Chords for Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles

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_ Many nights around closing time we'd get out a guitar and sing some songs.
This might [D] be one of them.
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_ [D] _ _ _ I knew a man Bojangles [Bm] and he danced [D] free
_ _ [G] A _ _ worn [A] out shoe
_ _ _ _ [D] Silver hair, ragged shirt [Bm] and baggy [D] pants
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_ Then he owned [A] some shoe
He _ _ _ [G] _
_ jumped so [F#m] _
high, [F#] _ _ jumped [Bm] so [D] high
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_ Then he lightly touched [A]
down _ _ _ _ _
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Hey now Mr.
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Bojangles
_ _ [Bm] Hey _ _ Mr. _ _
[F#m] Bojangles _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Oh Mr.
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_ Bojangles, [A] come on in [D] _ there
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Met a man [A] who sailed [Bm] the New Orleans
[D] I was down
[G] _ _ _ _ Down [A] and out
_ He [D] _ looked at [A] me to beat [Bm] the ice, [D] baby
He [G] _ _ _ spoke right [A] out _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ He talked [D] of his life, [F#] _ _
[Bm] he talked of his [D] life _
_ [E] He _ laughed, slept his [A] legs down _ _ _
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_ [D] Said the name [A] Bojangles and he [Bm] danced
Till he [D] _ _
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crossed the sand _ _ _
He [D] grabbed his pants, [A] a pair of slits
And [Bm] then he jumped up [A] high _
[G] He _ _ clicked his [A] ears _ _ _
[F#m] _ [G] _ _ He let him [D] go and laughed, _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] he let him go and [D] _
laughed
[E] _ Shirt, bag and his clothes all [A] around
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_ [F#m] _ He getting loose now
[Bm] _ He said Mr.
_ [A] _ Bojangles _ _
_ [Bm] Hey _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] Boy I'm Mr.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] Bojangles [D] Now then
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_ [D] danced with [A] those men
At the [Bm] Shorten County Fair
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[G] Threw _ _ out the [A] sound _ _ _
[D] Spoke of [A] tears for 15 [Bm] years
How [A] a dog can [G] get it _ _
[A] Traveled by _ _
[F#m] _ [G] _ _ His dog up [D] and down
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_ [Bm] Yeah up and [D] down _
_ [E] After 20 years he's [A] still great _ _
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_ [D] Said he danced [A] at every [Bm] chance in _ _ [D] Honkytonk
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Drank [A] some beer
_ But _ [D] most of the time [A] he spent behind [Bm] these county bars
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_ [G] _ And I drank [A] some beer _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Shook his [D] head
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[Bm] As he shook his head
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_ [E] I heard someone ask [A] him please _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ Hey Mr.
_ [A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] Mr. _ _ _ _ [A] _ Bojangles _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Hey Mr.
_ [G] _ Bojangles
[A] Come on [D] and dance _ _ [A] [Bm] Hey _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Yeah _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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he went and danced and [Bm] he danced for [D] you
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