Chords for Sammy Davis discusses significance of BoJangles

[D] _ _ [Cm] Bojangles a dance for [Eb] you
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in [Bb] worn out shoes
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Silver hair [Gm] ragged shirt
[Cm] _ Baggy [Ebm] pants Bojangles [Abm] is special because I hated the [Ab] song because I was afraid to do it [Bb] because that's my fear
_ [Ab] That I'll wind up like Bojangles
He [Gm] could jump so [G] high
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Man, he could jump real high _ and then he'd [Fm] lightly _ _
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_ _ [Eb] Touch down
When I [Gm] do that number some nights I get [Eb] so hung up in it [Gm] one night in Vegas.
[Ab] I said, [C] oh my [Ab] god
_ _ [Bb] _ That's that's [Eb] me.
I'm [Bb] projected.
That's how I'll be [Eb] at when I'm [D] 70 years old, man.
I'll still [Ab] be working.
[Gm] I'll be working little giants
_ [Ab] _ And I'll talk about what I used to be
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And that'll be the end of [Ab] it _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Talked of life
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Talked of [A] life _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Laugh _ slapped his leg.
He said _ [Ab] [Bb] I [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ dance [Cm] now at every chance
[Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _
For _ [Bb] my drinks and [Eb] chips
[Bb] _ [Eb] The boys [Bb] the time I spent [Eb] behind the county bars
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ You see [Bb] son?
I drink
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That
Man that [Gm] that
culmination of different black performers minstrels that I've [Eb] known
_ [Gm] Performers who got hooked on junk who got wiped out by alcohol
Cut wiped out by changing of times.
[D] I've seen them [Cm] disappear great dancers _
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[Gm] Call _ [Cm] _ _
me mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles
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Mr.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] Bojangles
I come [Eb] back
_ You _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
can't _ _ _ please everybody
[Eb] You [Gm] know, but you please the majority and don't ever [Cm] let him say
[Gm] See, I didn't like the performance that doesn't mean [Ab] everybody's gonna like what you're doing
[C] But at least they'll be [Eb] able to say he performed for me man.
He gave his all
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Damn that man _ _ _
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