Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

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Chords:

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 Am F Dm G Am F Dm G G
        sha la la la la la la
 
 Am                F             Dm              G 
 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
    Am                          F                 G 
 Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
 Am                   F             Dm                      G 
 She dances while his father playes guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful
    Am                F                      G 
 We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful
 
        Am                 F                          Dm          G 
 So come dance this silence down through the morning.  sha la la la la la
 Am   F  G
   Uh, huh...
 Am      F       Dm                      G 
 Cut up Mariea!  Show me some of them spanish dances.
 Am        F           G 
 Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
 Am         F    Dm                 G 
 Believe in me   Help me believe in anything
        Am             F           G 
 (cause)I want to be someone who believes
 
 C   F           G 
 Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
 Am            F            
 Stare at the beautiful women
 G
 "She's looking at you.  Ah no, no she's looking at me."
 Am             F 
 Smiling in the bright lights
 G
 Comming through in sterio
 Am             F          G 
 When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
 
 Am              F           Dm            G 
 I will paint my picture   Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey
 Am                   F                    G 
 All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
            Am         F              Dm                 G 
 (You know) Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
 Am        F                            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
 Am           F            
 Stare at the beautiful women
 G
 "She's looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."
 Am              F         G 
 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
 Am             F           G                  Am
 When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
                  G
 I will never be lonley
         Am        G
 I will never be lonley
 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 diffrent reasons for that.
 Am                    G
 Believe in me because 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                   F
 Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
 G
 "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
 Am                F
 I want to be Bob Dylan 
 G
 Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
 Am              F              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        F                    G 
 When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
 Am                F                    G 
 We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
 Am                 F           G 
 But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
 C         F           G 
 Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....