Chords for Nina Simone Mr Bojangles

[F#] _ _ I knew a [C#] man called [D#m] Jangles and he [F#] danced for you
[B] _ _ _ _ Worn [C#] out _ [D#m] shoes
[C#] _
[F#] With [C#] silver hair, a [D#m] ragged shirt and [F#] baggy _ [B] pants
_ [G#m] The old [D#] soft _ [C#] shoes _
[D#m] He _ _ _ [A#m] jumped so high, [D] _ jumped [F#] so high _ _ _
[G#] _ _ Then he lightly [C#] touched her down _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] _ I [C#] met him in a [F#] cell in New Orleans I _ _ [B] was
_ [G#m] _ Down and out
[F] _ [B] _ [C#] _
[F#] _ He [C#] looked at me to [A#m] be the [B] eyes of [F#] _ age
[B] _ _ [G#m] As he spoke [C#] [B] right _ [C#] out
[D#m] He _ _ _ _ [A#m]
talked of [C#] _ [A#] life, [D#m] talked of _ _ life
[C] He laughed [G#] and slapped his [C#] legs to death _ _
Mr.
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ Bojangles _
[D#m] _ _ Mr. _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ Bojangles
[B] _ Mr. _ _ _
_ _ _ Bojangles
[C#m] _
[F#] He _ [B] said _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ his [A#m] name _ [F#] Bojangles
Then he danced for me _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] Across the _ [C#] cell _
[F#] He _ grabbed his pants, a pair [B] of [F#] stamps
Oh how he jumped up [B] high
_ He _ _
[C#] clicked his _ _ _ _
[D#m] heels
He [A#m] let go alive, [A#] _ _
[D#m] let go alive
He _
[G#] _ stood up and shook back his [F#m] clothes all around
_ _ [C#] _
_ He _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [A#m] danced for [F#] those administral shows and county _
[B] _ fairs
Throughout _ the [C#] cell _ _
[F#] He [A#m] spoke with the tears [D#m] of 15 [F#] years
How his [B] dog and [G#m] he _ _ _ traveled [C#] about _ _
[D#m] His _ _ _ [A#m]
dog up and _ [A#] died, [D#m] he just up and died _ _
[G#] _ _ After 20 [C#] years he still _ _ grieved _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ Mr.
_ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _
[F#] Bojangles
Mr.
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ Bojangles _
[B] _ Mr. _ _ _
_ _ _ Bojangles
[F#] He _ _ [B] _ said [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I [C#] dance now at every [D#m] chance and honky [F#] _ -tonk
[B] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] For drinks [G#m] and _ [B] _ [C#] [F#] tips
[C#] But _ most of [D#m] the time I spend behind these county [B] bars
He said I [C#] drink for beer
_ [D#m] He _ _ _ shook [A#m] his head
_ [A#] _ And as [D#m] he shook his head
_ _ I [G#]
heard someone _ [C#] respectfully ask me _ _ _
_ _ Mr.
[D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _
Bojangles
Mr.
[D#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
Bojangles
_ [B] _ Mr.
_ _ _ _ _ _
Bojangles [C#] dance
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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