Chords for Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Bb
Gm
Eb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [A] [G] [F]
[C] Oh, ching, ching, oh, [Eb] ching, ching.
[Dm]
[C]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [D] [Eb]
[Gm] I [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Eb]
[G] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Eb]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
[Eb] knew a man [Bb] who [E] jangles [C] any dance for [Cm] [Gm] you
[Ab] In [Bb] worn out shoes, [Cm]
[Dm] [Eb] silver [Gm] hair, [Cm] ragged shirt, [Bb] baggy pants
[Ab]
He would do [Bb] the old soft [Ab] shoe
He [Gm] could jump so high, [G] [Cm]
[Eb] he could jump this [Cm] high
[F] And then he'd lightly [Fm]
touch
[Gm] down
[Eb]
[Bb] I met him in [Cm] a cell, [Gm] he knew what means I [Ab] was
[Bb]
While I was [Cm] down and [Bb] out, [Eb]
he [Gm] looked to me to be
[Cm]
The very [Gm] eyes of [Ab] age
As [Bb]
he spoke right out, [Ab]
[Gm] [G] talked of life,
[Cm] [Eb] talked [A] of life
[Fm] Laughed, [C] [Fm] slapped his lady [Bb] skin
[Fm] He
[Eb] said his name [Gm] was Bojangles
[Cm] Then he [Bb] danced a lick [Ab] right
[Bb] across the cell
[Eb] Grabbed his pants, [Bb] took a better stance
[Cm] Jumped [Gm] up high, [Ab]
that's when [Bb] he'd flick his [Ab] heels
Then [Gm] he'd let go that [G] laugh
[Cm] Lord, lord, [Eb] lord, lord, lord, he'd let [A] go a laugh
Shake [Fm] back his clothes all around
[Bb] [Gm] [Cm] That was Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles,
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles,
[Cm] Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
[Eb] The [Gm] man could [Cm] dance
He
[Eb] told [Gm] me other times [Cm] he worked with [Gm] minstrel shows
[Ab]
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South
[Eb] Spoke with [Gm] tears of fifteen [Cm] years
That's how his [Gm]
dog [Ab] and he, they would [Bb] travel about
[Ab]
[Gm] But his [Cm] dog up and died
[Bb] The [A] dog just got old and died
[Ab] And after twenty [Bb] years he's [Ab] three
[Bb] He
[Eb] [Gm] said I dance [Cm] now with him
[Gm] Every chance [Ab] I get to
All
[Bb] my drinks [Bb] and chips
[Eb] [Gm] Most of the time [Cm] I spend [Gm] behind his [Ab] county bars
You
[Bb] see son, I drink a [Ab] bit
Then
[Gm] [Cm] he shook his head
[Bb] Lord [A]
God, when [Fm] he shook [Bb] his head
I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say [Bb] please
[Cm] That's Mr.
[Gm]
Bojangles
[Bb] [Cm]
Call me Mr.
[Gm]
Bojangles
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
[Eb] Come back and dance,
[Gm] [Cm] dance, dance
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
Mr.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm] Bojangles
Mr. [Bb] Bojangles [Eb] Dance
[Cm] [Gm] Come back [Eb] [Bb]
and [Cm] dance
[Bb]
All [Eb] night [Bb] [G]
[Cm] he [Bb] dance
Mr. [Eb] Bojangles
[G]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
We need to [Eb] see him [Gm]
dance again
Mr. [Cm] Bojangles
[G]
[Eb] [Gm]
And he could dance too
[Cm]
[G] [Eb] And [Gm] they [Cm] called him Mr.
[Eb] Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles
Mr.
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gm]
Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Eb] Bojangles
[Gm] Mr.
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[G] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Bb] [Cm]
[Gm] [Eb] Bojangles
[N]
[C] Oh, ching, ching, oh, [Eb] ching, ching.
[Dm]
[C]
[Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [C]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [D] [Eb]
[Gm] I [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Eb]
[G] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Eb]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
[Eb] knew a man [Bb] who [E] jangles [C] any dance for [Cm] [Gm] you
[Ab] In [Bb] worn out shoes, [Cm]
[Dm] [Eb] silver [Gm] hair, [Cm] ragged shirt, [Bb] baggy pants
[Ab]
He would do [Bb] the old soft [Ab] shoe
He [Gm] could jump so high, [G] [Cm]
[Eb] he could jump this [Cm] high
[F] And then he'd lightly [Fm]
touch
[Gm] down
[Eb]
[Bb] I met him in [Cm] a cell, [Gm] he knew what means I [Ab] was
[Bb]
While I was [Cm] down and [Bb] out, [Eb]
he [Gm] looked to me to be
[Cm]
The very [Gm] eyes of [Ab] age
As [Bb]
he spoke right out, [Ab]
[Gm] [G] talked of life,
[Cm] [Eb] talked [A] of life
[Fm] Laughed, [C] [Fm] slapped his lady [Bb] skin
[Fm] He
[Eb] said his name [Gm] was Bojangles
[Cm] Then he [Bb] danced a lick [Ab] right
[Bb] across the cell
[Eb] Grabbed his pants, [Bb] took a better stance
[Cm] Jumped [Gm] up high, [Ab]
that's when [Bb] he'd flick his [Ab] heels
Then [Gm] he'd let go that [G] laugh
[Cm] Lord, lord, [Eb] lord, lord, lord, he'd let [A] go a laugh
Shake [Fm] back his clothes all around
[Bb] [Gm] [Cm] That was Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles,
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles,
[Cm] Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
[Eb] The [Gm] man could [Cm] dance
He
[Eb] told [Gm] me other times [Cm] he worked with [Gm] minstrel shows
[Ab]
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South
[Eb] Spoke with [Gm] tears of fifteen [Cm] years
That's how his [Gm]
dog [Ab] and he, they would [Bb] travel about
[Ab]
[Gm] But his [Cm] dog up and died
[Bb] The [A] dog just got old and died
[Ab] And after twenty [Bb] years he's [Ab] three
[Bb] He
[Eb] [Gm] said I dance [Cm] now with him
[Gm] Every chance [Ab] I get to
All
[Bb] my drinks [Bb] and chips
[Eb] [Gm] Most of the time [Cm] I spend [Gm] behind his [Ab] county bars
You
[Bb] see son, I drink a [Ab] bit
Then
[Gm] [Cm] he shook his head
[Bb] Lord [A]
God, when [Fm] he shook [Bb] his head
I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say [Bb] please
[Cm] That's Mr.
[Gm]
Bojangles
[Bb] [Cm]
Call me Mr.
[Gm]
Bojangles
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
[Eb] Come back and dance,
[Gm] [Cm] dance, dance
Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles
Mr.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm] Bojangles
Mr. [Bb] Bojangles [Eb] Dance
[Cm] [Gm] Come back [Eb] [Bb]
and [Cm] dance
[Bb]
All [Eb] night [Bb] [G]
[Cm] he [Bb] dance
Mr. [Eb] Bojangles
[G]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
We need to [Eb] see him [Gm]
dance again
Mr. [Cm] Bojangles
[G]
[Eb] [Gm]
And he could dance too
[Cm]
[G] [Eb] And [Gm] they [Cm] called him Mr.
[Eb] Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles
Mr.
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gm]
Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Eb] Bojangles
[Gm] Mr.
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[G] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Bb] [Cm]
[Gm] [Eb] Bojangles
[N]
Key:
Cm
Bb
Gm
Eb
Ab
Cm
Bb
Gm
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ Oh, ching, ching, oh, [Eb] ching, ching.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gm] I _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G]
[Eb] knew a man [Bb] who [E] jangles [C] any dance for [Cm] [Gm] you _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ In [Bb] worn out shoes, [Cm] _
[Dm] _ [Eb] _ silver [Gm] hair, _ [Cm] ragged shirt, _ _ [Bb] baggy pants
[Ab] _ _ _ _
He would do [Bb] the old _ _ soft [Ab] shoe
_ He _ _ [Gm] could jump so high, [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] he could jump this [Cm] high _
[F] And then he'd lightly [Fm] _ _
touch _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] down
_ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] I met him in [Cm] a cell, _ [Gm] he knew what means I [Ab] was _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
While I was [Cm] down and [Bb] out, [Eb] _
he [Gm] looked to me to be
_ [Cm]
The very _ [Gm] eyes of [Ab] age
_ As _ _ [Bb]
he spoke right out, _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [G] talked of life, _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ talked [A] of life _ _ _ _
[Fm] Laughed, _ [C] _ [Fm] slapped his lady [Bb] skin
[Fm] _ He _
[Eb] said his name [Gm] was Bojangles
[Cm] _ Then he [Bb] danced a lick [Ab] right _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] across the cell _ _
_ [Eb] Grabbed his pants, [Bb] took a better stance
[Cm] _ Jumped [Gm] up high, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
that's when [Bb] he'd _ flick his [Ab] heels
_ Then _ [Gm] he'd let go that [G] laugh _
_ [Cm] Lord, lord, [Eb] lord, lord, lord, he'd let [A] go a laugh _
Shake [Fm] _ _ back his clothes all around _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ That was Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles, _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ Bojangles, _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles _
[Eb] The _ _ _ [Gm] man could [Cm] dance
He _ _
[Eb] _ _ told [Gm] me other times [Cm] he worked with [Gm] minstrel shows
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South _
_ [Eb] _ Spoke with [Gm] tears of fifteen [Cm] years
That's how his _ [Gm]
dog [Ab] and he, _ _ _ they would [Bb] _ travel _ about
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ But his [Cm] dog up and died
_ [Bb] The _ [A] dog just got old and died
[Ab] And after twenty [Bb] years he's [Ab] three
_ _ [Bb] He _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] said I dance [Cm] now with him
_ [Gm] Every chance [Ab] I get to
All _
[Bb] _ _ my drinks [Bb] and chips
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] Most of the time [Cm] I spend [Gm] behind his [Ab] county bars
_ You _
[Bb] _ see son, I drink a [Ab] bit
_ Then _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] he shook his head
_ _ [Bb] Lord _ [A] _
_ _ God, when [Fm] he shook [Bb] his head
I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say [Bb] please
_ [Cm] That's _ Mr.
_ [Gm] _
Bojangles
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Call me Mr.
_ [Gm] _
Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles
[Eb] Come back and dance, _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ dance, _ dance _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles
Mr.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] Bojangles
Mr. _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Bojangles [Eb] _ Dance _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] Come back [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
and [Cm] dance
_ _ [Bb] _
All [Eb] night _ [Bb] _ [G] _
_ [Cm] he [Bb] dance
Mr. [Eb] _ Bojangles
[G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm]
We need to [Eb] see him _ [Gm] _
dance again
_ Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Bojangles
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
And he could dance too
_ [Cm] _
[G] _ [Eb] And [Gm] they [Cm] called him _ _ Mr.
_ [Eb] _ Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles _
_ [Cm] Mr.
_ [Gm] Bojangles
Mr.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _
Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ Bojangles
[Gm] Mr. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
[G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ Bojangles _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Oh, ching, ching, oh, [Eb] ching, ching.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gm] I _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G]
[Eb] knew a man [Bb] who [E] jangles [C] any dance for [Cm] [Gm] you _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ In [Bb] worn out shoes, [Cm] _
[Dm] _ [Eb] _ silver [Gm] hair, _ [Cm] ragged shirt, _ _ [Bb] baggy pants
[Ab] _ _ _ _
He would do [Bb] the old _ _ soft [Ab] shoe
_ He _ _ [Gm] could jump so high, [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] he could jump this [Cm] high _
[F] And then he'd lightly [Fm] _ _
touch _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] down
_ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] I met him in [Cm] a cell, _ [Gm] he knew what means I [Ab] was _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
While I was [Cm] down and [Bb] out, [Eb] _
he [Gm] looked to me to be
_ [Cm]
The very _ [Gm] eyes of [Ab] age
_ As _ _ [Bb]
he spoke right out, _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [G] talked of life, _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ talked [A] of life _ _ _ _
[Fm] Laughed, _ [C] _ [Fm] slapped his lady [Bb] skin
[Fm] _ He _
[Eb] said his name [Gm] was Bojangles
[Cm] _ Then he [Bb] danced a lick [Ab] right _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] across the cell _ _
_ [Eb] Grabbed his pants, [Bb] took a better stance
[Cm] _ Jumped [Gm] up high, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
that's when [Bb] he'd _ flick his [Ab] heels
_ Then _ [Gm] he'd let go that [G] laugh _
_ [Cm] Lord, lord, [Eb] lord, lord, lord, he'd let [A] go a laugh _
Shake [Fm] _ _ back his clothes all around _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ That was Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles, _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ Bojangles, _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles _
[Eb] The _ _ _ [Gm] man could [Cm] dance
He _ _
[Eb] _ _ told [Gm] me other times [Cm] he worked with [Gm] minstrel shows
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South _
_ [Eb] _ Spoke with [Gm] tears of fifteen [Cm] years
That's how his _ [Gm]
dog [Ab] and he, _ _ _ they would [Bb] _ travel _ about
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ But his [Cm] dog up and died
_ [Bb] The _ [A] dog just got old and died
[Ab] And after twenty [Bb] years he's [Ab] three
_ _ [Bb] He _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] said I dance [Cm] now with him
_ [Gm] Every chance [Ab] I get to
All _
[Bb] _ _ my drinks [Bb] and chips
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] Most of the time [Cm] I spend [Gm] behind his [Ab] county bars
_ You _
[Bb] _ see son, I drink a [Ab] bit
_ Then _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] he shook his head
_ _ [Bb] Lord _ [A] _
_ _ God, when [Fm] he shook [Bb] his head
I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say [Bb] please
_ [Cm] That's _ Mr.
_ [Gm] _
Bojangles
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Call me Mr.
_ [Gm] _
Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles
[Eb] Come back and dance, _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ dance, _ dance _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles
Mr.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] Bojangles
Mr. _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Bojangles [Eb] _ Dance _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] Come back [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
and [Cm] dance
_ _ [Bb] _
All [Eb] night _ [Bb] _ [G] _
_ [Cm] he [Bb] dance
Mr. [Eb] _ Bojangles
[G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm]
We need to [Eb] see him _ [Gm] _
dance again
_ Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Bojangles
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
And he could dance too
_ [Cm] _
[G] _ [Eb] And [Gm] they [Cm] called him _ _ Mr.
_ [Eb] _ Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles _
_ [Cm] Mr.
_ [Gm] Bojangles
Mr.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _
Bojangles
[Cm] Mr.
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ Bojangles
[Gm] Mr. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
[G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ Bojangles _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _