Mr. Jones Chords by Counting Crows
Tempo:
70.65 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [D] Tra [Am] la la la la la [F] la
[G] Uh huh
[Am] Down [F] at the New [D] Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow haired [Am] girl
Mr.
Jones strikes up [F] a conversation
[G] With a black haired
Some man called [A] Dance
You know she dances [F] while his father [A] plays
She talks, [D] she's suddenly beautiful
[E] We all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So come dance the [F] silence down through the [A] morning
[G] Tra la la la [A] la la la
[F] Yeah, [G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Come [F] up Maria
[E] Show me [G] some of them Spanish [A] dances
And [F] pass me a bottle [G] Mr.
Jones
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me [G] believe in anything
[Am] Cause I [F] wanna be someone [G] who believes
Yeah
[C] [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we still [F] could live forever
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's [C] looking at me
Smiling [F] in the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm off [F] painting my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue, red, [Am] black and grey
All of those [F] beautiful colors are [G] very, very meaningful
Yeah, my [Am] [F] favorite color
I [D] felt so [G] symbolic [A] yesterday
If I [F] knew Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we still could [F] live forever
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing [F] in the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely
[Am] I wanna be a lion
[F]
[Am] Passers catch
We all wanna be big, big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[A] Believe [C] in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna [Am] be someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the radio
[C] Yeah, we still could live [F] forever
[G] She's looking at you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, he was someone just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you
[G] Ah, son, just about funky as you [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
Oh, [G] see me
Step back [C] and meet me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big
[G] Uh huh
[Am] Down [F] at the New [D] Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow haired [Am] girl
Mr.
Jones strikes up [F] a conversation
[G] With a black haired
Some man called [A] Dance
You know she dances [F] while his father [A] plays
She talks, [D] she's suddenly beautiful
[E] We all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So come dance the [F] silence down through the [A] morning
[G] Tra la la la [A] la la la
[F] Yeah, [G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Come [F] up Maria
[E] Show me [G] some of them Spanish [A] dances
And [F] pass me a bottle [G] Mr.
Jones
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me [G] believe in anything
[Am] Cause I [F] wanna be someone [G] who believes
Yeah
[C] [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we still [F] could live forever
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's [C] looking at me
Smiling [F] in the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm off [F] painting my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue, red, [Am] black and grey
All of those [F] beautiful colors are [G] very, very meaningful
Yeah, my [Am] [F] favorite color
I [D] felt so [G] symbolic [A] yesterday
If I [F] knew Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we still could [F] live forever
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing [F] in the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely
[Am] I wanna be a lion
[F]
[Am] Passers catch
We all wanna be big, big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[A] Believe [C] in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna [Am] be someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the radio
[C] Yeah, we still could live [F] forever
[G] She's looking at you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, he was someone just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you
[G] Ah, son, just about funky as you [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
Oh, [G] see me
Step back [C] and meet me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big
Key:
F
G
C
Am
A
F
G
C
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ Tra [Am] la la la la la [F] la
[G] Uh huh _
[Am] Down [F] at the New [D] Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow haired [Am] girl
Mr.
Jones strikes up [F] a conversation
[G] With a black haired
Some man called [A] Dance
You know she dances [F] while his father [A] plays
She talks, [D] she's suddenly beautiful
[E] We all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So come dance the [F] silence down through the [A] morning
[G] Tra la la la [A] la la la
[F] Yeah, _ [G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Come [F] up Maria
[E] Show me [G] some of them Spanish [A] dances
And [F] pass me a bottle [G] Mr.
Jones _ _ _
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me [G] believe in anything
[Am] Cause I [F] wanna be someone [G] who believes
Yeah
[C] _ [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we still [F] could live forever
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's [C] looking at me
Smiling [F] in the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm off [F] painting my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue, red, [Am] black and grey
All of those [F] beautiful colors are [G] very, very meaningful
Yeah, my [Am] _ [F] favorite color
I [D] felt so [G] symbolic [A] yesterday
If I [F] knew Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we still could [F] live forever
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing [F] in the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
_ I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely _ _ _
[Am] I wanna be a lion
[F] _ _ _
[Am] Passers catch
We all wanna be big, big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[A] Believe [C] in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna [Am] be someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the radio
[C] Yeah, we still could live [F] forever
[G] She's looking at you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, he was someone just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you
[G] Ah, son, just about funky as you [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
Oh, [G] see me
Step back [C] and meet me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big
[G] Uh huh _
[Am] Down [F] at the New [D] Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow haired [Am] girl
Mr.
Jones strikes up [F] a conversation
[G] With a black haired
Some man called [A] Dance
You know she dances [F] while his father [A] plays
She talks, [D] she's suddenly beautiful
[E] We all want [F] something beautiful
[G] Man I wish I was beautiful
So come dance the [F] silence down through the [A] morning
[G] Tra la la la [A] la la la
[F] Yeah, _ [G] uh huh, yeah
[Am] Come [F] up Maria
[E] Show me [G] some of them Spanish [A] dances
And [F] pass me a bottle [G] Mr.
Jones _ _ _
[A] Believe [F] in me
[D] Help me [G] believe in anything
[Am] Cause I [F] wanna be someone [G] who believes
Yeah
[C] _ [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Tell each other fairy [C] tales
And we still [F] could live forever
[G] She's looking at you
Oh no no
She's [C] looking at me
Smiling [F] in the bright lights
[G] Coming through in stereo
[C] When everybody [F] loves you
[G] You can never be lonely
[A] While I'm off [F] painting my picture
[D] Paint [G] myself in blue, red, [Am] black and grey
All of those [F] beautiful colors are [G] very, very meaningful
Yeah, my [Am] _ [F] favorite color
I [D] felt so [G] symbolic [A] yesterday
If I [F] knew Picasso
[G] I would buy myself a grey guitar
[C] And play [F] Mr.
Jones [G] and me
Look into the future
[C] Yeah, we still could [F] live forever
[G] She's looking at you
I don't think so
She's looking [C] at me
Standing [F] in the spotlight
[G] I bought myself a grey guitar
[C] When everybody [F] loves me
[G] I will never be [Am] lonely
_ I will never [F] be lonely
Said I'm [A] never gonna be [G] lonely _ _ _
[Am] I wanna be a lion
[F] _ _ _
[Am] Passers catch
We all wanna be big, big stars
[G] Yeah, but we got different reasons for that
[A] Believe [C] in me
[F] Cause I don't believe in anything
[A] And I, I wanna [Am] be someone
Don't [G] believe, don't believe, don't believe
[C] Yeah, [F] Mr.
Jones and [G] me
Stumbling through the radio
[C] Yeah, we still could live [F] forever
[G] She's looking at you
Man, there's got to be somebody [C] for me
I wanna be [F] popular
[G] Mr.
Jones, he was someone just a little more [C] funky
When everybody [F] loves you
[G] Ah, son, just about funky as you [C] can be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
Staring at the video
[C] When I look at the [F] television
Oh, [G] see me
Step back [C] and meet me
We all wanna [F] be big stars
[G] Don't know why
Don't know how
[C] But when everybody [F] loves me
I [G] wanna be just about as happy as I can [C] be
Mr.
[F] Jones and [G] me
We're gonna be big