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Mr. Jones ARTIST: Counting Crows ALBUM: August and Everything After YEAR: 1993 tabbed by : pp1pete Difference from other tabs [based on chord v1 but with timing, chord choice and missing lyrics fixes that hadn't been done] [full lyrics and chords [chord timing/placement [Some chord choice [correct rubric CAPO: 0 TUNING: standard ---INTRO---
Am F Dm G Sha la la la la Amla la la F G uh huh...G
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Am I was down at the New FAmsterdam Dm staring at this Gyellow-haired girl Mr. AmJones strikes up a convFersation with this Gblack-haired flamenco dancer (you know) AmShe dances while his Ffather plays Dmguitar. She's suddenly bGeautiful We Amall want something Fbeautiful, G man I wish I was beautiful
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So come Amdance this silence Fdown through the morning Dm Sha la la la Gla la la Amla yeah F G uh huh.. . AmCut up, MariFa! SDmhow me some of them GSpanish dances AmPass me a Fbottle, Mr. JoGnes Am Believe in me.F HelDmp me believe in Ganything 'Cause IAm want to be someoFne who believes G
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C Mr.F Jones and me Gtell each other fairy tales And we sCtare at the beautiful woFmen "She's Glooking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." CSmiling in the Fbright lights,G come in through in stereo When Ceverybody loves yFou, Gyou can never be lonely
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Am I will paint my Fpicture. DmPaint myself in Gblue and red and black and gray AmAll of the beautiful Fcolors are very, Gvery meaningful (you know) AmGray is my favorite Fcolor IDm felt so symGbolic yesterdAmay AmIf I knew PicasFso I would Gbuy myself a gray guitar and Cplay
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CMr. FJones and Gme look into the future Yeah, we Cstare at the beautiful Fwomen "She's Glooking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at Cme." CStanding in the Fspotlight IG bought myself a gray guitar When Ceverybody loves Fme, GI will never be lone--Amly
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I will never be Fmaj7lonely, said I'm never goAmnna be lEmone---Gly
Am I want to be a lion. Fmaj7Everybody wants to pass as cats AmWe all want to be big, big stars, yeah but Gwe got different reasons for that. AmBelieve in me because I Fmaj7don't believe in anything And I Amwant to be someone to believe, Gto believe, to believe.
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CMr. FJones and me Gstumbling through the barrio Yeah Cwe stare at the beautiful Fwomen "She's Gperfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me." CI want to be Bob Fmaj7Dylan Mr. GJones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When Ceverybody lovFmaj7es you, ah Gson, that's just about as funky as you can be. ---ENDING---
CMr. JFmaj7ones and me Gstaring at the video When I lCook at the teleFmajvision, I want to Gsee me staring right back at me. CWe all want to be Fmaj7big stars, but we Gdon't know why, and we don't know how. But when Ceverybody loves Fmaj7me, I'm going to Gbe just about as happy as I can be. CMr. Fmaj7Jones and me, G we're gonna be big stars.....