Mr. Jones Chords by Counting Crows
- Key: Am
- BPM: 143
- Capo: no capo
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MR. JONES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Am F G Am F ■ ■ Shalalalalalala Mmm ■ G ■ Uh huh [Verse] Am F I was down at the New Amsterdam D G Staring at this yellowhaired girl Am F Mr Jones strikes up a conversation G With a blackhaired flamenco dancer Am F You know she dances while his father plays guitar G She's suddenly beautiful Am F And we all want something beautiful G ■ Man I wish I was beautiful [Chorus] Am A7 F D So come dance the silence down through the morning ■ G Am Shalalalalalala yeah F G Am Uh ■ ■ huh yeah [Verse] F Cut up Maria D G Am Show me some of them Spanish dances F G Pass me a bottle Mr Jones Am F ■ Believe in me D G Help me believe in anything Am F G 'cause I ■ wanna be someone who believes [Chorus] C F Yeah ■ Mr Jones and me G Tell each other fairy tales C F And we stare at the beautiful women G She's looking at you G Ah no no she's looking at me C F Smilin' in the bright lights G Coming through in stereo [Verse] C F When everybody loves you G You can never be lonely Am F Well I'm gon' paint my picture D G Am Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray F G All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Am F Yeah well you know gray is my favorite color D G Am I felt so symbolic yesterday F If I knew Picasso G C I would buy myself a gray guitar and play [Chorus] F Mr Jones and me G Look into the future C F Yeah we stare at the beautiful women G She's looking at you G I don't think so G She's looking at me C F Standing in the spotlight G I bought myself a gray guitar C F When everybody loves me G Am ■ I will never be lonely [Verse] F I will never be lonely Am G Said I'm never gonna be lonely ■ Am I wanna be a lion F C Yeah ■ everybody wanna pass as cats Am We all wanna be big big stars G Yeah but we got different reasons for that Am C ■ Believe in me F 'cause I don't believe in anything Am G And I wanna be someone to believe to believe to believe [Chorus] C F Yeah Mr Jones and me G 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 ah son G C That's just about as funky as you can be F Mr Jones and me G Staring at the video C F G When I look at the television I want to see me G 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 C I wanna be just about as happy as I can be F G Mr Jones and me [End] G We're gonna be big stars