Chords for Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
Hello everyone _ _
this song is
_ [G] _
Just great.
I guess that's the only word to describe it
_ _ [D#] This is a Mr.
Bojangles _ _
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] No, [F#m] man, Bojangles, [Bm] and he dance for you
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_ _ worn [A] out shoes
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Silver [F#m] hair a ragged [Bm] shirt and baggy pants
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_ the old [A] soft shoe
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_ _ I
Jump [F#m] so _ high jump [Bm] so high
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Then he like me [A] touchdown
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_ _ _ [D] I met him [F#m] in a cellar New [Bm] Orleans.
I was
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_ _ [A] Down and out
_ _ _ _ [D] Look to [F#m] me to be [Bm] the eyes of ages he
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_ _ [A] spoke right out
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_ It's all [F#m] good life
_ _ Talk [Bm] to the blind
You _ [E] _ _
like to click his [A] heels and stay _ _ _ _ _
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Said his name [F#m] _ Bojangles [Bm] and he danced away
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] cross _
_ Grab _ _ [D]
his pants [F#m] and spread his stance.
[Bm] Oh, we jumped so high
_ [F#m] _ [G] _
_ Then he clicked [A] his heels
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Let go
[F#m] _ _
Alive let [Bm] go _ alive
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Took back his [A] clothes all around _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ Mr.
[A] _ _
Bojangles
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Mr.
_ [A] _
Bojangles
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Mr.
_ [A] _
Bojangles
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_ [F#m] _ Yes
[Bm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] He danced for [F#m] those at [Bm] menstrual shows and county fairs
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] Wow
Sound _ _ _ [D] spoke to tears [F#m] of 15 years.
[Bm] I was dogging him
_ _ [G] _ _
_ traveled [A] _ _
about
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_ Dog [F#m] up and I
_ Up [Bm] and down
_ _ _ [E] And after 20 years, [A] he's still breathe _
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_ _ _ [D] Said I [F#m] dance now at [Bm] every chance in honky-tonks
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_ Drinks [A] and tears
_ _ [D] But most the [F#m] time I spend behind [Bm] these county walls
_ _ [G] As _ I [A] drink a bit _
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Shook [F#m] his head
As he [Bm] shook his head _
I [E] _ heard [F#] someone ask [A] him, please _
_ _ _ Please _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] Mr.
Bojangles _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
[A] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
[A] _ Bojangles _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] Yes
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Thank you
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