Mr. Bojangles- performed by David Bromberg Chords

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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ You know I knew a man [F#m] Bojangles and he'd [Bm] dance for you _ and [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] worn-out shoes
_ _ _ _ [D] silver hair a [F#m] ragged shirt and [Bm] baggy pants
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_ _ _ He'd do the old [A] soft shoe
_ _ He _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ jumped so [D]
high, you [F#] know, he jumped so _ [B] high
_ [D] And _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [E] then he'd [A] lightly touch down
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_ _ _ _ Mr.
[A] _
Bojangles
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_ _ _ _ Mr.
[A] _ _
Bojangles
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_ _ _ _ Mr.
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Bojangles
_ _ _ _ [D] Come on
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I met him in a [F#m] cell down in [Bm] New _ Orleans
_ [D] _ _ [G] All right, _ _ _ _ I
Was [A] down and out
_ He _ _ [D] _
looked to me [A] to be the the [B]
eyes of [D] age
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He _ _ _ _ _ [A] spoke right out
_ He _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ talked of [D] life
_ [F#] Yes, he talked of [B] life
_ _ [D] He _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ laughed and slapped his [A] leg a step
_ _ [F#m] Said _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ the [D] name _ Bojangles [F#m] and then he danced a [B] lick
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Across the cell
_ _ He grabbed [D] his pants for a better [A] _ stance.
Oh, he [Bm] jumped up _ [D] high high _
[G] _ He _ _ _ clicked [A] his heels
_ _ He _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ let go [D] a laugh, you know, he [F#] let go a [Bm] laugh
_ _ [D] Shook _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ back his clothes [A] all around
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Mr.
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_ [A] _ Bojangles _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Mr. _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Bojangles _ _ _ _
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[A] Mr.
_ _ _ Bojangles _ Come on
[D] _ Come on
This [F#m] _ _
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is really a true story, you know a [C#m] lot of people have heard the song and
[Bm] _ _ Well, [D] at least Jerry Jeff tells me it's a true story
I [F#m] played guitar [Bm] with Jerry Jeff Walker for about two [F#m] years.
We _ [D] we did the song every night for two [A] years _ _ [Bm] and
_ I never [D] got tired of it
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
Jerry [Bm] got a little tired of [D] it _ _ and night after the clubs had [F#m] closed we do horrible things [Bm] to it
_ _ [D] It's _ _ _ a true story.
He
[F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] this guy Bojangles was
[D] _ _
_ He was a street [A] dancer in New Orleans and what he'd do is [Bm] he'd go from bar to bar [D] _ _
_ and
He put [A] up he put money in the [Bm] jukebox or get somebody else to do it
[D] _
And then he'd either dance or [F#m] pantomime the tune right and [Bm] for that people would buy him [D] drinks _
_ get him pretty drunk [F#m] and then you go on to the next bar [D] _ and
Next one until it was closing time and then you go and do it [F#m] the next night
_ [Bm] _ After _ _ [D] a few nights of this he'd end up on the corner and the cops [F#m] would pick him up and they'd take him to the [Bm] drunk tank
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This is where Jerry Jeff met him
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Jerry Jeff wasn't there on a [F#m] research project.
I
_ [Bm] _ Mean _ [D] _
the way I got that story
I may have [F#m] that wrong
But the way I got that [Bm] is that he he [D] propositioned the right woman at the right time in the wrong place
[F#m] _ _
And [Bm] her husband the [D] bartender
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Called the [Bm] cops and they
_ [F#m] _
[D] They took Jerry
_ [F#m] to _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ the [D] parish _ jail
_ _ And [F#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ he's in this [D] guy just talked for three days in the cell about you know
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Said he danced for those [F#m] at minstrel shows and [Bm] county _ _ _ [D] fairs
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throughout [A] the South
_ He _ _ _ [D] spoke with tears [F#m] of _ 15 [Bm] _ years.
How his dog [D] in him
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ traveled [A] about _
His _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ dog [D] up and died, you know his [F#] dog up and [B] died
_ [Bm] _
After _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ 20 [A] years, he still [F#m] _ grieved
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] He said I dance now at every chance in a [Bm] honky _ _ [D]-tonk
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_ _ _ for [A] drinks and tips
_ _ _ _ [D] But most the time I [C#m] spend behind these [Bm] county _ bars
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Cuz I [A] drinks a bit
_ _ He _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ shook [D] his head
_ _ [F#] And as he [Bm] shook his head, _ I _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ heard someone [A] asked me
[F#m] _ _ _ _ Mr.
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[A] _ _ _ Bojangles, _ _ _
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mr.
[A] _ Bojangles _ _ _ [F#m] I
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a man _ [F#m] Bojangles and he danced for [Bm] you
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