MR. JONES Page 1/2 (COUNTING CROWS) Am F Dm G Am FG Intro: Sha la lala lala la, wh huh. Am F Dm G 1. I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl. Am F Mister Jones strikes up a conversation G with this black-haired flamenco dancer. Am E Dm 6 You know she dances while his father plays guitar. She’s suddenly beautiful, Am F G we all want something beautiful. And I wish I was beautiful. Am FE 2. So come dance this silence down through the morning Dm G Am FG sha la la la lala lala, yeah, uh huh. Am * Dm G Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances. Am F G Pass me a bottle, Mister Jones! Bridge 1: Am F Dm G Believe in me, help me believe in anything Am F G cause I want to be someone who believes. Refrain: Cc F G Mister Jones and me tell each other fairy tales, c F and stare at the beautiful women. G Cc “She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she’s looking at me.” F G Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo, ¢ F G when everybody loves you, you can never be lonely. Am F 3. Well, I will paint my picture. Dm G Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray, Am F G all of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful. Am F Dm G You know, gray is my favorite color, I felt so symbolic yesterday. Am F G c If I knew Picasso, I would buy myself a gray guitar and play.Refrain: Page 2/2 Cc EF G Mister Jones and me look into the future, c F stare at the beautiful women. G Cc “She's looking at you. Uh, I don’t think so. She's looking at me.” F G Standing in the spotlight, I bought myself a gray guitar. Cc F G Am When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely Fmaj7 Am G I will never be lonely, so I never gonna be lonely. Bridge 2: Am F Am I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats. G We all want to be big, big stars, yeah, but we got different reasons for that. Am F Believe in me, because I don’t believe in anything An G and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe. Yeah! Refrain: c F G Mister Jones and me stumbling through the barrio, S FE Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women. G & “She's perfect for you, man, there’s got to be somebody for me.” F I want to be Bob Dylan. G & Mister Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky, F G when everybody loves you, son, that’s just about as funky as you can be. Refrain: c E G Mister Jones and me staring at the video, When I 160k at the cetavisten, I want to Sas me staring right back at mB: We all want to be ae stars, bat, wa dod" saw why, and we don’t know how. But et everybody faves me, I’m going to be just abou as happy as I can be. G FE Mister Jones and me, we’re gonna be big stars. M +7: Adam Duritz, David Bryson, Matthew Malley, Steve Bowman and Charles Gillingham © 1993 Jones Falls Music EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 SSW Reproduced by permission of intemational Music Publications Ltd (@ trading name of Faber Music Ltd). All Rights Reserved 9MR. JONES Page 1/2 (COUNTING CROWS) Am [Intro] F Dm 6 ms; Am F Shalala la la la ka 6 An ‘Strophe| uh huh. 1.1 was down at the New Am - F Dm G ++ ster = dam— star-ing at this yel-low-haired gif, Mis - ter Jones Am F 6 — Stikes up a con- - ver-sa- - - tion with this black - haired fla- - men- Am F —— 3 4 - + co danc-er.You know she danc - es while his fa- - - ther Dm 6 Am = She's sud-den-ly beau - ti- ful, we — all__want some - thing beau- ti-ful. & 71 ie = a And L__ wish | was beau-ti-ful. 2.So come bot-tle, Mis. - ter Jones!__ ‘Am — [Bridge 4] F Dm 6 Be-lieve— in me, help me be-lieve in a-ny-thing cause LL Am F G c |Refrain) —~ — want to be some - one who be-lieves.. Mis - - -ter Jones 6 c ms esd stare at the beau-ti- ful wo- 2 — and me tell each o- ther fai- - -1y tales, andF 6 Page 2/2 += men, "She's look-- -ing at you. Ah, m0, 0, she's look=ing— at ma" c F 8 a — Smil - ing in the — bright lights, com = ing through in sto - - -re-0, c F os ‘eve - ry-bo-dy loves. 0 G Am Fmaj? you, you can ne-ver be lone- - - - - ly. 3.Well, 1 will D.S.al I willne-ver be lone- - - - - - = - a | will ne-ver be lone - ly, so | ne-ver gon-na be lne- - - - - - hy | want to be a i= -on Eve-ry-bo- dy wants to pass as cals. ree Am i 3— 3 G es We all want to be big, big stars yeah, but we got diffe -rent rea - Am + > sons for that. Be-lieve— in me,—— be-cause | don't be-lieve in a- - -ny-thing and Iomcconiaait want to be some- 6 one to be-lieve, to be-lieve, to be-lieve. Yeah|___— DS.