Mr Jones chords by Big Al Downing

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Capo 1

Intro:
     D MajorD                           G+G
He was an old black country farmer, driving home another load of hay
    A augmentedA                    D MajorD
When he came upon an accident on a lonely county highway

D MajorD
He could hear a baby cryin'

See the folks as they lay dyin'
                G+G
And the mother said with her final breath
A augmentedA
The baby has no kin, won't you please take him in
                    D MajorD
Give him love and give him all your best

Verse 1:

D MajorD
So he took him to the big house

Where he worked as a sharecropper
               G+G
From that day on he never was alone
  A augmentedA
And when the little white boy

Cut his hand from pickin' berries
                   D MajorD
He came runnin', cryin', to Mr. Jones


Chorus:

D MajorD                 G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me Mr. Jones
      D MajorD                     A augmentedA
You're the only one to help me in this world, I'm so alone
    D MajorD              G+G
Yes, I love you and I need you, Mr. Jones
    D MajorD        A augmentedA    G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me, Mr. Jones

D MajorD

Verse 2:

(Capo 2)

D MajorD
He grew up and got in trouble

With the law and on the double
                   G+G
Soon his name was known throughout the land
 A augmentedA
He robbed a bank in Dallas

Killed a man in Oklahoma
                    D MajorD
Each time he'd take the phone up in his hand

Each time the County Sheriff stopped by

A augmentedA part of Mr. Jones would die
                  G+G
And from his eyes the tears began to run
  A augmentedA
And he began to pray

That he'd live to see the day
                      D MajorD
He'd hold the boy, he raised just like a son

Chorus:

D MajorD                 G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me Mr. Jones
      D MajorD                     A augmentedA
You're the only one to help me in this world, I'm so alone
    D MajorD              G+G
Yes, I love you and I need you, Mr. Jones
    D MajorD        A augmentedA    G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me, Mr. Jones

Bridge:

D MajorD
One Saturday night as he lay in jail

For fighting and just raisin' hell
A augmentedA
That Sunday morning, he picked up the phone
G+G
And as the telephone was ringin'

Back home in church, a choir was singin'
D MajorD
I'm goin' home, for Mr. Jones

And when the choir stopped singin'

Well, the telephone just kept on ringin'
A augmentedA
And they slowly laid Mr. Jones to rest
G+G
And there are those that say
D MajorD
Well, Mr. Jones, he passed away
       A augmentedA          G+G
From a broken heart and just plain unhappiness


Chorus:

D MajorD                 G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me Mr. Jones
      D MajorD                     A augmentedA
You're the only one to help me in this world, I'm so alone
    D MajorD              G+G
Yes, I love you and I need you, Mr. Jones
    D MajorD        A augmentedA    G+G
I'm in trouble, come and get me, Mr. Jones