Mr. Bojangles Chords by John Holt

_ _ _ _ _ _ I [G#m] knew a man vo'jangles [C#m] and he danced for [E] you
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In worn [B] out _ _ shoes
_ _ [E] _ _ With [G#m] silver hair, a ragged [C#m] shirt and baggy pants
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m]
The _ [B] old soft shoe _
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He jumped so [G#m] high, _ _ [G#]
jumped so high
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[E] Then he lightly [F#] touched you _ down
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ I met [G#m] him in a cell in New [C#m] Orleans
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
I was _ [B] down and _ out
_ _ _ [E] _ He looked [G#m] at me to be the [C#m] eye of the _ page
[E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] As he spoke _ [B] right _ out
_ _ [C#m] He _ _ _ talked of _ [G#m] flies, _ _ [G#]
talked of _ [C#m] flies
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Laughed and slapped his [F#] legs _ _ upstairs
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_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
Mr.
_ [G#m] Vo'jangles _
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Mr.
Vo [G#m] _ _ _ _
'jangles
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Mr.
[B] Vo _ _ _ 'jangles
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_ _ [E] Danced
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_ _ _ [E] _ He said [G#m] his name's Vo'jangles then [C#m] he danced a lane
[E] _
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_ [F#m] Across [B] the _ cell
_ _ [E] _ _ He grabbed [G#m] his pants a bed of steers, [C#m] oh how he jumped up [E] high
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He [B] clipped his _ _ _ _ ears
[C#m] _ He _ let go a [G#m] lie, _ _ [G#]
let go a _ [C#m] lie
_ _ [B]
Shook back his clothes [F#] all around _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ He danced [G#m] for those at mill-street shows [C#m] and county _ _ [Bm] _
fairs
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_ _ _ [E] _ He spoke [G#m] with tears of fifteen years, [C#] oh how he dogged and [E] he
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_ _ _ [B] Traveled about _ _
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He dogged up and [G#m] died, _ _ [G#] dogged up and [C#m] died _ _ _
[B] After fifteen [F#] years he still _ _ _ _ [B] grieved _ _ _ _
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_ Mr.
[G#m] Vo _ _ 'jangles
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Mr.
_ [G#m] Vo _ _ 'jangles
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_ Mr.
[B] Vo _ _ _ 'jangles
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[A] Danced
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[B] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ He said [G#m] I danced in every chance [C#] and honky _ _
[E]-tonk
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[F#m] For _ [B] drinks and tea
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ But [G#m] most of the time I spent [C#m] behind these county bars
[E] _ _ [A] He _ _ [F#m] _
_ said I [B] drink so big
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He shook [G#m] his _ head _
[G#] And as he shook his _ head _
[B] I heard [A#] someone _ ask [F#] please
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_ _ Mr.
[G#m] Vo _ _ 'jangles
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_ _ Mr.
_ [G#m] Vo _ _ 'jangles
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_ _ Mr.
[B] _ Vo _ _ _ _ 'jangles
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] Danced _ _
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_ _ Mr.
_ [G#m] Vo _ _ 'jangles
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_ _ _ Mr.
[G#m] Vo _ _ _ 'jangles
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Mr.
Vo'jangles