{t:Mr. Bojangles}
{st:Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)}
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{eot}
{c:Intro}
[/] [C]  [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] [Am7]  [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] 
[/] [C]  [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] [Am7]  [/] [Cmaj7] 


I [/] [C] knew a man Bo- [/] [Cmaj7] jangles and he'd [/] [Am7] dance for you [/] [Cmaj7]... [/]
[/] [F]... In [/] [F] worn out [/] [G7] shoes [/] [G7]... 
With [/] [C] silver hair, a [/] [Cmaj7] ragged shirt and [/] [Am7] baggy pants [/] [Cmaj7]... [/]
[/] [F]... The [/] [F] old soft [/] [G7] shoe [/] [G7]... [/]
[/] [F]... He [/] [F] jumped so [/] [C] high, [/] [E7] jumped so [/] [Am] high [/] [Am7].... [/] 
[/] [D7] Then he [/] [D7] lightly touched [/] [G7] down [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] [/]


{soc}
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/]  
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/]
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/] 
[/] [C] dance [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] [Am7]  [/] [Cmaj7] 
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I [/] [C] met him in a [/] [Cmaj7] cell in New Or- [/] [Am7] leans I was [/] [Cmaj7]... [/]
[/] [F]... [/] [F] Down and [/] [G7] out [/] [G7]... 
He [/] [C] looked to me to [/] [Cmaj7] be, the [/] [Am7] eyes of age [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F]... As he [/] [F] spoke right [/] [G7] out [/] [G7] [/]
[/] [F]... He [/] [F] talked of [/] [C] life, [/] [E7] talked of [/] [Am] life [/] [Am7] [/]
[/] [D7]... He [/] [D7] laughed, slapped his leg and [/] [G7] stepped [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] 


He [/] [C] said his name "Bo- [/] [Cmaj7] jangles" and he [/] [Am7] danced a lick [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F]... A- [/] [F] cross the [/] [G7] cell [/] [G7] 
He [/] [C] grabbed his pants and [/] [Cmaj7] spread his stance
Oh he [/] [Am7] jumped so high [/] [Cmaj7] [/] 
[/] [F]... He [/] [F] clicked his [/] [G7] heels [/] [G7] [/]
[/] [F]... He [/] [F] let go a [/] [C] laugh, [/] [E7] let go a [/] [Am] laugh[/] [Am7] [/]
[/] [D7] And shook [/] [D7] back his clothes all a- [/] [G7] round [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] [/]


{soc}
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/]  
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/]
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]  [/] 
[/] [C] dance [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] [Am7]  [/] [Cmaj7] 
{eoc}


{c:Instrumental}
[/] [C] [/] [Cmaj7] [/] [Am7] [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [F]     [/] [G7]  [/] [G7]    [/]  
[/] [C] [/] [Cmaj7] [/] [Am7] [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [F]     [/] [G7]  [/] [G7]    [/]
[/] [F] [/] [F]   [/] [C]  [/] [E7]     [/] [Am] [/] [Am7] [/]
[/] [D7] [/] [D7] [/] [G7] [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7]  [/]


He [/] [C] danced for those at [/] [Cmaj7] minstrel shows and [/] [Am7] county fairs [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F] Through- [/] [F] out the [/] [G7] south [/] [G7] 
He [/] [C] spoke through tears of [/] [Cmaj7] fifteen years how his [/] [Am7] dog and him [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F]... [/] [F] Traveled a- [/] [G7] bout [/] [G7]  [/]
[/] [F]... The [/] [F] dog up and [/] [C] died, [/] [E7] he up and [/] [Am] died [/] [Am7] [/]
[/] [D7] And after twenty [/] [D7] years he still [/] [G7] grieves [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] 


He [/] [C] said “I dance now at [/] [Cmaj7] every chance in [/] [Am7] honky tonks [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F]... For [/] [F] drinks and [/] [G7] tips [/] [G7] 
But [/] [C] most the time I [/] [Cmaj7] spend behind these [/] [Am7] county bars [/] [Cmaj7] [/]
[/] [F]... 'Cuz I [/] [F] drinks a [/] [G7] bit” [/] [G7] [/]
[/] [F]... He [/] [F] shook his [/] [C] head, and [/] [E7] as he shook his [/] [Am] head [/] [Am7] [/] 
[/] [D7] I heard [/] [D7] someone ask [/] [G7] please [/] [G7sus4] [/] [G7] [/] [G7] [/]


{soc}
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]    [/]  
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]    [/]
[/] [Am]  [/] [Am] Mr. Bo- [/] [G] jangles [/] [G]    [/] 
[/] [C] dance [/] [Cmaj7]  [/] [Am7]  [/] [Cmaj7] [/] [C↓] 
{eoc}  


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