Counting Crows - Mr Jones Acoustic

rearranged the chords , so that the strumming is ( in my opinion ) much easier to understand

intro :
Am F Dm G Am F G G
sha la la la la la la uh huh . . .

Am F Dm G
i was down at the new amsterdam staring at this yellow – haired girl
Am F G G
mr . jones strikes up a conversation with this black – haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
she dances while his father plays guitar . she’s suddenly beautiful
Am F G G
we all want something beautiful , i wish i was beautiful

Am F
so come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm G Am F G G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh . . .
Am F Dm G
cut up , maria! show me some of them spanish dances
Am F G G
pass me a bottle , mr . jones
Am F Dm G
believe in me . help me believe in anything
Am F G G
’cause i want to be someone who believes

C F G G
mr . jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C F
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 Dm G
i will paint my picture . paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am F G 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 G
if i knew picasso i would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C F G G
mr . jones and me look into the future
C F
stare at the beautiful women
G G
“she’s looking at you . uh , 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 Am
when everybody loves me , i will never be lonely

Am F
i will never be lonely
Dm G
i will never be lonely

Am F
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 different reasons for that .
Am F
believe in me because i don’t believe in anything
A G
and i want to be someone to believe , to believe , to believe .

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
i want to be bob dylan
G G
mr . jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C F G G
when everybody loves you , 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 want to see me staring right back at me .
C F G G
we all want to be big stars , but we don’t know why , and we don’t know how .
C F G 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 . . . . .