{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":16066,"song":"Mr Jones","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11212737-mr-jones-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/16066?type=chord","rating":4.87223,"votes":6786,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Sha la la la la [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nla la uh huh...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know she dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe all want something beautiful, man, I wish I was beautiful[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo come dance this silence down through the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSha la la la la la la la la yeah uh huh yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Believe in me. Help me believe in anything[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n'Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Mr. Jones and me, tell each other fairy tales[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand we stare at the beautiful women[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSmiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen everybody loves you, you can never be lonely[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWell, I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful (yeah, well you know)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nGray is my favorite color I-I felt so symbolic yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Mr. Jones and me, look into the future[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyeah we stare at the beautiful women[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStanding in the spotlight, I bought myself a gray guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen everybody lo-ves me, I will never be lo-one-ly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI will never be lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm never gonna be looone-ly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all want to be big, big stars, yeah but we got different reasons for that.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Believe in me because I don't believe in anything[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah we stare at the beautiful women[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI want to be Bob Dylan[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen everybody loves you, ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Mr. Jones and me, staring at the video[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["Am","F","Dm","G","C","Fmaj7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}