Mr. Jones — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Mr. Jones by Counting Crows (key of Am).
Intro
[Am] [F/A] [D/A] [Am] [F/A] [G] [Am] [D/A] [G] [A] [F/A] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [D/A]
Verse 1
She said I'm beautiful.
And we all [Am]want something beautiful.
[F/A]Man, [Gsus2]I wish I was beautiful.
So come dance [A]in silence down [F]through the morning.
[D]La, [Gsus2]la, la, la, la, la, la, [Am]la, yeah.
[F][G]Uh -huh, yeah.
[Am]Cut up, Maria.
[F]Show [D]me some of the Spanish dances and [Am]pass me a bottle, [F]Mr. [G]Jones.
Believe [A]in me.
[F]Help [D]me believe in anything, [Dsus4/G]cause I [Am]want to be someone [F]who believes.
[G]Yeah.
Yeah.
Chorus
[C]Mr. Jones [F]and me tell [G]each other fairy tales and we [C]step through the form of [F]she's looking [G]at you.
Oh no, no, she's looking at me smiling [C]in the bright [F]lights.
[G]Coming through in stereo when everybody [Cmaj7]loves you.
[F]You [G]can never be lonely while I'm [Em/G][A]on paint my picture.
Verse 2
[F][D]Paint myself blue, [G]red, black and gray.
[Am]All the little beautiful colors [F]are very, [G]very meaningful.
Yeah, well, you know, gray is [Am]my favorite color.
[F]I felt [D]so symbolic [G]yesterday if [A]I knew Picasso.
[F]I [G]would buy myself a rain guitar and play [C]Mr. [F]Jones and me looking [G]to the future.
Yeah, we [C]step through beautiful women.
[F]She's looking [G]at you.
I don't think so.
She's looking at me standing [C]in the spotlight.
[F]I [G]bought myself a great guitar when [Em7]everybody loves me.
[F]I [G]will never be lonely.
[Am]I will never be lonely.
[F]So I'm never going [A]to be lonely.
[G]I [A]want to be alive.
[F]Everybody want to pass as [C]cats.
[Am]We all want to be big, big stars.
Yeah, but we [G]got different reasons for that.
You [Am]believe in me because I don't believe in anything.
And I want to be someone.
Troubling, [G]troubling, troubling.
Chorus
Yeah, [C]Mr. [F]Jones and me.
Stumbling [G]through the body of every [Em]step of the beautiful woman.
[Fmaj7]She's perfect [G]for you.
Man, she's got to be somebody for [Em]me.
I want to be by Dylan.
[F/A]Mr. Jones [G]was just a little more funky when everybody [C/G]loves [F]you.
Ah, son, [G]it's just about as funky as you can be.
Chorus
[C]Mr. [F]Jones and me staring [G]at the video.
When I look at [C]the television, [F]I want to see [G]me.
Stand right back at me.
[C]We all want to be big stars.
[F]We don't [G]know why.
We don't know how, but when everybody [Em]loves [F]me,
I want to be [G]just about as happy as I can be.
[C/G]Mr. [F]Jones and me.
[G]We're going to be big stars.