Chords for Mr. Bojangles

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] You know I knew a man [A] Bojangles and he'd dance [Bm] for you
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] worn-out _ shoes
_ _ _ _ [D] silver hair a [C#] ragged shirt and [Bm] baggy pants
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_ _ _ He'd do the old [A] soft shoe
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_ _ _ He jumped so high, you [F#] know, he jumped so high
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_ _ [G#m] And then he'd lightly [A] touch down
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_ _ _ _ [A] Mr. _
Bojangles
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_ _ _ _ Mr.
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Bojangles
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_ _ _ _ [A] Mr. _ _
Bojangles
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I met him in [F#m] a cell down in New [Bm] _
Orleans
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] All right, _ _ _ _ I was [A] down and out
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He looked to me [A] to be the [B] the eyes of age
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_ _ _ _ He [A] spoke right out _ he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ talked [D] of life _ [F#] yes talked of [B] life
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[E] _ _ _ Left and slapped his [A] leg a step
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_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ He said the [D] name _ Bojangles and [F#m] then he danced a [B] lick
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Across the cell
_ _ _ Hey, he grabbed [D] his pants for a better [A] _ stand.
So he [B] jumped up high [D] _ high _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ He clicked [A] his heels _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ He let go [D] a laugh, you [F#] know, he let go a laugh
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_ [E] He _ shook back his [A] clothes all around
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ Bojangles _ _ _ _
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Mr.
[A] _ Bojangles _ _ _ _
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[A] Mr.
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_ _ [D] _ This _ [C#] _ _
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is really a true story, you know a [C#m] lot of people have heard the song [Bm] and
_ _ _ [F#m] Well, at least Jerry Jeff tells [D] me it's a true story
I [C#m] _
played guitar [Bm] with Jerry Jeff Walker for about [F#m] two years.
We _ [D] we did this song every night [C#m] for two years
_ _ [Bm] _ _ And I never [D] got tired of it
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Jerry [Bm] got a little tired of [D] it _ _ and night after the clubs [C#] closed we do horrible things to [Bm] it
It _ [D] was _ _ _ a true story.
He
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_ [Bm] this guy Bojangles was
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_ _ He was a street [A] dancer in New Orleans.
And what he'd do is [Bm] he'd go from bar to bar [D] and _
_ _ _ He put [A] up he put money in the [Bm] jukebox or get somebody else to do it
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And then he'd either dance or [F#m] pantomime the tune right and [B] for that people would buy him [D] drinks _
_ _ Get him pretty drunk [A] and then you go on to the next [Bm] bar and
_ _ [D] next one until it was closing time and then you go and do it [C#] the next night and
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] After a few nights of this he'd end up on the corner and the cops [C#] would pick him up and [F#m] they'd take him to the [Bm] drunk tank
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This is where Jerry Jeff met him
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_ Jerry Jeff wasn't there on a [C#] research project.
I
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] Mean [D] the way I got that story
I may have [C#] that wrong
But the way I got that [Bm] is that he he [D] propositioned the right woman at the right time in the wrong place
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_ _ [Bm] And her husband a [D] bartender
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Called the [Bm] cops and they
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[D] They took Jerry
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_ _ [Bm] _ to the [D] parish _ jail and
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_ _ [Bm] _ He's in this [A] guy just talked for three [D] days in the cell about you know, what [C#] he done
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_ _ Said he danced for those [A] at minstrel shows and [Bm] county fairs
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throughout [A] the South _ _ _
_ _ [D] He spoke with tears [F#m] of
_ 15 [Bm] _ years how his dog [D] in him
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_ _ _ [A] Traveled about _ _
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_ His dog [D] up and died, you know his [F#] dog up and [B] died _ _
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_ _ After 20 [A] years, he still [F#m] green
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] Said I dance now at every [C#] chance and a [Bm] honky _ -tonk
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_ _ _ For [A] drinks and tips
_ _ _ _ [D] But most the time I [C#m] spend behind these [Bm] county bars
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_ _ _ _ Cuz I'd [A] drinks a bit
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_ _ _ _ He shook [D] his head
_ _ _ [F#] And as he shook his [Bm] head _ [D] I _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ heard someone [A] asked me
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_ [A] Mr.
Bojangles _ _ _
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[D] Knew a man [C#] Bojangles and he danced for you
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