Mr Jones Tab par Counting Crows

Intro :
Am  F  Dm  G                Am     F   G  G
            sha la la la la la la


1st verse :
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 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
    Am                          F                 G               G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
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She dances while his father playes guitar, she's suddenly beautiful
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We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful



2nd Verse :
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So come dance this silence down through the morning,  sha la la la la la
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   Yeah,     Uh huh...yeah
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 Cut up Maria! Show me some of them spanish dances.
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  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
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  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
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 Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me
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 Smiling in the bright lights, comming through in sterio
     Am            F     G                 G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely



3rd Verse :
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 Oh and I will paint my picture, paint my self in blue and red and black & grey
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   All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
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Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
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 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
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 Stare at the beautiful women, “she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."
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 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
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When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)



Bridge :
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(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely
              Am           G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am                    F
 I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats
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 We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent 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.



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."
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 I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
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When everybody loves you, 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.
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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.....