Counting Crows - Mister Jones

Am     F    Dm   G Am  F Dm  G 
sh a  la   la   la la la

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I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
    Am                          F                 G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
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She dances while his father playes guitar.  She's suddenly beautiful
    Am                F                      G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

        Am                 F
So come dance this silence down through the morning.
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Sha la la la la la

F   G
Uh, huh

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Cut up Maria  Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am        F           G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
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Believe in me   Help me believe in anything
       Am              F           G
'Cause I want to be someone who believes

C    F           G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C            F
Stare at the beautiful women
  G
"She's looking at you.  Ah no, no she's looking at me."
C              F
Smiling in the bright lights
G
Coming through in stereo
C              F          G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

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I will paint my picture   Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey
Am                   F                    G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
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(You know) Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am        F                            G 
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

C   F            G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C            F
Stare at the beautiful women
  G
"She's looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."
C               F         G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
C              F           G                Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

                  G
I will never be lonely
Am         G
I will never be lonely
Am                  G
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am                               G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent reasons for that.
Am                    G
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Am                 G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.

C   F            G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrier
C                    F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
C                 F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G 
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C               F              G
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
C    F           G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C        F                    G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C                 F                   G
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
C                  F          G  
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C         F          G
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....