Sammy Davis Jr.- Mr. Bojangles (originally in D#)
Intro: D ?? F#m ?? Bm ?? A ( 6 x)
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I knew a man Bojangles
BmA
And he'd dance for you
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In worn out shoes
DF#m
With silver hair a ragged shirt
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And baggy pants
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He would do the old soft shoe
GAF#7
He would jump so high
BmE
Jump so high
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Then he lightly ? touch down
DF#m
He told me of the time he worked with
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Minstrel shows
GA
Travelling throughout the south
DF#m
He spoke with tears of fifteen years
BmA
How his dog and he
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They would travel about.
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But his dog up and died
BmE
? ? He up and died
GAGA
And after twenty years he still grieved
DF#m
He said "I dance now
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At every chance in the Honky Tonks
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For my drinks and tips
DF#m
But most the time I spend
BmA
Behind these county bars
GA
You see son I drinks a bit"
GAFBm
Then he shook his head
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Oh lord when he shook his head
GAGA
I could swear I heard somebody say please please
BmF#m
That??s Mister Bojangles
BmF#m
Call him Mister Bojangles
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Mister Bojangles come back and dance
F#mBmA
Dance and dance please dance
BmF#m
Mister Bojangles
BmF#m
Mister Bojangles
BmF#m
Mister Bojangles
AD
Come back and dance
F#mBmA
And dance and dance please dance
Come back and dance again please Bojangles
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