Chords for Mister Bojangles

Tempo:
182.1 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Bbm

Bb

Gb

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[Ab]
[G] [Db] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Db] Newborn man [Ab] Bojangles [Bbm] had to dance for you.
[Gb]
Worn [Ab] out shoes, [Db] silver [Ab] hair, ragged [Bbm] shirt and baggy [Db] pants.
[Ab]
[Gb] He did the [Ab] old soft shoe, [Fm] [Gb] well it jumped [Db] so high, oh, [F] you know it jumped [Bbm] so high.
[Eb]
Then he blithely [Ab] touched down,
[Fm] [Ab] [F]
[Bbm] Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles, [Bbm]
Mr.
[Ab]
Bojangles, [Bbm]
Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles.
[Bb] [Db] And [Fm] I [Bbm] [Bb] [Db]
[Bbm]
[Bb] [Db] better, better [Fm] sail down [Bbm] New [Db] Orleans.
[Gb]
But I was down and [Ab] out, [Db] he [Ab] looked to me to be [Bbm] the eyes of [Db] age.
[Fm] [Gb] As he spoke [Ab] right out, [Ab] [Gb]
well he talked of [Ab] life, [F] yeah, you know he [Bbm] talked of [Db] life.
[Eb] He laughed and slapped [Ab] his leg a step, [Fm] [Ab]
and [Db] he said that name [Cm]
Bojangles and [Bbm] he danced a lick.
[Gb] [Ab] Across the sail, [Db] he grabbed his [Ab] pants for a better [Bbm] stamp, so he jumped up high.
[Gb] Then he [Bb] clicked his [Ab]
heels, [Gb]
[Db] well he let go [Ab] a laugh, yes [F] he let go a [Bbm] laugh.
[Db] He
[Eb] shook back his clothes all around, [Ab]
[Bb] [Bbm]
Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles,
[Bbm] Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles, [Bbm]
Mr.
[Ab]
[Eb] Bojangles.
[Db] And I,
[Ab] [Bbm] [Bb]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Bb] [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] [Cm]
[Bb] [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Bb] [Db] [Fm]
[Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] well he said to dance [Ab] for those at men's store [Bbm]
shows and [Ab] galley [Gb] fairs.
[Eb] Throughout the [Ab] South, [Db] he spoke with [Ab] tears of fifteen [Bbm] years of how [Ab] his dog and [Gb] him.
He [Ab] traveled about,
[Fm] [Gb] where his dog ever [Db] died, [F] Lord his dog ever [Bbm] died.
[Eb]
And after twenty years he [Ab] still
[Fm] grieves, [Ab] [Bb]
he [Db] said to dance now with [Ab] every chance [Bb] now, in the [Ab] honky [Db]
-tonks.
For [Ab] drinks and tips, for most of the time I spend [Bbm] behind these county [Db] bars.
[Ab] [Gb] Because of drinks I've [Ab]
had, [Fm] [Gb]
well then he shook his [Db] [F] head, and [Bbm] as he shook his [Db] head,
[Eb] I heard someone say to me, [Ab]
[Bb] [Bbm]
Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles, [Bbm] Mr.
[Ab] Bojangles,
[Bbm] Mr.
[Ab]
Bojangles.
[Bb] [Db]
[Ab] Dance, [Bbm] [Ab]
[Bb] come [Db] on and dance.
[Ab]
[Bbm] [Db] [Eb]
[Bbm]
[Db] [Ab] [Db]
[Bbm]
[F] [Bb]
[Gb]
[Db]
[F] [Bbm]
[Ab]
[Eb] [C]
[Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [C]
[G] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb]
[Fm]
[C]
[Bbm] [Db]
[Bb]
[Ab]
[Db] A new old man, [Ab] Bojangles, had [Bbm] to dance for you.
[Gb] [Ab] [Db]
[N]
100%  ➙  182BPM
Ab
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Db
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Bbm
13421111
Bb
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Gb
134211112
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
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[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Newborn man [Ab] Bojangles [Bbm] had to dance for you.
_ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ Worn [Ab] out shoes, _ _ _ [Db] _ silver [Ab] hair, ragged [Bbm] shirt and baggy [Db] pants.
_ [Ab] _
[Gb] _ He did the [Ab] old soft shoe, _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ well it jumped [Db] so high, oh, [F] you know it jumped [Bbm] so high.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Then he blithely [Ab] touched down, _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
[Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Mr.
_ [Ab] _ _
Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [Ab] _ Bojangles. _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ And [Fm] _ I [Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Db] better, better [Fm] sail down [Bbm] New [Db] Orleans.
_ _ [Gb] _
_ But I was down and [Ab] out, _ _ _ _ [Db] _ he [Ab] looked to me to be [Bbm] the eyes of [Db] age.
[Fm] _ [Gb] As _ he spoke [Ab] right out, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
well he talked of [Ab] life, [F] yeah, you know he [Bbm] talked of [Db] life. _ _
[Eb] _ _ He laughed and slapped [Ab] his leg a step, _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ and [Db] he said that name [Cm]
Bojangles and [Bbm] he danced a lick. _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Across the sail, _ _ [Db] he grabbed his [Ab] pants for a better [Bbm] stamp, so he jumped up high.
[Gb] _ _ Then he [Bb] clicked his [Ab]
heels, _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] well he let go [Ab] a laugh, yes [F] he let go a [Bbm] laugh.
_ [Db] He _
[Eb] _ _ shook back his clothes all around, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr. _
_ [Ab] _ _ Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Mr.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Bojangles.
_ [Db] And I, _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] well he said to dance [Ab] for those at men's store [Bbm]
shows and [Ab] galley _ [Gb] fairs. _ _
[Eb] _ Throughout the [Ab] South, _ _ [Db] he spoke with [Ab] tears of fifteen [Bbm] years of how [Ab] his dog and [Gb] him.
He _ _ _ [Ab] traveled _ about, _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ where his dog ever [Db] _ died, [F] Lord his dog ever [Bbm] died.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
And after twenty years he [Ab] still _ _
[Fm] grieves, _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
he [Db] said to dance now with [Ab] every chance [Bb] now, in the [Ab] honky _ [Db]
-tonks.
_ _ For [Ab] drinks and tips, _ _ _ for most of the time I spend [Bbm] behind these county [Db] bars. _
[Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ Because of drinks I've [Ab]
had, _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _
well then he shook his [Db] _ _ [F] head, and [Bbm] as he shook his [Db] head, _
[Eb] _ _ _ I heard someone say to me, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ Mr.
[Ab] _ _ _ Bojangles, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
_ _ [Ab] _ Bojangles, _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ Mr.
_ [Ab] _
_ Bojangles.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] Dance, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab]
[Bb] come [Db] on and _ dance.
[Ab] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] A new old man, [Ab] _ Bojangles, had [Bbm] to dance for you.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
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