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Mr. Jones
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Lead 8 (bass + lead)
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Intro
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la-
la,
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Umm,
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huh,
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Verse
Was
down
at
the
new
an-
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stra-
dam
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star-
ing
at
this
yel-
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low-
haired
girl,
Mis-
ter
Jones
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strikes
up
a
con-
ver-
sa-
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tion
with
this
black-
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haired
fla-
men-
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co
dan-
cer,
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She
dan-
ces
while
her
fat-
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her
plays
gui-
tar,
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She's
sud-
den-
ly
beau-
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ti-
ful,
Now
we
all
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want
some-
thing
beau-
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ti-
ful,
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Man
I
wish
I
was
beau-
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ti-
ful,
So
come
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dance
this
sil-
ence
down
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through
the
morn-
ing,
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Sha
la
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la
la
la
la
la
la
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la
la,
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umm,
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uh-
huh...
ye-
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a-
h...
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Cut
up
Ma-
ri-
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a!
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Show
me
some
of
them
Spa-
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nish
dan-
ces,
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Pass
me
a
bot-
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tle
Mis-
ter
Jones,
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Beli-
eve
in
me.
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Help
me
be-
lieve
in
an-
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y-
thing.
'Cause
I-
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i
want
to
be
some-
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one
who
be-
lieves.
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Chorus
Mis-
ter
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Jones
and
me
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tell
each
o-
ther
fai-
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ry
tales
and
we
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stare
at
the
bea-
ti-
ful
wo-
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men,
Shes
look-
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ing
at
you?
Ah
no
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no,
shes
look-
ing
at
me,
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Smil-
ing
in
the
bright
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light,
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Com-
ing
through
in
ster-
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re-
o,
When
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eve-
ry-
bo-
dy
loves
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you,
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You
can
ne-
ver
been
lon-
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enly,
Well
I
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Verse
wan-
na
paint
my
pic-
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ture,
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Paint
my-
self
in
blue
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red
and
black
and
grey,
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All
of
the
beau-
ti-
ful
colors
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are
ve-
ry
ve-
ry
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mean-
ing-
ful,
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Outro
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Change tuning (R)