Mr. Jones-Counting Crows
Intro : Am F Dm G Am F G G
sha la la la la la la Uh-huh yeah
1st verse :
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F G G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation with this black haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
She dances while his father plays guitar, she's suddenly beautiful
Am F G G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful
2nd Verse :
Am F Dm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning, sha la la la la la
Am F G G
Yeah, Uh huh...yeah
Am F Dm G
Cut up Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances.
Am F G G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me, help me believe in anything
Am F G G
Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah !
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me
Am F G G
Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
Am F G G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
3rd Verse :
Am F Dm G
Oh and I will paint my picture, paint myself in blue and red and black & grey
Am F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am F Dm G
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women, “she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."
Am F G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
Am F G
When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)
Bridge :
Am F Am G
(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely; So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am F
I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats
Am G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am F
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Am G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe. yeah
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Am F G G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women, "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody
for me."
Am F G G
I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am F G G
When everybody loves you, ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
Chorus:
C F G G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
Am F G G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am F G G
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
Am F G G
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
Ending :
C F G>let ring
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....
This is the way I think it sounds and for Educational purposes only dude!!!
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