Mr Jones - Counting Crows 4/4 Time Suggested strum [ddd ud ud] or [d du udu] [intro] Am F Dm G Am F G G Shalalala la la la Uh huh Am F I was down at the New Amsterdam Dm G Staring at this yellow-haired girl Am F Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation G G With a black-haired flamenco dancer Am F You know she dances while his father plays guitar Dm G She's suddenly beautiful Am F And we all want something beautiful G G Man, I wish I was beautiful Am F So come dance this silence down through the morning Dm G Am Shalalala la la la la, yeah F G G Am F Uh huh, yeah cut up, Maria! Dm G Show me some of them Spanish dances Am F G G And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Am F Dm G Believe in me, help me believe in anything Am F G G 'Cause I wanna be someone who believes, yeah |[Chorus] |C F G G |Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales | C F |And we stare at the beautiful women | G G |"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." |C F G G |Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo | C F G G |When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely Am F Well, I'm gonna 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 G Am F Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color Dm G I felt so symbolic yesterday Am F G G If I knew Picasso, I would buy myself a gray guitar and play |[Chorus] |C F G G |Mr. Jones and me look into the future | C F |And we stare at the beautiful women | G G |"She's looking at you. I don't think so. She's looking at me." |C F G G |Standing in the spotlight, I bought myself a gray guitar | C F G G |When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely |C F G G |Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio | C F |Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women | G G |"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me." |C F G G |I wanna be Bob Dylan, Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky | C F G G |When everybody loves you, ah son, That's just about as funky as you can be |C F G G |Mr. Jones and me, staring at the video | C F G |When I look at the television, I wanna see me |G C F |Staring right back at me, We all wanna be big stars | G G |But we don't know why, and we don't know how | C F G G |But when everybody loves me, I wanna be just about as happy as I can be |C F |Mr. Jones and me, [Single strum] G we're gonna be big star