MR. JONES
                                           by Counting Crows
                                           Transposed by LICK

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G             Am       Fm
Sha la la la la la la
      G
oh     uh huh
Am                  Fm
I's down at the New Amsterdam
Dm                G
Staring at this yellow-haired girl--
    Am                       Fm
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
       G
With a black-haired .... from Manco dance--
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You know she dances while his father plays
    Dm                  G
guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful.
        Am                Fm
And we all want something beautiful.
G
Man, I wish I was beautiful.
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So come dance the silence down through the mornin'.
       G             Am        Fm
Sha la la la la la la la yeah.
G
Uh Huh   Yeah


Am       Fm
Cut up!  Maria
Dm                   G
Show me some of them Spanish dances and
Am        Fm            G
Pass me a bottle Mr. Jones.
Am          Fm
Believe in me.
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Help me believe in anything.  'Cause I
         Fm              G
Wanna be someone  who believes  Yeah


Am  Fm
Mr. Jones and me
G
Tell each other fairy tales and
Am                     Fm
stare at the beautiful women
         G
She been looking at you

Oh no no.  She looking at me.
Am             Fm
Smiling in the bright lights
G
coming through in stereo.  When
Am         Fm
Everybody loves you
G
You can never be lonely.  Well


Am                 Fm
I'm gonna paint my picture
Dm              G
Paint myself in blue and red and black and grey
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All of the beautiful colors are-
     G
very very meaningful.

Yeah, well you know
Am                   Fm
grey is my favorite color
   Dm         G
I felt so symbolic yesterday
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If I knew a Piccasso
        G
I would by myself a grey soaring plane.


Am  Fm
Mr. Jones and me,
G
Look into the future.  Yeah we
Am                     Fm
Stare at the beautiful women.
           G
She's been looking at you.

I don't think so.  She looking at me.
Am              Fm
Standin' in the spotlight.
G
I bought myself a grey guitar.  When
AM          Fm
Everybody loves me,
G                            Am~
I will never be lo~o~o~o~o~only


                 Fm~
I will never be lonely. Said I'm

       Am~           G~
never gonna be loooonely.
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I wanna be in line.  Eeh!
                          Am
Everybody wanna pass as cops.--

We all wanna be big big stars.  Yeah, but
G~
We got different reasons for that.
Am~
Believe in me.  'Cause I
Fm~
Don't believe in anything.  And
Am~
I...wanna be someone.
               G~
Don't believe!  Don't believe!  Don't belieYeah!


Am  Fm
Mr. Jones and me,
G
Storm'n through the bodeyo.  And we
Am                     Fm
Stare at the beautiful women.
    G
She perfect for you.
                                 Am
Man, there's got be somebody for me.
              Fm
I wanna be popular.
    G
Mr. Jones wish that he was someone just a little more funky-
    Am         Fm           G
When everybody loves you.  Awesome!

It's just about as funky as you can be.


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Mr. Jones and me,
G
Staring at the video.  When I
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Look at the television, I wanna see me

Starin' right back at me.
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We all wanna be big stars.
        G
And we don't know why.

and we don't know how.  But when
Am          Fm
Everybody loves me,
        G
I wanna be

just about as happy as I can be.

Am  Fm
Mr. Jones and me,
G~
We're gonna be big stars.