Mr. Jones
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e|-------------0|
B|-------------1|
G|---0h11p0----2|
D|----------0--2|
A|-------------0|
E|--------------|
e|----------------1-----------------8--------------------8---------|
B|-----8---10~~---1----------8--10-----10~~-------8--10-----10~~---|
G|-9--------------2-------9--------------------9-------------------|
D|----------------3------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------3------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------1------------------------------------------------|
Intro: Am F Dm G Am F G
sha la la la la la la
Am F
I was down at the New Amsterdam
G
staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation
G
whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm
She dances while his father playes guitar.
G
She's suddenly beautiful
Am F
We all want something beautiful
G
I wish I was beautiful
Am F
So come dance this silence down through the morning.
Dm G
sha la la la la la
Am F G
Uh, huh...
Am F
Cut up Mariea!
Dm G
Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am F G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am F
Believe in me
Dm G
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
C F
Stare at the beautiful women
G
She's looking at you. Ah no, no she's looking at me.
C F
Smiling in the bright lights
G
Comming through in sterio
C F G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
Am F
I will paint my picture
Dm G
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
(You know) Grey is my favorite color
Dm G
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
C F
Stare at the beautiful women
G
She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me.
C F G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
C 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
I want to be a lion
G
Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am
We all want to be big big stars,
G
But we got diffrent reasons for that.
Am
Believe in me because
F
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
C F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G
She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me.
C F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C F
When everybody loves you, son,
G
that's just about as funky as you can be.
C F G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C F
When I look at the television,
G
I want to see me staring right back at me.
C F
We all want to be big stars,
G
but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
C F
But when everybody loves me,
G
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...
How to play Mr. Jones
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.