Chords for Sammy Davis Jr - Mr. Bojangles (Live in Germany 1985)

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_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
This song, _ [Bb] _ _
[C] I could not do a show _ [Fm]
[Ab] without including this [Bb] song.
I certainly [Cm] wouldn't do a show here without including it.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ It's very [Cm] special to me. _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _
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_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ _ [F] [Cm] I knew a man, [Bb] poached ankles [Cm] and he danced for you.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
He had silver _ [Bb] _
_ hair, _ [D] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] ragged shirt, [C] _
baggy [Gm] pants.
_ _ [Ab] _
He went to the old [Bb] _
soft shoe.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ He could jump [G] so high, _ jump [Cm] so high.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Am] _
And then he'd lightly [Bb] _
_ touch _ _ _ _ _ down.
_ [Eb] _
_ [Gm] I met him in a cell [Cm]
in New [Gm] Orleans I was.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ I [Bb] was down and out.
_ [D] _ [Eb] He looked to me [Bb] to be the [Cm] very eyes of [Gm] age.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ As he [Bb] spoke right out, _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] talked of life.
[G] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] Talked of [Am] life.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Laughed, slapped his leg a step.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] He said his name [Bb] was Poach Ankles.
[Cm] Then he danced a [Bb] lick.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] Right across the cell.
[C] _ [Fm] _ [Eb]
Grab his pants, [Bb] take a little [Cm] stance, jump up [Gm] high.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ That's when [Bb] he _ _ clicked [Gm] his [Ab] heels.
_ _ Then he let [Gm] go that laugh.
[G] _ _ _ [Cm]
Lord, Lord, [Eb] Lord, he let go [A] a laugh.
_ _ Shaped [Bb] back his clothes all around. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ That was Mr.
[Bb] Poach _ _ _ Ankles.
[Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
[Bb] Poach _ _ Ankles.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
[Bb] Poach _ _ _ Ankles.
[Cm]
The man [Eb] could dance.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Told me of the [Bb] times he worked [Cm] with minstrel [Gm] shows.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ Traveling [Bb] throughout the South.
_ _ _ [Eb]
Spoke with [Bb] tears of fifteen years [Cm] how his dog [Gm] and he.
_ [Ab] _
They would travel [Bb] _
about.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ But [Gm] his dog haven't died.
_ _ [Cm] A dog _ [Eb] just got [A] old and died.
After twenty [Fm]
[Eb] years he'd still [Bb] breathe.
_ [Ab] _
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_ [Bb] He said I dance now [Cm] at every chance and [Bb] _ honky [Ab] tonks.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
For my tricks and tips.
[Eb] The most of the [Bb] time I spend [Cm]
behind [Gm] these county bars.
[Ab] _
_ _ You see son, [Bb] _
I tricked a bit.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Then he shook his head.
_ [Cm] _
Oh, [Eb] _ _ _ [A]
when he shook his head.
[Ab]
I [Bb] could swear I heard someone [Eb] say [Bb] please.
_ [G] _ [Cm] _
_ That's Mr.
[Bb] Poach Ankles.
_ _ _ [Cm]
Call me Mr.
[Bb] Poach Ankles.
_ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
[Bb] Poach _ Ankles.
Come [Eb] back please.
_ [Gm] Dance, _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] dance, dance.
[Cm] _
_ _ Mr.
[Bb] Poach _ _ _ _ [Cm] Ankles.
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _
Poach _ _ [Cm] Ankles.
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb]
Poach _ _ _ [Eb] Ankles.
_ Dance.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ Won't you come back and dance.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
Please [Bb] Poach Ankles.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] We [Eb] need to [Cm] see you _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] dance again.
_ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ [Cm] _
Mr.
[Bb] Poach, Mr.
[Cm] _
Poach.
Mr. _ _
Poach _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] Ankles.
_ [C] _ [Cm] _
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[C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ [Fm] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ [Fm] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Thank you.
Thank you very, very much. _
You have been a beautiful, _ wonderful audience.
Thank you. _ _