Mr. Jones

Al Downing

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Mr. Jones

Written by Al Downing

Key: C

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	  		C 
He was an old black country farmer 
 
                              F 
Driving home another load of hay 
 
         G 
When he came across an accident 
 
                    C 
On a lonely county highway 
He could hear a baby cryin' 
See the folks as they lay dyin' 
 
                                     F 
And the mother said with her final breath 
 
     G 
The baby has no kin 
Won't you please take him in 
 
                                     C 
Give him love and give him all your best 
So he took him to the big house 
Where he worked as a sharecropper 
 
                                F 
From that day on he never was alone 
 
 G 
When the little white boy 
Cut his hand from picking berries 
 
                                   G 
He came running crying to MISTER JONES 
 
                                                 F 
Chorus:  I'm in trouble come and get me MISTER JONES 
 
                   C 
         Your the only one to help me 
 
                               G 
         In the World I'm so alone 
 
                C                               F 
         Yes I love you and I need you MISTER JONES 
 
                   G                             C 
         I'm in trouble come and get me MISTER JONES
 
He grew up and got in trouble 
With the law and on the double 
Soon his name was known throughout the land 
He robbed a bank in Dallas 
Killed a man in Oklahoma 
Each time he'd take the phone up in his hand 
Each time the county sherriff stopped by 
A part of MISTER JONES would die 
From his eyes the tears began to run 
And he began to pray 
That he'd live to see the day 
He'd hold the boy he raised just like a son 
 
(REPEAT CHORUS) 
 
One Saturday night as he lay in jail 
From fightin' and just raisin' hell 
That Sunday mornin' he picked up the phone 
And as the telephone was ringing 
Back home in church a choir was singing 
The telephone just kept on ringing 
And they slowly laid MISTER JONES to rest 
And there are those that say 
MISTER JONES he just passed away 
From a broken heart and just plain unhappiness 
 
(REPEAT CHORUS)

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