JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Mr. Jones" adalah salah satu lagu pop rock populer dari grup musik Counting Crows.
Rilis pada 1993, lagu ini menjadi singel hit pertama mereka yang diambil dari album debut bertajuk August and Everything After.
Setahun kemudian, lagu ini memenangkan penghargaan MTV Video Music Awards untuk kategori Best New Artist.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Mr. Jones" dari Counting Crows berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
Am F
I was down at the New Amsterdam
Dm G
Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am F
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
G
With a black-haired flamenco dancer
Am F Dm
You know she dances while his father plays guitar
G
She's suddenly beautiful
Am F
And we all want something beautiful
G
Man, I wish I was beautiful
Am F Dm
So come dance this silence down through the morning
G Am F
Shalalala la la la la, yeah..
G Am F
Uh huh, yeah.. Cut up, Maria!
Dm G
Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am F G
And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am F Dm G
Believe in me, help me believe in anything
Am F G
'Cause I wanna be someone who believes, yeah
[Chorus]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C F
And we stare at the beautiful women
G C
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
F G
Smiling in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
C F G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
[Verse 2]
Am F
Well, I'm gonna paint my picture
Dm G
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am F G
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Am F
Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color
Dm G
I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am F G
If I knew Picasso, I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
[Chorus 2]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C F
Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women
G
"She's looking at you. 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
F
I'll never be lonely
Am G
Said I'm never gonna be lonely
[Verse 3]
Am
I want to be a lion
F
Yeah, everybody wants to pass as cats
Am
We all want to be big, big stars, yeah
G
But we got different reasons for that
Am F
Believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything
Am
And I, I want to be someone to believe
G
To believe, to believe, yeah!
[Chorus 3]
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, ah son
That's just about as funky as you can be
[Chorus]
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
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 want to be just about as happy as I can be
[Outro]
C F G
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars