Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
Vers 1:
Am F Dm G
Sha la la la la
Am F G
la la_ uh_ uh_huh
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F G
Mr Jones strikes up a conversation with this black haired flamingo dancer
Am F Dm G
you knows 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
Vers 2:
Am F Dm G
So come dance the silence down through the morning sha la la la la la la la
Am F G
la yeah uh_huh ye_e_ah
Am F Dm G
Caught up Maria, show me some of them Spanish dances
Am F G
pass me a bottle Mr. Jones
Am F Dm G
believe in me, help me believe in anything, ‘cause
Am F G
I_ wanna be someone who believes ye_e_e_ah
Omkvæd 1:
C F G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairytales, and we
C F G
stare at the beautiful women she’s looking at you oh no no she’s looking at
C F G
me smiling in the bright light, coming through in stereo
C F G
when everybody lo__ves you, you can never be lo__nely_, well
Vers 3:
Am F Dm G
I wanna paint my picture, paint myself in blue and red, black and grey
Am F G
all of the beautiful colours are very, very meaningful, yeah well you know
Am F Dm G
grey is my favourite colour, I____ felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G (C for omkvæd)
if I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play
Omkvæd 2:
C F G
Mr. Jones and me look in to the future, and we
C F G
Stare at the beautiful women she’s been looking at you, I don’t think so
she’s looking at
C F G
me standing in the spotlight, I bought myself a grey guitar
C F G Am
when everybody lo__ves me, I will never be lo_uoh_uoh_oh_onely_
C-stk:
F
I will never be lonely said I’ll never
Am G
gonna be lo_______nely
Am F
I wanna be a lion, eah everybody wanna 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 ‘cause I don’t believe in anything and I
Am G
I wanna be someone to believe to believe to believe ye_eah
Omkvæd 3:
C F G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio yeah we
C F G
stare at the beautiful women, she’s perfect for you man there’s got to be
somebody for me
C F G
I wanna be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more
funky
C F G
when everybody loves you oh son that’s just about as funky as you can be
Omkvæd 4:
C F G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video, when I
C F G
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 but
when
C F G
everybody loves me I will be just about as happy as I can be
C F G (et anslag)
Mr. Jones and me we’re gonna be big stars