Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Author And Composer: Adam Fredric Duritz, Ben G Mize, Charles Thomas Gillingham, Daniel John Vickrey & David Lynn Bry
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Rock
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Rock



Intro: |
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I was down at the New Amsterdam |
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Staring at this yellow-haired girl |
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Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation |
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With a black-haired flamenco dancer |
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You know she dances |
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While his father plays guitar |
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She's suddenly beautiful |
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And we all want |
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Something beautiful |
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Man, I wish I was beautiful |
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So come dance the silence down |
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Through the morning |
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Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah |
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Uh huh, yeah |
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Cut up, Maria |
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Show me some of |
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Them Spanish dances |
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Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones |
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Believe in me |
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Help me believe in anything |
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'Cause I wanna be someone |
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Who believes |
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Yeah |
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Mr. Jones and me |
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Tell each other fairy tales |
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And we stare at the beautiful women |
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She's looking at you |
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Ah, no, no, she's looking at me |
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Smilin' in the bright lights |
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Coming through in stereo |
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When everybody loves you |
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You can never be lonely |
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Well, I'm gon' paint my picture |
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Paint myself in blue and |
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Red and black and gray |
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All of the beautiful colors are |
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Very, very meaningful |
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Yeah, well, you know |
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Gray is my favorite color |
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I felt so symbolic yesterday |
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If I knew Picasso |
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I would buy myself |
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A gray guitar and play |
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Mr. Jones and me |
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Looked into the future |
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And we stare at the beautiful women |
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She's looking at you |
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Ah, no, no, she's looking at me |
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Standing in the spotlight |
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I bought myself a gray guitar |
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When everybody loves me |
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I will never be lonely |
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I will never be lonely |
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Said I'm never gonna be lonely |
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I wanna be a lion |
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Yeah, everybody wanna pass as cats |
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We all wanna be big, big stars |
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Yeah, but we got |
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Different reasons for that |
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Believe in me |
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'Cause I don't believe in anything |
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And I wanna be someone to believe |
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To believe, to believe |
Bridge: |
Am Am Am Am x4 |
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Mr. Jones and me |
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Stumbling through the barrio |
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Yeah, we stare at |
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The beautiful women |
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She's perfect for you |
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Man, there's got to be somebody |
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For me |
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I wanna be Bob Dylan |
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Mr. Jones wishes he was someone |
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Just a little more funky |
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When everybody loves you, ah son |
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That's just about as funky |
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As you can be |
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Mr. Jones and me |
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Staring at the video |
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When I look at the television |
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I want to see me |
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Staring right back at me |
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We all wanna be big stars |
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But we don't know why |
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And we don't know how |
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But when everybody loves me |
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I'm wanna be just about |
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As happy as I can be |
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Mr. Jones and me |
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We're gonna be big stars |
Ending: |
Am Am Am Am x4 |
![]() Accidentally in loveA Long DecemberTime And Time Again |
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