Chords for Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles (live solo TV 1969)

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_ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ I knew a man [C#m] Bojangles and [Bm] he'd dance for [D] you
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He'd worn out [A] shoes
_ _ _ [D] Silver hair, [A] a ragged shirt and [Bm] baggy [D] pants
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The old soft [A] shoe _
_ _ _ [G] _ He jumped so _ [D] high, [F#] _
jumped so [Bm] high _
[D] _ _ _ [E] And then he lightly [A] touched down _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
[A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
Bojangles
[D] _ Then [A] I _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] met him in [C#m] a cell in New [Bm] Orleans
I [B] was _ [G] _ _ _ _
down [A] and out _ _ _
[D] He looked at me [A] through the _
_ [Bm] eyes and [D] face
_ [G] _ _ As I spoke [A] right out _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ He talked to the light, _ [F#] _
talked [Bm] to the light
[D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ He laughed, slapped his [A] legs, stared
_ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Said the name [A] Bojangles and he [Bm] danced the [D] lair _
_ [G] _ _ _ _
Across the [A] cell _ _ _
[D] He grabbed his pants, he fed his stance
And when [Bm] he jumped so high _
He [G] _ _ _ kicked his [A] _ heels _ _
_ [G] _ _ He let go [D] and laughed, [F#] he let go [Bm] and laughed
[D] _ _
_ [E] _ He took back his clothes [A] all around
[B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ _ Bojangles
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
Bojangles
[D] Mr.
Bojangles
Then [A] _
he _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ danced for those at [A] minstrel shows and county fairs
[D] _
Threw [G] _ _ _ _
out [A] the _ sounds _
_ [D] Spoke with tears [A] of fifteen years
[Bm] How his dog and [D] him _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] Traveled and found _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ His dog [D] up and died
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He up [Bm] and died
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ After twenty years he [A] still _ _ grieved
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Said I dance [A] now at every [Bm] chance in honky [D] tonk _
_ [G] _ _ _ _
Drinks [A] and tears _ _
[D] But most of the time [A] I spend behind [Bm] this county [D] bar _
_ [G] _ I thought the drinks [A] were _ tears _
[G] He _ _ shook [D] his head
[F#] And as he shook [Bm] his head
[D] _
I [E] _ _ heard someone [A] ask _ _ please
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ _ Bojangles
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] Mr. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _
Bojangles [D] _ _ [A] Then
I [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ knew a man [A]
Bojangles
[Bm] And he danced for you
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