Biography:
Counting Crows is an American rock band originating from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1991, the group gained fame in 1993 following the release of their debut album, titled 'August and Everything After', when track "Mr. Jones" became a big hit. Known for their melancholic yet melodic songwriting, the band started when singer Adam Duritz (previously of The Himalayans and Sordid Humor) teamed up with guitarist David Bryson (local producer and former member of the band Mr.
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Other songs:
- 1492
- A Long December
- Accidentally In Love
- Accidentaly In Love
- Accidentially In Love
- Acciedentaly In Love
- Anna Begins
- Big Yellow Taxi
- Colorblind
- Hangin' Around
- Long December
- Mr Jones
- Mr. Jones
- Omaha
- Round Here
- St Robinson In His Cadillac Dream
- Sullivan Street
- Walkways
- 40 Years
- A Good Year For The Roses
- A Murder Of One
- All My Friends
- American Girls
- Amie
- Amy Hit The Atmosphere
- Angels Of The Silence
- Angels Of The Silences
- Another Horsedreamers Blues
- Anyone But You
- August
- August And Everything After
- Baby Im A Big Star Now
- Ballad Of El Goodo
- Barely Out Of Tuesday
- Black And Blue
- Carriage
- Chelsea
- Come Around
- Cover Up The Sun
- Cowboys
- Daylight Fading
- Earthquake Driver
- Einstein On The Beach
- Einstein On The Beach For An Eggman
- Elvis Went To Hollywood
- Four Days
- Four White Stallions
- Friend Of The Devil
- Ghost In You
- Ghost Train
- God Of Ocean Tides
- Goin Down To New York Town
- Good Time
- Goodnight Elisabeth
- Goodnight La
- Hangin Around
- Hanginaround
- Hanging Tree
- Hard Candy
- Have You Seen Me Lately
- High Life
- Holiday In Spain
- Hospital
- I Wish I Was A Girl
- Im Not Sleeping
- Insignificant
- John Appleseeds Lament
- Kid Things
- Like Teenage Gravity
- Los Angeles
- Marjorie
- Mean Jumper Blues
- Mercury
- Mercy
- Millers Angels
- Monkey
- Mrs Potters Lullaby
- On A Tuesday In Amsterdam Long Ago
- On Almost Any Sunday Morning
- Open All Night
- Palisades Park
- Perfect Blue Buildings
- Possibility Days
- Rain King
- Rain King Thunder Road
- Raining In Baltimore
- Recovering The Satellites
- Return Of The Grievous Angel
- Scarecrow
- Sessions
- Shallow Days
- She Dont Want Nobody Near
- Speedway
- Sundays
- There Goes Everything
- This Land Is Your Land
- Time And Time Again
- Untitled Love Song
- Up All Night
- Walkaways
- Washington Square
- Were Only Love
- When I Dream Of Michelangelo
- Why Should You Come When I Call
- You Cant Count On Me
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Intro :
Am F Dm G Am F G G
sha la la la la la la
1st verse :
Am F Dm G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
Am F G 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 G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful
2nd Verse :
Am F Dm G
So come dance this silence down through the morning sha la la la la la
Am F G G
Yeah Uh huh yeah
Am F Dm G
Cut up Maria Show me some of them spanish dances
Am F G G
Pass me a bottle Mr Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me help me believe in anything
Am F G G
Cause I want to be someone who believes yeah
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women She's looking at you Ah no no she's looking at me
Am F G G
Smiling in the bright lights comming through in sterio
Am F G G
When everybody loves you you can never be lonely
3rd Verse :
Am F Dm G
Oh and I will paint my picture paint my self in blue and red and black grey
Am F G G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
Am F Dm G
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me look into the future
Am F G G
Stare at the beautiful women “she's looking at you Uh I don't think so she's looking at me
Am F G G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
Am F G
When everybody loves me I will never be lone ly
Bridge :
Am F
lone ly I will never be lonely
Am G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am F
I want to be a lion hey everybody wants to pass as cats
Am G
We all want to be big big stars but we got diffrent 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
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Am F G G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women She's perfect for you Man there's got to be Somebody for me
Am F G G
I want to be Bob Dylan Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am F G G
When everybody loves you son that's just about as funky as you can be
Chorus :
C F G G
Mr Jones and me staring at the video
Am F G G
When I look at the television I want to see me staring right back at me
Am F G G
We all want to be big stars but we don't know why and we don't know how
Am F G G
But when everybody loves me I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be
Ending :
C F G>let ring
Mr Jones and me we're gonna be big stars
Courtney Love
Courtney Parker
Coven
Covenant
Coveywood