Chords for Mr. Bojangles (LIVE) ... Nitty Gritty Dirt Band HQ at Vancouver Island Musicfest 2005

_ _ _ Well, there's one guy, there's one guy left that is, uh, is, we're, _ _ _ I'm gonna let him use my [Bm] guitar.
Isn't that a nice guy of me?
_ Look, it's [B] 39 years we've been playing together.
He just came up and said, can I play [G] your acoustic guitar? _
_ _ That's really [Bm] strange.
But it's a very important song to play acoustic [N] guitar on because _ Mr.,
well, he, he had to, let's just get right to it.
Founding member of these two guys thought of this silly idea of a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been out here 39 years. _
_ _ _ _ Give a nice, give a nice Vancouver Island welcome to Mr.
Jeff Hanna.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Thank you so much, folks. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] That is not a bad guitar, John.
_ _ [G] This _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a tune [Em] that really, uh, got us on the road [G] originally back in, uh, well, we were together for a while before we, they let us leave California. _ _
But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this is a tune that really got us on the road, just kept us on the road for all these years.
And we appreciate _ all you guys for [D] coming to our shows and buying our records over [Gm] the years.
_ _ _ Records.
Remember records?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ And then I did [D] touchdown. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
I met a man in Selma, New [Em] Orleans I [G] was.
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Down, [D] down. _ _ _ _
[G] He looked at [D] me, he [Em] beat the odds of [G] eight.
_ _ _ [C] _ Yeah, he spoke right [D] out. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Talked [Bm] a lot.
[B] _ _ [Em] Talked a lot. _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ He asked me to see [D] his new stare.
_ He _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] said, [D] name your jangles [Em] and dance to [G] me.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ I cried [D] and said, oh.
_ _ _ [G] He had the best, [D] the best dance, [G] boy, he jumped so high.
_ _ [C] _ _ And then he clicked [D] his heels. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ He let [Bm] go of the ladder.
[B] He let go [Em] of the [G] ladder.
_ _ _ [A] _ Sure, that his floor was [D] going down.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [D] _ Boatjangles. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Mr. _
[D] _ Boatjangles.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ Mr.
_ [D] _ _
Boatjangles.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Boatjangles. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Dance for those [D] who miss the [Em] shows and can't be seen.
[G] How about that Dickie verse?
[C] _ _ Threw out [D] the sail.
_ _ _ _ [G]
He put the tears of fifteen years, [Em] now it's gone in [G] him.
The [C] _ _ _
trail of the [D] bound. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ The dog up [Bm] and died.
[B] _ The girl [Em] that died.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ After twenty years [Em] and thirty [D] years. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G]
He said he'd [D] dance now at every [Em] chance and hall he'd come.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ For _ dreams [D] and tips. _ _ _
_ [G] Most of the time he [Bm] spent behind [Em] these county [G] bars.
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His heart dreams [D] of being. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] He shook [Bm] his head.
[B] And as he shook [Em] his head.
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
I heard someone [D] asking who.
[Am] I want to hear all of you [D] sing Boatjangles this time.
Come on.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Mr.
[D] Boatjangles.
Damn you're good.
_ [Em] _
_ _ Mr.
[D] Boatjangles. _
Mr.
Boatjangles.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] Dance _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] for _
[G] _ today.
[Em] _ _ _ Twenty years.
_ _ _ [G] _ Now it's gone in [C] him.
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you so much.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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