Mr Bojangles Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author Coffeemaster [a] 70.

2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 4, 2020

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Chords

C/B

Am7/G

D9/F#

Am/G

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[Verse 1]
C                C/B            Am              Am7/G
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
F              G
   In worn out shoes
C                C/B             Am             Am7/G
Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
F                   G
   He did the old soft shoe
F                C
   He jumped so high
C/B        Am     Am7/G
jumped so high
D9/F#                    G
Then he'd lightly touch down
 
 
[Refrain]
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G        C    C/B   Am    Am7/G
   Mister Bojangles, dance
 
 
[Verse 2]
C               C/B            Am             Am7/G
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
F                   G
    I was down and out
C                C/B            Am            Am7/G
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
F                      G
    As he spoke right out
F                C
    He talked of life
C/B        Am     Am7/G
talked of life
D9/F#                         G
He laughed slapped his leg a step
 
 
[Refrain]
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G        C    C/B   Am    Am7/G
   Mister Bojangles, dance
 
 
[Verse 3]
C                C/B              Am             Am7/G
He said his name Bojangles and he danced
F              G
      a lick across the cell
C                C/B              Am              Am7/G
He grabbed his pants for a better stance
F                      G
    then he jumped so high
F                  C
    clicked he heels
C/B          Am            Am7/G
He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
D9/F#                         G
Shook back his clothes all around
 
 
[Refrain]
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G        C    C/B   Am    Am/G
   Mister Bojangles, dance
 
 
[Verse 4]
C                           C/B                Am                           Am7/G
Said He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South
F                               G
He spoke with tears of fifteen years
C                 C/B         Am          Am7/G
how his dog and him traveled about
F                C     C/B      Am        Am7/G
His dog up and died He up and died
D9/F#                         G
After twenty years he still grieves
 
 
[Refrain]
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G        C    C/B   Am    Am7/G
   Mister Bojangles, dance
 
 
[Verse 5]
C              C/B             Am            Am7/G
Said he danced now at every chance
F                               G
in honky-tonks for drinks and tips
C              C/B             Am            Am7/G
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
F                G
'Cause I drinks a bit
F              C         C/B           Am    Am7/G
He shook his head and as he shook his head
F                         G
I heard someone ask him please
 
 
[Refrain]
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G
   Mister Bojangles
Am          G        C    C/B   Am    Am7/G
   Mister Bojangles, dance
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5 comments

This is it, thanks and cheers

Great tab! Just change the C/B to an E in the second to last line of verses 3-5. That should satisfy the previous comment. Let me know if I'm wrong.

Chords for parts of verses 3-5 are way off. Not 5 stars