Chords for Mr Bojangles - John Holt

_ _ _ _ I [G#m] knew a man both jangles [C#m] and he danced for [E] you _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] In _ [B] worn out _ shoes _
_ _ [E] _ _ With silver [G#m] hair, a ragged [C#m] shirt and baggy _ [E] pants
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] The _ [B] old soft shoes _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ He'd jam so [G#m] hard, _ _ [G#] jam so [C#] hard
_ _ [C#m] _ Then he lightly [F#] touched you down _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ I [G#m] met 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] eyes of hate
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] As he spoke [B] right _ out _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ He talked of _ [G#m] life, _ _ [G#] talked of _ [C#m] life
_ _ _ Laughed and slapped his [F#] legs to stay _ _
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Mr.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Bothjangles _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] Mr.
_ _ Bothjangles
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Mr.
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Bothjangles Dance
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ He [G#m] said his name's Bothjangles, [C#m] then he danced a leg
[E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
Across [B] the cell _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ He [G#m] grabbed his pants, a bed of steers, [C#m] oh how he jumped up [E] high _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] He clicked _ [B] his _ _ _ ears
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ He let go [G#m] alive
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ He shook back his clothes [F#] all _ around _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ He [G#m] danced for those at mills, trade [C#m] shows and county _ [E] _ _
fairs
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Throughout _ [B] the _ _ South
_ _ [E] _ _ He [G#m] spoke with tears of fifteen [C#m] years, oh how he talked and [E] he
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_ _ [B] Travelled about _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
He'd docked up and _ [G#m] dived, _ _ [G#] docked up and [C#m] _ dived _ _
After fifteen [F#] years he still _ _ _ grieved
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Mr.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Bothjangles
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ Bothjangles
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_ _ _ [B] Mr. _ _
Bothjangles
_ _ _ [E] Dance _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ He said I [G#m] dance and never chants in [C#m] honky _ _ [E]-tonk
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For _ [F#m] _ [B] drinks and tips
_ _ _ _ [E] _ But most of the time [G#m] I spend [C#m] behind these country bars
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He said [F#m] I [B] drink so big
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He shook his _ [G#m] head, _ _ [G#] and as he shook his _ [C#m] head
I heard someone [F#] _ ask _ please
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Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
Bothjangles
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _
Bothjangles
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Mr.
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Bothjangles _ _ _ [E] Dance _
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_ _ _ Mr.
[G#m] _ _ _
Bothjangles _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mr.
_ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ Bothjangles
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