Chords for Counting Crows -- Mr Jones
Tempo:
141.7 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
Am
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [F] [D]
[G] Sha la [Am] la la la la [F] la
[G]
Uh huh
[Am] Down at the [F] New [D] Amsterdam
Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
Mr.
[Am] Jones strikes up a [F] conversation
With [G] a black haired flamenco dancer
You [A] know she dances while [F] his father plays
[Dm] She's tall, she's [G] suddenly beautiful
And [Am] we all want something [F] beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] I come dancing silence [F] down through the [D]
morning
Sha [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F]
[G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Cut up [F] Maria
[D]
Show me some of [G] them Spanish dances
[Am] And pass me [F] a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D]
Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I [Dm] want to [F] be someone who
[G] believes
Yeah
[C] Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's looking [C] at me
Smiling in [F] the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm on paint [F] my picture
[D]
Paint myself [G] in blue and red and black [Am] and grey
All the [Em] beautiful [F] colors are very [G] very meaningful
Yeah, well
[Am] my favorite [F] color
[D] I felt so [G] symbolic
[Am] Yesterday everyone knew [F] Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play Mr.
[F] Jones
And [G] me looking to the future
[C] Yeah, well we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Staring in [F] the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loved me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely
I [Am] wanna be like [F] half [Am] [C]
[Am] this couch
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for [Am] that
Believe in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, it's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, Mr.
G was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loved you
[G] I, son, stood about as funky as you [C] for me
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
I [G] wanna see me
Staring right back [C] at me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why, don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loved me
[G] I wanna be just about as happy as I [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big stars
[G] Sha la [Am] la la la la [F] la
[G]
Uh huh
[Am] Down at the [F] New [D] Amsterdam
Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
Mr.
[Am] Jones strikes up a [F] conversation
With [G] a black haired flamenco dancer
You [A] know she dances while [F] his father plays
[Dm] She's tall, she's [G] suddenly beautiful
And [Am] we all want something [F] beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] I come dancing silence [F] down through the [D]
morning
Sha [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F]
[G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Cut up [F] Maria
[D]
Show me some of [G] them Spanish dances
[Am] And pass me [F] a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D]
Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I [Dm] want to [F] be someone who
[G] believes
Yeah
[C] Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's looking [C] at me
Smiling in [F] the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm on paint [F] my picture
[D]
Paint myself [G] in blue and red and black [Am] and grey
All the [Em] beautiful [F] colors are very [G] very meaningful
Yeah, well
[Am] my favorite [F] color
[D] I felt so [G] symbolic
[Am] Yesterday everyone knew [F] Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play Mr.
[F] Jones
And [G] me looking to the future
[C] Yeah, well we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Staring in [F] the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loved me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely
I [Am] wanna be like [F] half [Am] [C]
[Am] this couch
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for [Am] that
Believe in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, it's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, Mr.
G was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loved you
[G] I, son, stood about as funky as you [C] for me
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
I [G] wanna see me
Staring right back [C] at me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why, don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loved me
[G] I wanna be just about as happy as I [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big stars
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Sha la [Am] la la la la _ [F] la
_ _ [G] _
Uh huh _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Down at the [F] New _ [D] Amsterdam
_ Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
Mr.
[Am] Jones strikes up a _ [F] conversation
With [G] a black haired _ flamenco dancer
You [A] know she dances while [F] his father plays
[Dm] She's tall, she's [G] suddenly beautiful
And [Am] we all want something [F] beautiful _ _
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] I come dancing silence [F] down through the [D]
morning
_ Sha [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ uh huh, yeah _ _
[Am] _ Cut up [F] Maria
_ [D]
Show me some of [G] them Spanish dances
[Am] And pass me [F] a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Believe [F] in me
_ [D] _
Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I [Dm] want to [F] be someone who _
[G] believes
_ _ Yeah _ _
[C] _ _ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's looking [C] at me
Smiling in [F] the bright lights _
[G] _ Coming through in stereo _
[C] When everybody _ [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm on paint [F] my picture
_ [D] _
Paint myself [G] in blue and red and black [Am] and grey
All the [Em] beautiful [F] colors are very [G] very meaningful
_ Yeah, well _
[Am] _ my favorite [F] color _ _ _
[D] I felt so [G] symbolic _ _
[Am] Yesterday everyone knew [F] Picasso _
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play Mr.
[F] _ Jones
And [G] me looking to the future
[C] Yeah, well we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Staring in [F] the spotlight _ _
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody _ [F] loved me _
[G] _ I will never be _ _ [Am] lonely
_ _ I will never [F] be lonely
_ Said I'm [A] never gonna be _ _ _ [G] lonely
_ _ _ _ _ I [Am] _ wanna be _ like [F] half _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [C]
[Am] this couch
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for [Am] that
_ Believe in me _
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, _ _ [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, it's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular _
[G] Mr.
Jones, Mr.
G was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loved you
[G] I, son, stood about as funky as you [C] for me
Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
I [G] wanna see me
_ Staring right back [C] at me
We all wanna [F] be big stars _
[G] Don't know why, don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loved me
[G] I wanna be just about as happy as I [C] can be
Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
_ We're gonna be big stars _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Sha la [Am] la la la la _ [F] la
_ _ [G] _
Uh huh _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Down at the [F] New _ [D] Amsterdam
_ Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
Mr.
[Am] Jones strikes up a _ [F] conversation
With [G] a black haired _ flamenco dancer
You [A] know she dances while [F] his father plays
[Dm] She's tall, she's [G] suddenly beautiful
And [Am] we all want something [F] beautiful _ _
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] I come dancing silence [F] down through the [D]
morning
_ Sha [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ uh huh, yeah _ _
[Am] _ Cut up [F] Maria
_ [D]
Show me some of [G] them Spanish dances
[Am] And pass me [F] a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Believe [F] in me
_ [D] _
Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I [Dm] want to [F] be someone who _
[G] believes
_ _ Yeah _ _
[C] _ _ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's looking [C] at me
Smiling in [F] the bright lights _
[G] _ Coming through in stereo _
[C] When everybody _ [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm on paint [F] my picture
_ [D] _
Paint myself [G] in blue and red and black [Am] and grey
All the [Em] beautiful [F] colors are very [G] very meaningful
_ Yeah, well _
[Am] _ my favorite [F] color _ _ _
[D] I felt so [G] symbolic _ _
[Am] Yesterday everyone knew [F] Picasso _
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play Mr.
[F] _ Jones
And [G] me looking to the future
[C] Yeah, well we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Staring in [F] the spotlight _ _
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody _ [F] loved me _
[G] _ I will never be _ _ [Am] lonely
_ _ I will never [F] be lonely
_ Said I'm [A] never gonna be _ _ _ [G] lonely
_ _ _ _ _ I [Am] _ wanna be _ like [F] half _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [C]
[Am] this couch
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for [Am] that
_ Believe in me _
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, _ _ [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, it's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular _
[G] Mr.
Jones, Mr.
G was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loved you
[G] I, son, stood about as funky as you [C] for me
Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
I [G] wanna see me
_ Staring right back [C] at me
We all wanna [F] be big stars _
[G] Don't know why, don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loved me
[G] I wanna be just about as happy as I [C] can be
Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
_ We're gonna be big stars _ _ _ _ _