Mr jones
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Mr. Jones Intro: Am F Dm G Am F G G Sha la la la la la la uh huh... Am F Dm G I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Am F G Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer Am F Dm G She dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful Am F G We all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful Am F So come dance this silence down through the morning Dm G Am F G * Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh... Am F Dm G Cut up, Maria! 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 C F Stare at the beautiful women G "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." C F G Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo C F G When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely Am F Dm G I will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray Am F G All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Am F Dm G * (you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday Am F G If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray 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 gray guitar C F G Am When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely Am I will never be lonely G I will never be lonely Am F 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 different reasons for that. Am F 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 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 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 C F G When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me. C F G We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how. C 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.....
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Leer de akkoorden van Mr Jones van Counting Crows op Gitaartabs. Deze popklassieker uit 1993 van het album August And Everything After is perfect om mee te beginnen als je de basisakkoorden onder de knie wilt krijgen.
Mr Jones ligt op beginner-niveau en wordt volledig in akkoorden uitgewerkt. Je speelt voornamelijk met G, F, Am, C en Dm — akkoorden die je stap voor stap onder controle krijgt. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe makkelijk deze evergreen uit elkaar valt.
How to practise this song
- 1
Practise the barre chord F
F is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open - 2
Practise the change: F ↔ Am
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open - 3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.
Video
Tab door gitaartabs. Songtekst en akkoorden worden gepubliceerd onder afdracht aan Stichting FEMU. Zie onze voorwaarden.
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