By: David Harrison (gtr_playa@hotmail.com) URL: http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Stage/8535 Song: Mr. Jones | Artist: Counting Crows Album: August And Everything After (1993) Tuning: (E A D G B E) -- Standard [Chords] Am F Dm G C E|---0---|---1---|---1---|---3---|---0---| B|---1---|---1---|---3---|---3---|---1---| G|---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---| D|---2---|---3---|---0---|---0---|---2---| A|---0---|--(3)--|--(0)--|---2---|---3---| E|-------|--(1)--|-------|---3---|-------| [Intro] ======= Am F Dm G Am F G sha la la la la la la oooh uh huh [Verse 1] ========= Am F Dm G I was at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl Am F G Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with a black haired flamenco dancer Am F Dm G You know she dances while his father plays guitar she's suddenly beautiful Am F G And we all want something beautiful man I wish I was beautiful [Bridge] ======== Am F Dm So come dance the silence down through the morning G Am F G sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh yeah [Verse 2] ========= Am F Dm G Cut up, Maria show me some of them Spanish dances Am F G And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Am F Dm G Believe in me help me believe in anything Am F G Cause I, I wanna be someone who believes yeah [Chorus 1] ========== C F G Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales C F And we stare at the beautiful women G 'She's looking at you Ah, no, no, she's looking at me' C F G Smiling in the bright lights coming through in stereo C F G When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely [Verse 3] ========= Am F Dm G Now well I'm gonna paint my picture paint myself in blue and red and black and gray Am F G All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Am F Dm G Ya well you know gray is my favorite color I...... felt so symbolic yesterday Am F G If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play [Chorus 2] ========== C F G Mr. Jones and me look into the future C F Yeah we stare at the beautiful women G 'She's looking at you I don't think so She's looking at me' C F G Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar C F G Am When everybody loves me, I will never be lo...nely [Interlude] =========== F I will never be lonely Am G I said I'm never gonna be lo......nely Am F I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats Am G We all wanna be big big stars, yeah but we got different reasons for that Am F Believe in me because I don't believe in anything Am G And I, I wanna be someone to believe, to believe, to believe yeah [Chorus 3] ========== C F G Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio C F Yeah we stare at the beautiful women G 'She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me' C F I wanna be Bob Dylan G Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky C F G When everybody loves you, ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be [Chorus 4] ========== C F G Mr. Jones and me staring at the video C F G When I look at the television, I wanna see me staring right back at me C F G We all wanna be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how C F G But when everybody loves me, I wanna be just about as happy as I can be [Ending] ======== C F G Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars