Mr. Jones Chords by Counting Crows
Tempo:
141.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [F]
[D] [Gm] Tra la [Am] la la la la [F] la
[G] Uh huh
[Am] Down at [F] the New Amsterdam
[D] Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
[Am] Mr.
Jones strikes up a [F] conversation
[G] With a black haired flamenco dancer
You know [A] she dances [F] while his father plays
[D] She talks, she's suddenly [G] beautiful
[Am] And we all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] come dance for [F] silence down through the [Dm] morning
Tra [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F]
[G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Cut up [F] the rear
[D] Show me some [G] of them Spanish dancers
[Am] And pass [F] me a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones
[Em] [A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I wanna [F] be someone who [G] believes
Yeah
[C] [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy tales
[C] 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
While [A] I'm on
Paint [F] my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue and red and black and [Am] grey
All of the [G] [F] beautiful colours are very [G] very meaningful
Yeah, I
[Am] [F]
[D] felt so [G] symbolic
[Am] Yesterday I never knew [F] Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a reggae guitar
And [C] play Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing in [F] the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be lonely
[G] I
[Am] wanna be a lion
[F] [C] Passers, [Am] cats
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[Am] Believe in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the beautiful [F] women
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I want me [F] body to her
Mr.
[G] Jones wishes he was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you [G] Awesome
Just about as funky as you can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
When [C] I look at the [F] television
I wanna [G] see me
Staring right back at [C] me
We all wanna be [F] big big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
But [C] when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big stars
[D] [Gm] Tra la [Am] la la la la [F] la
[G] Uh huh
[Am] Down at [F] the New Amsterdam
[D] Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
[Am] Mr.
Jones strikes up a [F] conversation
[G] With a black haired flamenco dancer
You know [A] she dances [F] while his father plays
[D] She talks, she's suddenly [G] beautiful
[Am] And we all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] come dance for [F] silence down through the [Dm] morning
Tra [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F]
[G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Cut up [F] the rear
[D] Show me some [G] of them Spanish dancers
[Am] And pass [F] me a bottle of Mr.
[G] Jones
[Em] [A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I wanna [F] be someone who [G] believes
Yeah
[C] [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy tales
[C] 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
While [A] I'm on
Paint [F] my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue and red and black and [Am] grey
All of the [G] [F] beautiful colours are very [G] very meaningful
Yeah, I
[Am] [F]
[D] felt so [G] symbolic
[Am] Yesterday I never knew [F] Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a reggae guitar
And [C] play Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the [F] beautiful women
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing in [F] the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be lonely
[G] I
[Am] wanna be a lion
[F] [C] Passers, [Am] cats
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[Am] Believe in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the beautiful [F] women
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I want me [F] body to her
Mr.
[G] Jones wishes he was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you [G] Awesome
Just about as funky as you can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
When [C] I look at the [F] television
I wanna [G] see me
Staring right back at [C] me
We all wanna be [F] big big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
But [C] when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big stars
Key:
F
G
C
Am
D
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Tra la [Am] la la la la _ [F] la _ _
[G] _ Uh huh _ _ _
_ [Am] Down at [F] the New _ Amsterdam
[D] _ Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
[Am] Mr.
Jones strikes up a [F] _ conversation
[G] With a black haired _ _ flamenco dancer
You know [A] she dances [F] while his father plays
[D] She talks, she's suddenly [G] beautiful
[Am] And we all want [F] something beautiful _
[G] _ Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] come dance for [F] silence down through the [Dm] morning
_ Tra [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ uh huh, _ yeah _
_ [Am] Cut up [F] the rear _
[D] Show _ me some [G] of them Spanish dancers
[Am] And pass [F] me a bottle of Mr.
[G] _ Jones _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] Believe [F] in me _
[D] _ Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I wanna [F] be someone who [G] _ believes
_ Yeah _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy tales
[C] 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
While [A] I'm on
Paint [F] my picture _
[D] _ Paint [G] myself in blue and red and black and [Am] grey
All of the [G] [F] beautiful colours are very [G] very meaningful
_ Yeah, I _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ felt so [G] symbolic _
[Am] Yesterday I never knew [F] Picasso _
[G] I would buy myself a reggae guitar
And [C] play Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Look into the future _
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing in [F] the spotlight _ _
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be _ _ [Am] lonely
_ I _ will never [F] be lonely
_ Said I'm [A] never gonna be _ _ lonely
[G] _ _ _ _ _ I _
[Am] _ wanna be a lion _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Passers, [Am] cats
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[Am] _ Believe in me _
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything _
[A] And I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, _ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the beautiful [F] women _
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I want me [F] body to her
Mr.
[G] Jones wishes he was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody _ [F] loves you _ [G] Awesome
Just about as funky as you can [C] be
_ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
When [C] I look at the [F] television
_ I wanna [G] see me
_ Staring right back at [C] me
We all wanna be [F] big big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
But [C] when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
_ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
_ We're gonna be big stars _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Tra la [Am] la la la la _ [F] la _ _
[G] _ Uh huh _ _ _
_ [Am] Down at [F] the New _ Amsterdam
[D] _ Down at this [G] yellow haired girl
[Am] Mr.
Jones strikes up a [F] _ conversation
[G] With a black haired _ _ flamenco dancer
You know [A] she dances [F] while his father plays
[D] She talks, she's suddenly [G] beautiful
[Am] And we all want [F] something beautiful _
[G] _ Man I wish I was beautiful
So [A] come dance for [F] silence down through the [Dm] morning
_ Tra [G] la la la la la [Am] la
Yeah, [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ uh huh, _ yeah _
_ [Am] Cut up [F] the rear _
[D] Show _ me some [G] of them Spanish dancers
[Am] And pass [F] me a bottle of Mr.
[G] _ Jones _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] Believe [F] in me _
[D] _ Help me believe [G] in anything
Cause [Am] I wanna [F] be someone who [G] _ believes
_ Yeah _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Tell each other fairy tales
[C] 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
While [A] I'm on
Paint [F] my picture _
[D] _ Paint [G] myself in blue and red and black and [Am] grey
All of the [G] [F] beautiful colours are very [G] very meaningful
_ Yeah, I _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ felt so [G] symbolic _
[Am] Yesterday I never knew [F] Picasso _
[G] I would buy myself a reggae guitar
And [C] play Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Look into the future _
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the [F] beautiful women _
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing in [F] the spotlight _ _
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be _ _ [Am] lonely
_ I _ will never [F] be lonely
_ Said I'm [A] never gonna be _ _ lonely
[G] _ _ _ _ _ I _
[Am] _ wanna be a lion _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Passers, [Am] cats
We all wanna be big big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[Am] _ Believe in me _
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything _
[A] And I wanna be [Am] someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, _ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the body of
[C] Yeah, we'll stare at the beautiful [F] women _
[G] She's perfect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I want me [F] body to her
Mr.
[G] Jones wishes he was someone
Just a little more [C] funky
When everybody _ [F] loves you _ [G] Awesome
Just about as funky as you can [C] be
_ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
When [C] I look at the [F] television
_ I wanna [G] see me
_ Staring right back at [C] me
We all wanna be [F] big big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
But [C] when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
_ Mr.
[F] _ Jones and [G] me
_ We're gonna be big stars _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _