WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | David Bromberg - Mr Bojangles Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
F G7
In worn out shoes
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With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants
F G7
He did the old soft shoe
F C E7 Am Am/G
He jumped so high, you know he jumped so high
D7/F# G G6 G7 G6 G
And then he lightly touched down
[Chorus]
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
C’mon dance
[Verse 2]
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
I met him in a cell down in New Orleans, alright
F G7
I was down and out
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He looked to me to be the eyes of age
F G7
As he spoke right out
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He talked of life, yes, he talked of life
D7/F# G G6 G7 G6 G
He laughed and slapped his leg a step
[Verse 3]
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
He said the name Bojangles and then he danced a lick
F G7
Across the cell
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He grabbed his pants a better stance, oh, he jumped up high, high
F G7
He clicked his heels
F C E7 Am Am/G
He let go a laugh, you know he let go a laugh
D7/F# G G6 G7 G6 G
He shook back his clothes all around
[Chorus]
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
C’mon dance
[Spoken Interlude]
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This is really a true story, ya know. A lot of people had heard the song
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And well, at least Jerry Jeff has told me it was a true story
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I played guitar with Jerry Jeff Walker for about two years and
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We did this song every night for two years and I never got tired of it
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Jerry got a little tired of it
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At night after the clubs closed we would do horrible things to it
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It was a true story, he, this guy, Bojangles was a
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He was a street dancer in New Orleans. What he do was go from bar to bar
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And ah, he put-a, he put money in the jukebox or get someone else to do it
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And then he would either dance or pantomime the tune, right and for that people would buy him drinks
C C/B Am7
Get him pretty drunk, and then he would go onto the next bar and
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The next one until it was closing time and then he would do it the next night and
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After a few night of this, he would end up on the corner
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And the cops would pick him up and take him to the drunk-tank
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Which is where Jerry Jeff met him
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Ah, Jerry Jeff wasn’t there on a research project, I...
C C/B
I mean the way I got that story, I, I may have that wrong
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But the way I got that was he propositioned the right woman, at the right time, in the wrong place
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And her husband, the bartender
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Ah, called the cops and they, ah
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They took Jerry, ah, to the parish jail
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And he, he and this guy just talked for three days in the cell about
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You know about what he does
[Verse 4]
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He said he danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
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Throughout the south
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He spoke with tears of fifteen years, how his dog and him
F G7
Traveled about
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His dog up and died, you know his dog up and died
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After twenty years he still grieves
[Verse 5]
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He said, I dance now at every chance in honky-tonks
F G7
For drinks and tips
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But most the time I spend behind these county bars
F G7
‘Cause I drinks a bit
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He shook his head and as he shook his head
D7/F# G G6 G7 G6 G
I heard someone ask please
[Chorus]
Amadd9 G7 Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles
Amadd9 G7
Mister Bojangles, c’mon
[Instrumental Interlude]
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
| F | F | G7 | G7 |
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
| F | F | G7 | G7 |
| F | F | C | E7 |
| Am | Am/G | D7/F# | D7/F# |
| G | G6 | G7 | G6 G |
| Amadd9 | Amadd9 | G7 | G7 |
| Amadd9 | Amadd9 | G7 | G7 |
| Amadd9 | Amadd9 | G7 | G7 |
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
| C | C/B | Am7 | Am7/G |
[Outro]
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G7 C
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
