Mr. Bojangles Chords by John Denver

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[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] I knew a man [Bb] Bojangles and [Cm] he'd dance for [Eb] you
_ _ [Ab] _ _
In worn out [Bb] _ shoes, _ _ [Eb] silver [D] hair, ragged shirt [Cm] and baggy pants
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ The old [Bb] soft shoe, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
he'd jump [Eb] so _ [G] high
He'd [Cm] jump so [Eb] high, _ [F] _ _ _
that he'd [Bb] likely touch down _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles, _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles, _ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ Bojangles, _ _ [Eb] _ _
dance
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] Met _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ him in a [Bb] cell [Cm] in New Orleans, [Eb] I was _ [Ab] _ _ _
down [Eb] and [Bb] out
_ _ _ [Eb] _
He [Bb] looked to me [Cm] to be [Eb] the eyes of [Ab] age, has he?
He [Eb] spoke right [Bb] out, _ _ [Ab] _ _
he talked [Eb] about [G] life, _ [Cm] he talked of [Eb] life
_ [F] _ He laugh-slapped his [Bb] leg and stared
_ He _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] said the name [Gm] Bojangles [Cm] and he danced the [Eb] lick _ _
[Ab] _ _ Across [Ebm] the cell, [Bb] _
_ [Eb] he grabbed his [Bb] pants and took a stance
[Cm] And he [Eb] jumped so high, [Ab] _ _
he clicked [Ebm] his _ [Bb] heels
[Ab] And _ he let [Eb] go a laugh, [Gm] _
_ [Cm] he let go [Eb] a laugh _
[F] _ _ Shook his [Bb] clothes all around
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _
Bojangles, _ [Cm] _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ Bojangles, _ [Cm] _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ Bojangles, [Eb] _
_ [Gm] _ dance
[Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ He danced for [Bb] those [Cm] at minstrel shows [Eb] and county [Ab] _
fairs
_ Throughout [Ebm] the [Bb] South, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] he spoke in tears
Of [Cm] fifteen years, [Eb] I was [Ab] dogging him
They _ [Bb] traveled about, _ _
[Ab] _ _ the [Eb] dog up and [Gm] died
_ [Cm] He _ [Eb] up and [F] died
_ _ After [Bb] twenty years, he [Ebm] still [Bb] grieves _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ He [Bb] said I dance now at [Cm] every chance and [Eb] honky-tonks
[Ab] _ _ _
For [Bb] drinks and tips, _ _ _ [Eb] _
but [Gm] most the time
I [Cm] spin [Eb] behind these county [Ab] bars
_ Cause _ [Ebm]
I drank a [Bb] bit _ [Ab] and _ he shook [Eb] his head [Gm] now _
[Cm] He shook his [Eb] head _ [F] and _ I heard [Bb] someone ask please _
Mr.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Bojangles, _ _
[Cm] _ _ Mr.
_ _ [Bb] _
Bojangles, _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ hey [Bb] Mr.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Bojangles, _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] dance
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _