Mr. Jones - Counting Crows chords

Key: Am Singer/Band: Counting Crows


Intro [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] Sha la la la la la la u[Am]uh huh... [F] [G] [G]
Verse 1
[Am]I was down at the New [F]Amsterdam [Dm]staring at this [G]yellow-haired
girl
Mr. [Am]Jones strikes up a [F]conversation with this [G]black-haired flamenco
dancer
[Am]She dances while his father [F]plays [Dm]guitar. She's suddenly
[G]beautiful
We [Am]all want [F]something [G]beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
[Am]So come dance this silence [F]down through the morning
[Dm] Sha la la [G]la la la [Am]la la [F]yeah [G] uh huh...
[Am]Cut up, Ma[F]ria! Show[Dm] me some of them Span[G]ish dances
[Am]Pass me a [F]bottle, [G]Mr. Jones
[Am]Believe in me[F]. He[Dm]lp me believe in an[G]ything
'[Am]Cause I want to b[F]e someone who beli[G]eves
Chorus 1
[C]Mr. [F]Jones [G]and me tell each other fairy tales
[C]Stare at the beautiful women [F]
[G]"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
[C]Smiling in the [F]bright lights, coming [G]through in stereo
When [C]everybody [F]loves you, [G]you can never be lonely
Verse 2
[Am]I will paint my [F]picture. [Dm]Paint myself in blue [G]and red and black
and gray
[Am]All of the beautiful [F]colors are very, very [G]meaningful
(you [Am]know) Gray is my favorite co[F]lor I felt[Dm] so sym[G]bolic
yesterday
[Am]If I knew [F]Picasso I would buy [G]myself a gray guitar and play
Chorus 2
[C]Mr. [F]Jones [G]and me 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, I [G]will never be [Am]lonely
Bridge
I [Am]will never be [Fmaj7]lonely
I will never [Am]gonna be [G]lonely
Verse 3
[Am]I want to be a lion. [F]Everybody wants to pass as cats
[Am]We All want to be big, big stars, but we got [G]different reasons for
that.
[Am]Believe in me because I don't [F]believe in anything
And [Am]I want to be someone to believe, to [G]believe, to believe.
Chorus 3
[C]Mr. [F]Jones [G]and me stumbling through the barrio
[C]Yeah we stare at the beautiful [F]women
[G]"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
[C]I want to be Bob [F]Dylan
[G]Mr. 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. [F]Jones [G]and me staring at the video
W[C]hen I look at the te[F]levision, I want[G] to see me staring right back at
me.
[C]We all want to be big [F]stars, but we don't know [G]why, and we don't know
how.
[C]But when everybody [F]loves me, I'm going to [G]be just about as happy as I
can be.
[C]Mr. [F]Jones and [G]me, we're gonna be big stars.....
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