Chords for Mister Bojangles

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[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Newborn man [Ab] Bojangles [Bbm] had to dance for you.
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_ _ _ Worn [Ab] out shoes, _ _ _ [Db] _ silver [Ab] hair, ragged [Bbm] shirt and baggy [Db] pants.
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[Gb] _ He did the [Ab] old soft shoe, _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ well it jumped [Db] so high, oh, [F] you know it jumped [Bbm] so high.
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_ Then he blithely [Ab] touched down, _
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
[Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Mr.
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Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [Ab] _ Bojangles. _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ And [Fm] _ I [Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Db] better, better [Fm] sail down [Bbm] New [Db] Orleans.
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_ But I was down and [Ab] out, _ _ _ _ [Db] _ he [Ab] looked to me to be [Bbm] the eyes of [Db] age.
[Fm] _ [Gb] As _ he spoke [Ab] right out, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
well he talked of [Ab] life, [F] yeah, you know he [Bbm] talked of [Db] life. _ _
[Eb] _ _ He laughed and slapped [Ab] his leg a step, _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ and [Db] he said that name [Cm]
Bojangles and [Bbm] he danced a lick. _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Across the sail, _ _ [Db] he grabbed his [Ab] pants for a better [Bbm] stamp, so he jumped up high.
[Gb] _ _ Then he [Bb] clicked his [Ab]
heels, _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] well he let go [Ab] a laugh, yes [F] he let go a [Bbm] laugh.
_ [Db] He _
[Eb] _ _ shook back his clothes all around, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Mr.
_ [Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr. _
_ [Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Mr.
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_ [Eb] Bojangles.
_ [Db] And I, _
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[Db] well he said to dance [Ab] for those at men's store [Bbm]
shows and [Ab] galley _ [Gb] fairs. _ _
[Eb] _ Throughout the [Ab] South, _ _ [Db] he spoke with [Ab] tears of fifteen [Bbm] years of how [Ab] his dog and [Gb] him.
He _ _ _ [Ab] traveled _ about, _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ where his dog ever [Db] _ died, [F] Lord his dog ever [Bbm] died.
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And after twenty years he [Ab] still _ _
[Fm] grieves, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
he [Db] said to dance now with [Ab] every chance [Bb] now, in the [Ab] honky _ [Db]
-tonks.
_ _ For [Ab] drinks and tips, _ _ _ for most of the time I spend [Bbm] behind these county [Db] bars. _
[Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ Because of drinks I've [Ab]
had, _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _
well then he shook his [Db] _ _ [F] head, and [Bbm] as he shook his [Db] head, _
[Eb] _ _ _ I heard someone say to me, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ Mr.
[Ab] _ _ _ Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
_ _ [Ab] _ Bojangles, _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
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_ Bojangles.
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[Ab] Dance, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab]
[Bb] come [Db] on and _ dance.
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_ [Db] A new old man, [Ab] _ Bojangles, had [Bbm] to dance for you.
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