Mr. Bojangles Chords by Sammy Davis Jr

[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ I _
[Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] knew a man, [Gm] Bojangles, and [C] he'd dance for [Bb] you _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ in [Bb] worn out _ shoes
[Eb] With silver hair, [D] a raggy shirt, [C] _
_ [Bb] baggy pants
[Ab] He _ _ _ would do [Bb] the old soft shoe
_ _ [Ab]
He _ _ _ [Gm] could jump so high, _ [Cm] _
jump so high _ _
_ [Am] And then he lightly [Bb] _
touched down _
I _ _ _ _ [Eb]
met him in a cell, _ [C] _
in New [Bb] Orleans I was
[Ab]
Well _ _ _ [Bb] I was down and out
_ He [Eb] looked to me [Gm] to be the very [Cm]
eyes [Eb] of age
_ [Ab]
As _ _ he [Bb] spoke right out
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
Talked of life, _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ Lord [Bb] he talked of [Am] life
_ _ Laughed, slapped his [Fm] leg a step
_ [Bb] He _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] said his name was [Gm] Bojangles
[C] Then he danced a lick [Bb] _ right [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ across the cell
_ [Eb] He grabbed his pants, took a better stance, [C] _
jumped up [Bb] high
_ _ [Ab] _ _
That's when he _ [Bb] clicked his heels
[Ab] _
Then _ _ [Gm] he let go a laugh, _ _ [Cm] _
Lord he let [Bb] go a [Am] laugh _
Shook back his [C]
clothes [Bb] all around _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
That was Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _
Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _ _
_ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _
Bojangles
_ _ _ [C] _
_ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _
Bojangles, _ _ [Eb] _ _
Lord he could _ [Cm] dance
[Eb] He _ _ _ _ [Gm] told me of the times he [Cm] worked [Bb] for minstrel shows
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Traveling throughout the South
[Eb] He spoke with tears of fifteen [Cm] years
How [Bb] his dog and he, _ _ [Ab] _
_ they just [Bb] traveled _ about
But [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
his dog up and died, _ [Cm] _
dog up [Bb] and died
_ [Am] _
_ _ And [Bb] after twenty years he still grieved _
He _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ said [Gm] I dance [C]
now at every chance in honky tonks
[Ab]
For _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
my drinks and tips
[Eb] But most of the [Gm] time I spend behind these [Cm] county bars
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ You see [Bb] son, I drinks a bit
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ Then [G] he shook his head, _ _ Lord when he shook his [Bb] head
[Am] _
I could swear [Bb] I heard someone _ say _ please
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ Bojangles, _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ Bojangles, come back [Eb]
and dance
_ [Cm] Dance, _ dance, [Eb] please dance
[Cm] _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ Bojangles
_ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] Bojangles
_ _ Mr.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Bojangles
_ _ Dance, _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
why [Gm] can't you come [Cm] back and [Bb] dance
_ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] Please _ Bojangles, [Cm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb]
dance
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Again _ [Eb] _
_ Bojangles
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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