Mr Jones Uke tab by Counting Crows

5 Chords used in the song: Am, F, Dm, G, C

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Artist: 
Year:  1993
Difficulty: 
2.9
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Intro :
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G Am Am F F G G G G
sha la la la la la la


1st verse :
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am Am F F G G G G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
She dances while his father playes guitar, she's suddenly beautiful
Am Am F F G G G G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful



2nd Verse :
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
So come dance this silence down through the morning, sha la la la la la
Am Am F F G G G G
Yeah, Uh huh...yeah
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Cut up Maria! Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am Am F F G G G G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Believe in me, help me believe in anything
Am Am F F G G G G
Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah !



Chorus :
C C F F G G G G
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am Am F F G G G G
Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me
Am Am F F G G G G
Smiling in the bright lights, comming through in sterio
Am Am F F G G G G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely



3rd Verse :
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Oh and I will paint my picture, paint my self in blue and red and black & grey
Am Am F F G G G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am Am F F G G G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

Chorus :
C C F F G G G G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Am Am F F G G G G
Stare at the beautiful women, “she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."
Am Am F F G G G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
Am Am F F G G
When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)



Bridge :
Am Am F F
(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely
Am Am G G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am Am F F
I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats
Am Am G G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent reasons for that.
Am Am F F
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Am Am G G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.



Chorus :
C C F F G G G G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Am Am F F G G G G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women, "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
Am Am F F G G G G
I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am Am F F G G G G
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.



Chorus :
C C F F G G G G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
Am Am F F G G G G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am Am F F G G G G
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
Am Am F F G G G G
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.



Ending :
C C F F G G>let ring
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....

Uke tab by , 28 Jan 2009

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