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Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Tabbed by Ed Montano
Standard Tuning
Am Fmaj7 Dm G Am Fmaj7 Dm G G
Sha la la la la la la
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam, staring at this yellow haired girl.
Am Fmaj7 G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation, with this black haired Flamenco dancer.
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful.
Am Fmaj7 G
We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful.
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning. Sha la la la la la, yeah.
Am Fmaj7 G
Uh, huh...yeah.
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
Cut up Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances.
Am Fmaj7 G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
Believe in me. Help me believe in anything,
Am Fmaj7 G
(cuz)I...want to be someone who believes, yeah.
C F G
Mr. Jones and me, tell each other fairy tales.
Am Fmaj7
Stare at the beautiful women,
G
"She's looking at you. Ah no, no, she's looking at me."
Am Fmaj7
Smiling in the bright lights,
G
Comming through in stereo.
Am Fmaj7 G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely, well...
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
I will paint my picture. Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey.
Am Fmaj7 G
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful.
Am Fmaj7 Dm G
(You know) Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday.
Am Fmaj7 G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play.
C F G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future, yeah.
Am Fmaj7
Stare at the beautiful women.
G
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Am Fmaj7 G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar.
Am Fmaj7 G Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely.
G
I will never be lonely,
Am G
I will never be lonely, no.
Am G
I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats.
Am G
We all want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am G
Believe in me, cuz 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.
Am Fmaj7
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women.
G
"She's perfect for you...Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
Am Fmaj7
I want to be Bob Dylan .
G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky.
Am Fmaj7 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.
Am Fmaj7 G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am Fmaj7 G
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
Am Fmaj7 G
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C Fmaj7 G
Mr. Jones and me...we're gonna be big stars.....
Chords
EADGAE
Am x02210
Fmaj7 xx3210
G 320033
C x32010
F 133211