Mr. Bojangles Chords by Sammy Davis Jr
Tempo:
129.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Cm
Eb
Ab
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bm] [Ab]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] knew a man [Bb] who jangles [Cm] any dance for you [Bb]
[Ab]
[Bb] in worn out [Ab]
[Bb] shoes, [Eb] silver [Bb] hair, ragged [Cm] shirt,
[Bb] baggy pants.
[Ab] He would do the [Bb] old soft [Ab] shoe.
He [Gm] would jump so [G] high, jump [Cm] so high.
[Eb]
[A] And then he'd lightly [Ab] touch
[Bb] down.
[Eb] Told me of [Bb] the times he [Cm] worked with [Bb] minstrel shows.
[Ab]
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South,
[Eb] spoke with [Bb] tears of fifteen years [Cm] how his [Bb] dog and he,
[Ab]
they [Bb] would travel about.
[Ab]
But his [Gm] dog up and died.
[Cm]
[A] Dog up and died.
[Ab]
After [Bb] twenty years, it's so brief.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] He said, I dance [Cm] now at every
[Gm] chance that [Ab] I'll get to.
[Bb] All my drinks and tips.
[Eb] Most of the [Bb] time I [Cm] spend behind these [Bb]
Kelly [Ab] bars.
[Bb] You see, son, I drink a [Ab] bit.
[Gm] Then he shook [Bb] his [Cm] head.
[A] Oh, when he shook [Ab] his head, [Bb] I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say, [Gm] please, please.
[Cm] That's Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles.
[Cm]
Call him Mr.
[Bb]
Bojangles.
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb]
Bojangles.
Come back [Eb] and dance.
Dance.
[Cm] Dance.
[Eb] Please dance.
[Cm]
Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles.
[Bb] [Cm]
Mr.
[Bb]
[Cm] Bojangles.
[Eb] [Bb] Mr.
[Eb] Bojangles.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] Come back and [Cm] dance again.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
Please, [Eb] Bojangles.
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Dm] [Eb]
[N]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bm] [Ab]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] knew a man [Bb] who jangles [Cm] any dance for you [Bb]
[Ab]
[Bb] in worn out [Ab]
[Bb] shoes, [Eb] silver [Bb] hair, ragged [Cm] shirt,
[Bb] baggy pants.
[Ab] He would do the [Bb] old soft [Ab] shoe.
He [Gm] would jump so [G] high, jump [Cm] so high.
[Eb]
[A] And then he'd lightly [Ab] touch
[Bb] down.
[Eb] Told me of [Bb] the times he [Cm] worked with [Bb] minstrel shows.
[Ab]
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South,
[Eb] spoke with [Bb] tears of fifteen years [Cm] how his [Bb] dog and he,
[Ab]
they [Bb] would travel about.
[Ab]
But his [Gm] dog up and died.
[Cm]
[A] Dog up and died.
[Ab]
After [Bb] twenty years, it's so brief.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] He said, I dance [Cm] now at every
[Gm] chance that [Ab] I'll get to.
[Bb] All my drinks and tips.
[Eb] Most of the [Bb] time I [Cm] spend behind these [Bb]
Kelly [Ab] bars.
[Bb] You see, son, I drink a [Ab] bit.
[Gm] Then he shook [Bb] his [Cm] head.
[A] Oh, when he shook [Ab] his head, [Bb] I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say, [Gm] please, please.
[Cm] That's Mr.
[Bb] Bojangles.
[Cm]
Call him Mr.
[Bb]
Bojangles.
[Cm]
Mr.
[Bb]
Bojangles.
Come back [Eb] and dance.
Dance.
[Cm] Dance.
[Eb] Please dance.
[Cm]
Mr.
[Gm] Bojangles.
[Bb] [Cm]
Mr.
[Bb]
[Cm] Bojangles.
[Eb] [Bb] Mr.
[Eb] Bojangles.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] Come back and [Cm] dance again.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
Please, [Eb] Bojangles.
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Dm] [Eb]
[N]
Key:
Bb
Cm
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb
Cm
Eb
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Ab] _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] knew a man [Bb] who jangles [Cm] any dance for you [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ in worn out [Ab]
[Bb] shoes, [Eb] _ silver [Bb] hair, ragged [Cm] shirt,
_ [Bb] baggy pants.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ He would do the [Bb] old _ _ soft [Ab] shoe. _ _ _
He [Gm] would jump so [G] high, jump [Cm] so high.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ And then he'd lightly [Ab] _ _ touch _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ down.
_ [Eb] _ Told me of [Bb] the times he [Cm] worked with _ [Bb] minstrel shows.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South, _ _ _
[Eb] spoke with [Bb] tears of fifteen years [Cm] how his _ _ [Bb] dog and he,
[Ab] _
_ _ _ they [Bb] would travel _ _ about.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ But his [Gm] dog up and died.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Dog up and died.
_ _ [Ab] _
After [Bb] twenty years, it's so brief.
[Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] He said, I dance [Cm] now at every _ _
[Gm] _ chance that [Ab] I'll get to. _
_ _ _ [Bb] All my drinks and tips.
_ [Eb] _ Most of the [Bb] time I [Cm] spend behind these [Bb] _
Kelly [Ab] bars. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] You see, son, I drink a [Ab] bit. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ Then he shook [Bb] his [Cm] head. _ _ _ _
[A] Oh, _ when he shook [Ab] his head, _ _ [Bb] I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say, [Gm] please, please.
[Cm] _ _ That's Mr. _
[Bb] _ Bojangles.
_ _ [Cm]
Call _ him Mr.
_ [Bb] _
Bojangles.
_ _ _ [Cm] _
_ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
Bojangles.
Come back [Eb] and dance.
_ Dance.
[Cm] _ Dance.
[Eb] Please dance.
[Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Gm] _ Bojangles.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ Bojangles. _
[Eb] _ [Bb] Mr. _ _ _
[Eb] Bojangles.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Come back and [Cm] dance again.
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Please, [Eb] Bojangles.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Ab] _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] knew a man [Bb] who jangles [Cm] any dance for you [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ in worn out [Ab]
[Bb] shoes, [Eb] _ silver [Bb] hair, ragged [Cm] shirt,
_ [Bb] baggy pants.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ He would do the [Bb] old _ _ soft [Ab] shoe. _ _ _
He [Gm] would jump so [G] high, jump [Cm] so high.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ And then he'd lightly [Ab] _ _ touch _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ down.
_ [Eb] _ Told me of [Bb] the times he [Cm] worked with _ [Bb] minstrel shows.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Traveling throughout the South, _ _ _
[Eb] spoke with [Bb] tears of fifteen years [Cm] how his _ _ [Bb] dog and he,
[Ab] _
_ _ _ they [Bb] would travel _ _ about.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ But his [Gm] dog up and died.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Dog up and died.
_ _ [Ab] _
After [Bb] twenty years, it's so brief.
[Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] He said, I dance [Cm] now at every _ _
[Gm] _ chance that [Ab] I'll get to. _
_ _ _ [Bb] All my drinks and tips.
_ [Eb] _ Most of the [Bb] time I [Cm] spend behind these [Bb] _
Kelly [Ab] bars. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] You see, son, I drink a [Ab] bit. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ Then he shook [Bb] his [Cm] head. _ _ _ _
[A] Oh, _ when he shook [Ab] his head, _ _ [Bb] I could swear I [Ab] heard someone say, [Gm] please, please.
[Cm] _ _ That's Mr. _
[Bb] _ Bojangles.
_ _ [Cm]
Call _ him Mr.
_ [Bb] _
Bojangles.
_ _ _ [Cm] _
_ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
Bojangles.
Come back [Eb] and dance.
_ Dance.
[Cm] _ Dance.
[Eb] Please dance.
[Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Gm] _ Bojangles.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ Bojangles. _
[Eb] _ [Bb] Mr. _ _ _
[Eb] Bojangles.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Come back and [Cm] dance again.
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Please, [Eb] Bojangles.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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