Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Originally in C, I play in G. Still need to falsetto on “Jones”.
Intro
EmCAmD
Sha la la la la Emla la, CDuh-huh
EmI was down at the New CAmsterdam Amstaring at this Dyellow-haired girl
Mr. EmJones strikes up a conversCation with a Dblack-haired flamenco dancer
You know Emshe dances while his Cfather plays guitAmar, she’s suddenly bDeautiful
Well we Emall want something Cbeautiful, Dman I wish I was beautiful
So come Emdance this silence Cdown through the morning
AmSha la lDa la la la la, Emla, yeah CDuh-huh, yeah
EmCut up, MariCa, sAmhow me some of them DSpanish dances
EmPass me a Cbottle, Mr. Jones D
EmBelieve in me, CAmhelp me believe in Danything
‘Cause IEmwant to be Csomeone who believes,Dyeah
GMr. JCones and me Dtell each other fairy tales
And we sGtare at the beautiful woCmen
She’s Dlooking at you, ah, no, no, she looking at me
GSmiling in the Cbright lights, Dcomin’ through in stereo
When Geverybody lovesCyou, Dyou can never be lonely
Well, EmI’m gon’ paint my Cpicture, Ampaint myself in Dblue and red and black and gray
EmAll of the beautiful Ccolors are very, Dvery meaningful
Yeah, you know Emgray is my favorite Ccolor I Amfelt so symDbolic yesterday
EmIf I knew PicasCso I would Dbuy myself a gray guitar and play
GMr. CJones and me Dlook into the future
Yeah, we Gstare at the beautiful woCmen
She’s-a Dlooking at you, I don’t think so, she’s looking at me
GStanding in the Cspotlight DI bought myself a gray guitar
When Geverybody lovesCme, DI will never be lonelEmy
I will never be lConely
Said I’m never Emgonna be lonelDy
EmI wanna be a lion, Ceverybody wanna pass as cats
EmWe all wanna be big, big stars, yeah but Dwe got different reasons for that
EmBelieve in me ‘cause I Cdon’t believe in anything
And IEm, I wanna be someone to believe, Dto believe, to believe, yeah
GMr. JCones and me Dstumbling through the barrio
Yeah we sGtare at the beautiful Cwomen
She’s Dperfect for you, man there’s got to be somebody for me
GI want to be Bob CDylan
Mr. DJones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When Geverybody lovCes you, ah Dson, that’s just about as funky as you can be
GMr. JCones and me Dstaring at the video
When I lGook at the teleCvision, I want to sDee me staring right back at me
GWe all want to be Cbig stars, but we Ddon’t know why, and we don’t know how
But when Geverybody loves Cme, I’m going to Dbe just about as happy as I can be
Hang the V
GMr. CJones and me, Dwe’re gonna be big stars