Chords for Mr Bojangles - NEIL DIAMOND
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
G
F
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[E] New man Bojangles and he danced [Am] for you
[F] And worn [C] out [Dm] shoes
Silver [C] hair, ragged [Em] shirt and [Am] baggy [C] pants
And [F] old [Dm] soft shoe
[F] Jumped so [C]
high, jumped so [Am] high
[D] And then he lighted that touchdown
[G]
Met him [C] in a cell [G] in New [Am] Orleans
He was [F]
down and [Dm] out
He [Am] looked to me to be the eyes of age
And [F] [Am] as he spoke right [Dm] out
[F]
He talked of [C] life,
[E] talked of [Am] life
He left, slapped his leg [G] a step
Mr.
[Am]
[E] [G] Bojangles, [Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[Am] Mr.
[Em]
[G] Bojangles
[C]
Danced, said his name [Em] Bojangles
And he [Am] danced the leg
[C] [F] [Am]
Crossed the [Dm] cell, [G]
[C] grabbed his pants
A [Em] better stance and [Am] jumped so high
[C] [F]
[Em] He picked [Dm] his heels,
[F] let go her [C] lap
[E] Let go her [Am] lap
Shook back his [D] clothes all [G] around
[Em] Danced for those at med school shows and county [C] fairs
[F] [Am] Throughout the [Dm] South
[F] [C] Spoke of tears of fifteen years I was [Am] dogging here
[G] [F]
[Am] Traveled [Dm] about,
[F] his door opened [C] up
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [E] [Am]
[C] [F#m] After twenty [D] years he still [G] agrees
[Am]
Mr.
[G]
Bojangles, [Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[Am] Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[C]
Danced, said I dance now at [Em] every chance and [Am] honky [C] tonk
[F] [Em]
Drinks [Dm] and tips
[C]
Most of the time I [Em] spend behind these [Am] county bars
[C] [F]
[Am] Cause I drink [Dm] so big
[F] He shook his [C] head and as he [E] shook his [Am] head
[C] I [D]
heard someone ask [G] please
[Am] Mr.
[G] Bojangles,
[Am] Mr.
[G]
Bojangles
[Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[C] Gonna dance
[Am] [G] [F]
[Dm]
[G] [C]
[Am]
[C] [F]
[Dm] [F] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[E] New man Bojangles and he danced [Am] for you
[F] And worn [C] out [Dm] shoes
Silver [C] hair, ragged [Em] shirt and [Am] baggy [C] pants
And [F] old [Dm] soft shoe
[F] Jumped so [C]
high, jumped so [Am] high
[D] And then he lighted that touchdown
[G]
Met him [C] in a cell [G] in New [Am] Orleans
He was [F]
down and [Dm] out
He [Am] looked to me to be the eyes of age
And [F] [Am] as he spoke right [Dm] out
[F]
He talked of [C] life,
[E] talked of [Am] life
He left, slapped his leg [G] a step
Mr.
[Am]
[E] [G] Bojangles, [Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[Am] Mr.
[Em]
[G] Bojangles
[C]
Danced, said his name [Em] Bojangles
And he [Am] danced the leg
[C] [F] [Am]
Crossed the [Dm] cell, [G]
[C] grabbed his pants
A [Em] better stance and [Am] jumped so high
[C] [F]
[Em] He picked [Dm] his heels,
[F] let go her [C] lap
[E] Let go her [Am] lap
Shook back his [D] clothes all [G] around
[Em] Danced for those at med school shows and county [C] fairs
[F] [Am] Throughout the [Dm] South
[F] [C] Spoke of tears of fifteen years I was [Am] dogging here
[G] [F]
[Am] Traveled [Dm] about,
[F] his door opened [C] up
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [E] [Am]
[C] [F#m] After twenty [D] years he still [G] agrees
[Am]
Mr.
[G]
Bojangles, [Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[Am] Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[C]
Danced, said I dance now at [Em] every chance and [Am] honky [C] tonk
[F] [Em]
Drinks [Dm] and tips
[C]
Most of the time I [Em] spend behind these [Am] county bars
[C] [F]
[Am] Cause I drink [Dm] so big
[F] He shook his [C] head and as he [E] shook his [Am] head
[C] I [D]
heard someone ask [G] please
[Am] Mr.
[G] Bojangles,
[Am] Mr.
[G]
Bojangles
[Am]
Mr.
[G] Bojangles
[C] Gonna dance
[Am] [G] [F]
[Dm]
[G] [C]
[Am]
[C] [F]
[Dm] [F] [C]
Key:
C
Am
G
F
Dm
C
Am
G
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] New man Bojangles and he danced [Am] for you _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ And worn [C] out [Dm] shoes
_ _ Silver _ [C] _ hair, ragged [Em] shirt and [Am] baggy [C] pants _
And _ [F] _ _ _ old [Dm] soft shoe _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Jumped so [C] _
high, _ jumped so [Am] high
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And then he lighted that _ touchdown
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Met him [C] in a cell [G] in New [Am] Orleans
He was _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ down and [Dm] out _
He _ [Am] looked to me to be the eyes of age _
And [F] _ _ [Am] as he spoke right _ [Dm] out
_ _ _ [F] _ _
He talked of [C] life, _
[E] _ talked of [Am] life _ _
_ _ _ _ He left, slapped his leg [G] a step
_ _ Mr. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ Bojangles, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [G] _ _ Bojangles _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Mr.
[Em] _ _
_ [G] Bojangles
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Danced, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ said his name [Em] Bojangles
And he [Am] danced the leg _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Crossed the [Dm] cell, _ _ _ [G] _
[C] grabbed his pants
A [Em] better stance and [Am] jumped so high
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] He picked [Dm] his heels, _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ let go her [C] lap
[E] Let go her [Am] lap _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Shook back his [D] clothes all _ [G] around _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Danced for those at med school shows and county _ [C] fairs _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] Throughout the [Dm] South
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] Spoke of tears of fifteen years I was [Am] dogging here
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Traveled [Dm] about, _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ his door opened [C] up
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ After twenty [D] years he still [G] _ agrees _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] _
Bojangles, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [G] _ Bojangles _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ Mr. _
_ [G] _ _ Bojangles
_ _ [C] _
_ _ Danced, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ said I dance now at [Em] every chance and [Am] honky _ [C] tonk
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em]
Drinks [Dm] and tips
_ [C] _ _
Most of the time I [Em] spend behind these [Am] county bars
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] Cause I drink [Dm] so big _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ He shook his [C] _ head and as he [E] shook his [Am] head
_ [C] I _ _ [D] _
_ heard someone ask [G] please
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] _ Bojangles, _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [G] _
_ Bojangles
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] Bojangles
_ _ [C] Gonna _ dance _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] New man Bojangles and he danced [Am] for you _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ And worn [C] out [Dm] shoes
_ _ Silver _ [C] _ hair, ragged [Em] shirt and [Am] baggy [C] pants _
And _ [F] _ _ _ old [Dm] soft shoe _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Jumped so [C] _
high, _ jumped so [Am] high
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And then he lighted that _ touchdown
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Met him [C] in a cell [G] in New [Am] Orleans
He was _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ down and [Dm] out _
He _ [Am] looked to me to be the eyes of age _
And [F] _ _ [Am] as he spoke right _ [Dm] out
_ _ _ [F] _ _
He talked of [C] life, _
[E] _ talked of [Am] life _ _
_ _ _ _ He left, slapped his leg [G] a step
_ _ Mr. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ Bojangles, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [G] _ _ Bojangles _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Mr.
[Em] _ _
_ [G] Bojangles
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Danced, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ said his name [Em] Bojangles
And he [Am] danced the leg _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Crossed the [Dm] cell, _ _ _ [G] _
[C] grabbed his pants
A [Em] better stance and [Am] jumped so high
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] He picked [Dm] his heels, _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ let go her [C] lap
[E] Let go her [Am] lap _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Shook back his [D] clothes all _ [G] around _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Danced for those at med school shows and county _ [C] fairs _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] Throughout the [Dm] South
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] Spoke of tears of fifteen years I was [Am] dogging here
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Traveled [Dm] about, _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ his door opened [C] up
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ After twenty [D] years he still [G] _ agrees _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] _
Bojangles, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Mr.
_ _ [G] _ Bojangles _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ Mr. _
_ [G] _ _ Bojangles
_ _ [C] _
_ _ Danced, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ said I dance now at [Em] every chance and [Am] honky _ [C] tonk
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em]
Drinks [Dm] and tips
_ [C] _ _
Most of the time I [Em] spend behind these [Am] county bars
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] Cause I drink [Dm] so big _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ He shook his [C] _ head and as he [E] shook his [Am] head
_ [C] I _ _ [D] _
_ heard someone ask [G] please
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] _ Bojangles, _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [G] _
_ Bojangles
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Mr.
_ _ [G] Bojangles
_ _ [C] Gonna _ dance _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _