Mr. Jones Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]Sha-[F]la-l[Dm]a-la[G]-la-
[Am]la-la, [F]mmm[G], uh huh[G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I was down at the New Amst[F]erdam
[Dm]Staring at this yell[G]ow- haired girl
Mr. [Am]Jones strikes up a conver[F]sation
With a [G]black-haired flamenco dancer
You know [Am]she dances
while his [F]father plays gui[Dm]tar
She's suddenly beauti[G]ful
And we [Am]all want something beauti[F]ful
[G]Man, I wish I was beautiful

[Verse 2]
So come [Am]dance the silence [F]down
through the morning
[Dm]Sha-la- la-l[G]a-la-la-la- la, [Am]yeah
[F]Uh [G]huh, yeah
[Am]Cut up, Maria[F]
[Dm]Show me some of them Spani[G]sh dances
[Am]Pass me a bott[F]le, Mr. Jone[G]s
[Am]Believe in me[F]
[Dm]Help me believe in anythin[G]g
'Cause [Am]I wanna be so[F]meone
who [G]believes yeah

[Chorus 1]
[C]Mr. Jon[F]es and me
[G]Tell each other fairy tales
And [C]we stare at the beautiful wo[F]men
She's look[G]ing at you
Ah, no, no, she's looking at [C]me
Smilin' in the [F]bright lights
[G]Coming through in stereo
When [C]everybody [F]loves you
[G]You can never be lonely

[Verse 3]
Well, [Am]I'm gon' paint my [F]picture
[Dm]Paint myself
in blue [G]and red and black and gray
[Am]All of the beautiful color[F]s
are very, ve[G]ry meaningful
Yeah, well, you know [Am]gray is my favorite co[F]lor
[Dm]I felt so symbol[G]ic yesterday
[Am]If I knew Picass[F]o
I would [G]buy myself a gray guitar and play

[Chorus 2]
[C]Mr. Jon[F]es and me
[G]Look into the future
Yeah, [C]we stare at the beautiful wo[F]men
She's look[G]ing at you
I don't think so
She's looking at [C]me
Standing in the [F]spotlight
[G]I bought myself a gray guitar
When [C]everybody [F]loves me
[G]I will never be lonely

[Bridge 1]
[Am]I will never be lone[F]ly
Said I'm never [Am]gonna be [G]lonely
[Am]I wanna be a lion
[F]Yeah, everybody wanna pass as cats
[Am]We all wanna be big, big stars
Yeah, [G]but we got different reasons for that
[Am]Believe in me
'Cause I [F]don't believe in anything
And [Am]I wanna be someone to believe,
[G]to believe, to believe

[Chorus 3]
Yeah
[C]Mr. Jon[F]es and me
[G]Stumbling through the barrio
Yeah, [C]we stare at the beautiful wo[F]men
She's per[G]fect for you
Man, there's got to be somebody for [C]me
I wanna be Bob Dy[F]lan
Mr. [G]Jones wishes he was someone
just a little more funky
[C]When everybody [F]loves you, ah [G]son

[Chorus 4]
That's just about as funky as you can be
[C]Mr. Jon[F]es and me
[G]Staring at the video
When I [C]look at the tele[F]vision,
I want to [G]see me
Staring right back at me
[C]We all wanna be big[F] stars
But we [G]don't know why,
and we don't know how
But when [C]everybody [F]loves me
I wanna [G]be just about as happy as I can be
[C]Mr. Jon[F]es and me
[G]We're gonna be big stars