Mr. Jones (hi-lo)

by Counting Crows

MR. JONES hi-lo
W: Adam Duritz
M: Adam Duritz & David Bryson
Counting Crows
Key: Am

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I was down at the New Am-ster-dam 

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Star-ing at this yel-low-haired girl 

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M-r. Jones strikes up a con-ver-sa-tion 

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with a black-haired fla-men-co dan-cer 

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She danc-es while his fa-ther plays gui-tar 

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She's sud-den-ly beau-ti-ful 

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We all want some-thing beau-ti-ful 

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I wish I was beau-ti-ful 

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So come dance this sil-ence 

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down through the morn-ing 

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Cut up Ma-ri-a! 

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Show me some of them Span-ish danc-es 

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Pass me a bot-tle, M-r. Jones 

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Be-lieve in me 

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Help me be-lieve in an-y-thing 

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I want to be some-one who be-lieves 


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M-r. Jones and me 

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tell each oth-er fair-y tales 
  
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Stare at the beau-ti-ful wom-en 
 
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"She's look-ing at you. 

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Ah, no, no, she's look-ing at me." 

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Smil-ing in the bright lights 

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Com-ing through in ste-re-o 

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When ev-'ry-bod-y loves you, 

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you can nev-er be lone-ly 


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I will paint my pic-ture 

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Paint my-self in blue and red and black and gray 

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All of the beau-ti-ful col-ors 

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are ver-y ver-y mean-ing-ful 

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Gray is my fav-or-ite col-or 

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I felt so sym-bol-ic yes-ter-day 

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If I knew Pi-ca-so 

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I would buy my-self a gray gui-tar and play 


Mr. Jones and me look into the future 
Stare at the beautiful women 
"She's looking at you. 
Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." 
Standing in the spotlight 
I bought myself a gray guitar 
When everybody loves me, 
I will never be lonely 


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I want to be a li-on 

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Ev-'ry-bod-y wants to pass as cats 

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We all want to be big big stars, 

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but we got dif-f'rent rea-sons for that 

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Be-lieve in me be-cause 

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I don't be-lieve in an-y-thing 

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and I want to be some-one to be-lieve 


Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio 
Yeah we star at the beautiful women 
"She's perfect for you, Man, t
here's got to be somebody for me." 
I want to be Bob Dylan 
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone 
just a little more funky 
When everybody loves you, son, 
that's just about as funky as you can be 


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M-r. Jones and me star-ing at the vid-e-o 

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When I look at the tel-e-vis-ion, 

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I want to see me star-ing right back at me 

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We all want to be big stars, 

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but we don't know why and we don't know how 

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But when ev-'ry-bod-y loves me, 

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I'm going to be just a-bout 

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as hap-py as can be 

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M-r. Jones and me, 

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we're gon-na be big stars..