Chords for Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.

[Am] _ _ [D] _ [Gb] Of all the people we talk [Em] about when I could I remember I [E] wrote the book yes, I can and talked about all [Em] the old friends
Name some of the hoofers that were around in your [Fm] day.
Well, [C] I say Bill Robinson [Eb] the greatest _
_ [Fm] _ [Cm] Team called Co van and ruffin
_ _ Sammy Van Hurst [Gb] many dancing acts that [G] never made it never never [C] made it big
That's the [Gb] feel that's the thing I feel when I you heard me say this and you know, I feel this way
But I do Bojangles.
[Bb]
I
Don't [Eb] feel that I'm talking about Bill Robinson, but I feel [Bb] that I'm talking about all the [C] black hoofers
[Bb] Who never [D] really made it?
[Eb] another
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] Changes [Cm] any dance for [Gm] _ you
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] in war-torn
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] Shoes silver hair [Dm] ragged shirt [C] and baggy [Gm] pants
[D] He _ [Ab] _
_ would do [Bb] the old soft shoes
_ [Ab] He _ _ _ could [Gm] jump so [G] high
[A] _ [B] [Cm] Jump so [Eb] high
_ [A] And _ then he'd like me [Bb] touchdown _ I _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ met him [Dm] in a cell
[Cm] They knew what means I [Gm] was
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Well, I was down and out
He [Eb] looked to me [Bb] to be [Cm] the very eyes [Gm] of age
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] As he spoke right out
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] talked of
_ [G] God [Am] _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ that man [Eb] tough tonight [A] in that
_ _ [Eb] Slap his name
[Bb] _
He _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] said his name [Bb] was Bojangles
[Cm] Then he danced the [Gm] lick
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Right across the cell [Eb] he grabbed his pants [Dm] took a better stance
[C] _ [Cm] jumped up [Gm] high
_ _ [Ab] _ _ That's when he
_ [Bb] _ _ Clipped his he's
[Ab] _ _ _ _
Then he [Gm] let go
_ [G] _ Lord
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] He let go and
[A] _ _ Shook back his [C] clothes
_ [Bb] All around
_ That _
_ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ was mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles [Gm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles _
_ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] Bojangles
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Cm] They _ _ [Bb] told [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ me [Bb] other times
_ [Cm] He worked with minstrel [Gm]
shows
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] traveling around the south
_ [Eb] He spoke with tears
[Gm] _ 15 [Cm] years
How his [Gm] dog and he _ [Ab] _ _ _
they used to [Bb] travel about _
[Ab] But _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] his dog up inside
_ _ [Cm] God's up [Bb] inside
_ [A] And _ after 20 years
[Ab] He's still [Bb] _
free
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Said I dance [Cm] now at every chance and [Gm] honky-tonks
[Ab] _ _ _ _
for [Bb] my drinks and chips
the _ [Eb] most the [Bb] town I
[Cm] Spend behind these
[Gm] I
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Shook _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ his head
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] Lord when [Eb] he shook [A] his head I
Could swear [Bb] _ I heard someone say, please please _
_ _ [Cm] Mr. _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles
[Cm] Come [Dm] back [Eb] and dance [Gm] a dance.
[Cm] Please dance [Eb] dance _ [Cm] now _ _
Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Mr.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] Bojangles
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ Come [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] back
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ Please [Bb]
Bojangles, _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm]
I wanna [Cm] see you _ [Bb]
dance [Cm] Again _ _
Mr. [D] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Bojangles
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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