COUNTING CROWS - "mr jones" Tablature

From Eric Simon
To: <dmorgan@emunix.emich.edu>, <guitar@nevada.edu>
Subject: counting_crows/mr_jones.tab

To: >INTERNET:dmorgan@emunix.emich.edu; >INTERNET:guitar@nevada.edu

Hello, I'm not sure who to send this too, but I have a correction.

> Ok, This is my FIRST REAL attempt at figuring out a songs chords.
>
> I think I have them pretty much correct. (Remember now....I am a drummer by
> trade- I know boo hiss). The only thing that might be wrong is the first
> chord to the "chours" section. If you have any corrections, let me know.

Good job! But, you are right in you're suspician about that first
chord to the chorus section -- it should be a "C" and not an "Am".
Give it a try, you will like what you hear.

So, to the masters that be, here is the .tab file, exactly as I have
downloaded it, except for the appropriate Am to C chord changes:

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Mr. Jones - Counting Crows


Am F Dm G Am F Dm G G
sha la la la la la la

Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm G
She dances while his father playes guitar. She's suddenly beautiful
Am F G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

Am F Dm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning. sha la la la la la
Am F G
Uh, huh...
Am F Dm G
Cut up Mariea! Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am F G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
Am F G
(cause)I want to be someone who believes

C F G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am F
Stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you. Ah no, no she's looking at me."
Am F
Smiling in the bright lights
G
Comming through in sterio
Am F G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am F Dm G
I will paint my picture Paint my self in blue and red and black and grey
Am F G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
Am F Dm G
(You know) Grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

C F G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Am F
Stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Am F G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
Am F G Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
G
I will never be lonley
Am G
I will never be lonley
Am G
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 diffrent reasons for that.
Am G
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
Am G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.

C F G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Am F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
Am F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am F G
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

C F G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
Am F G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am F G
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
Am F 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.....