Mr. Jones Uke tab by Counting Crows

5 Chords used in the song: Am, F, Dm, G, C

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Year:  1993
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2.9
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Key: C, AmChords
Am Am  F F  Dm Dm    G G     Am Am F F  G G
sha la la la la la la uh huh?
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am Am F F G G
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
She dances while his father plays guitar. Shes suddenly beautiful
Am Am F F G G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

Am Am F F
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm Dm G G Am Am F F G G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh?
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am Am F F G G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
Am Am F F G G
(cause) I want to be someone who believes

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C C F F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes looking at you. Ah, no, no, shes looking at me?
C C F F G G
Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
C C F F G G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am Am F F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am Am F F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C C F F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes looking at you. Uh, I dont think so. Shes looking at me?
C C F F G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C C F F G G Am Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Am Am
I will never be lonely
G G
I will never be lonely
Am Am F F
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am Am G G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am Am F F
Believe in me because I don?t believe in anything
Am Am G G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C C F F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes perfect for you, Man, theres got to be somebody for me?
C C F F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G G G G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C C F F G G
When everybody loves you, son, thats just about as funky as you can be.

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C C F F G G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C C F F G G
We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why, and we dont know how.
C C F F G G
But when everybody loves me, Im going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars.

Uke tab by , 26 Sep 2012

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mobile flag for FR(ISO2) (Dammarie Les Lys)
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