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Chords in this song11
Song
Bob Dylan - Mr. Bojangles
Written by: Jerry Jeff Walker
Dylan's cover released on the album "Dylan" (1973)
OK, basically I find this song easiest to play by fingerpicking. Use your thumb
to play the bass notes on the first and third count of every measure and your
fingers to strum.
C/B = x2x010
Am7/G = 3x2010
C/G = 3x2010
G7 = 323003
Intro
| C | % | % | % |
Verse 1
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
Silver hair, ragged shirt and baggy pants
That old soft shoe
He'd jump so high, he'd jump so high
Then he'd lightly touch down
Chorus
Mr. Bojangles!
Mr. Bojangles!
Dance ...
Verse 2
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
as he spoke right out
He talked of life, he talked of life,
laughing slapped his leg stale
Chorus
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Dance ...
Verse 3
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick
all across the cell
He grabbed his pants for a better stance,
oh, he jumped so high and clicked up his heels
He let go a laugh, he let go a laugh,
shook back his clothes all around
Chorus
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Dance, yeah, dance
Verse 4
He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
throughout the south
He spoke with tears of 15 years
of how his dog and him just traveled all about
His dog up and died, he up and died,
and after 20 years he still grieves
Chorus
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Dance ...
Verse 5
He said "I dance now at every chance at honky-tonks
for drinks and tips
But most of the time I spend behind these county bars,
'cause I drinks a bit"
He shook his head, and then he shook his head,
I heard someone ask him, please?
Chorus
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Dance ...
Dance ...
Mr. Bojangles, dance
Dance ...
(fade out)
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