Mr Jones chords by Big Al Downing

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo 1

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

D
He could hear a baby cryin'

See the folks as they lay dyin'
                                G
And the mother said with her final breath
A

The baby has no kin, won't you please take him in
                                        D
Give him love and give him all your best


Verse 1:

D
So he took him to the big house

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

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



Chorus:

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

D

Verse 2:

(Capo 2)

D
He grew up and got in trouble

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

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


Each time the County Sheriff stopped by

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

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

Chorus:

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

Bridge:

D
One Saturday night as he lay in jail

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

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

And when the choir stopped singin'

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


Chorus:

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