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
Am Am  F F  Dm Dm    G G     Am Am F F  G G
sha la la la la la la uh huh?
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
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
She dances while his father plays guitar. Shes suddenly beautiful
Am Am F F G G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

Am Am F F
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm Dm G G Am Am F F G G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh?
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am Am F F 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
(cause) I want to be someone who believes

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C C F F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes looking at you. Ah, no, no, shes looking at me?
C C F F G G
Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
C C F F G G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am Am F F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am Am F F Dm Dm G G
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am Am F F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C C F F
Stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes looking at you. Uh, I dont think so. Shes looking at me?
C C F F G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C C F F G G Am Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Am Am
I will never be lonely
G G
I will never be lonely
Am Am F F
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am Am G G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different 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,

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C C F F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G G G G
Shes perfect for you, Man, theres got to be somebody for me?
C C F F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G G G G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C C F F G G
When everybody loves you, son, thats just about as funky as you can be.

C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C C F F G G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C C F F G G
We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why, and we dont know how.
C C F F G G
But when everybody loves me, Im going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C C F F G G
Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars.

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About this song: Mr. Jones

"Mr. Jones" is a song by American alternative rock band Counting Crows. It is the lead single and third track from their debut album, August and Everything After (1993). It was the band's first radio hit and remains one of their most popular singles. Overview "Mr. Jones" entered the American Top 40 on February 19, 1994, and entered the Top 10 five weeks later. On April 23, "Mr. Jones" passed R. Kelly's "Bump n' Grind", taking the number-one position (which it surrendered, the following week, to Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World").

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