Chords for Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles | Lyrics Meaning

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[C] I [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[C] _ [D] [Eb] knew a man, [Gm] _
Bojangles, [Cm] and he'd dance [Bb] for you _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] in worn out shoes
[Eb] With silver hair, [Gm] a ragged shirt, [Cm] _ _ [Bb] baggy pants
_ [Ab] _ _ _ He would do [Bb] the old soft shoe _
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He [Gm] could jump so [G] high, _ [Cm] jump so [Eb] high
[A] And _ then he'd lightly [Ab] _ touch down
[Bb] I _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Eb] met him in [G] a cell [Cm] in New Orleans [Bb] I was
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Well I [Bb] was down and out, _ _
[Eb] he looked to me [Gm] to be the [Cm] very eyes of _ [Eb] age
_ [Ab] _ _ _ As he [Bb] spoke right out, _
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[Gm] he talked of life
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[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] Lord he talked [A] of life, _ laughed, [Ab] slapped his leg a step _
He _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] said his name was _ [Gm] Bojangles, [Cm] then he danced a lick [Bb] _ _ _
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[Bb] right across the cell
He [Eb] grabbed his pants, [Gm] took a better stance, [Cm] jumped up [Bb] high _ _
[Ab] _ That's when he _
[Bb] _ clicked his heels
[Ab] _ Then _ _ [Gm] he let go a laugh, [B] _ _
[Cm] _ Lord he [Eb] let go a [A] laugh
_ _ Shook back [Bb] his clothes all around _
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[Cm] _ That was Mr. _
[Bb] _ Bojangles, _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ Mr. _
[Bb] _ _ Bojangles, _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ Mr. _
[Bb] _ Bojangles _ _ _
[Eb] _ Lord he [Eb] could [Cm] dance
_ He _ _ _ _ told [Dm] me of the times [Cm] he worked for [Bb] minstrel shows
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[Bb] Traveling throughout the South
[Eb] He spoke with tears of [Dm] fifteen [Cm] years
How his dog and [Bb] he, _
[Ab] _ _ _ they just [Bb] traveled about _ _
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[Gm] But his dog up and [G] died, _ [Cm] _ dog up [G] and died
[A] _ _ _ And after [Bb] twenty years he still _ breathed _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] He said I danced [Cm] now at every chance [Bb] and honky-tonks
[Ab] For _ _ _
_ [Bb] my drinks and chips
_ [Eb] But most of the [Gm] time I spend [Cm] behind these county [Bb] bars _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ You see [Bb] son I drink a bit _
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Then [Gm] he shook his head, _
_ [Cm] Lord when he shook his head
[A] _ _ I could swear [Bb] I heard someone _ say _ peace _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] Bojangles, _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ _ Bojangles come [C] back [Eb] and dance
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Dance, [Cm] _ dance, [Eb] please [Cm] dance
_ _ Mr.
_ [Bb] _ Bojangles, _ _
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_ [Bb] Mr. _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ Bojangles
[C] Mr.
[Eb] Bojangles _ _ _ [D]
dance
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[Bb] _ [Eb] _ Why [Gm] can't you come [Cm] back and _ [Bb] dance _
[Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] Please _ [Cm] Bojangles
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[Eb] Mmm _ [Gm] dance _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] Again
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