[C]Stare at the beautiful [F]women
[G]"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
[C]Smiling in the [F]bright lights [G]Coming through in stereo
When [C]everybody [F]loves you, [G]you can never be lonely
[Am]I will paint my [F]picture [Dm]Paint myself in [G]blue and red and black and gray
[Am]All of the beautiful [F]colors are very [G]very meaningful
(you know) [Am]Gray is my favorite [F]color I [Dm]felt so sym[G]bolic yesterday
[Am]If I knew Pi[F]casso I would [G]buy myself a gray guitar and play
[C]Mr. [F]Jones and me [G]look into the future[C]Stare at the beautiful [F]women
[G]"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
[C]Standing in the [F]spotlight [G]I bought myself a gray guitar
When [C]everybody [F]loves me, [G]I will never be lone[Am]ly
I will never be [Am]lonelyI will never be lone[G]ly
[Am]I want to be a lion [F]Everybody wants to pass as cats
[Am]We all want to be big big stars, but [G]we got different reasons for that.
[Am]Believe in me because I [F]don't believe in anything
and [Am]I want to be someone to believe, [G]to believe, to believe.
[C]Mr. [F]Jones and me [G]stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we [C]stare at the beautiful [F]women
"She's [G]perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
[C]I want to be Bob [F]Dylan
Mr. [G]Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When [C]everybody [F]loves you, [G]son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
[C]Mr. J[F]ones and me [G]staring at the video
When I [C]look at the tele[F]vision, I want to [G]see me staring right back at me.
[C]We all want to be [F]big stars, but we [G]don't know why, and we don't know how.
But when [C]everybody lo[F]ves me, I'm going to [G]be just about as happy as I can
be.[C]Mr. [F]Jones and me, [G]we're gonna be big stars.....
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