Django Walker - Modern Day Bojangles guitar chord

Modern Day Bojangles

By Django Walker

This song is done with walkdowns from D to G to Em in the verses

Intro chords:

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

Well he’s a modern day Bojangles and his mind became tangled

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

As he’s talking to the pigeons and the people passing by

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

Now the hookers and the holy men, they both tried to save him

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

But everything they talked of seemed to sound just like a lie

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# Em

He’s a dancer from the Southland and he’s proud to take a home stand

D D/F# D/E D/A G G/F# D

Against this big old city that keeps looking over for him

Chorus:

G D

Gonna keep on dancing, keep on rolling time away

Bm E7 A

Life’s not a waltz; it’s a faster pace

G D

Keep on two stepping, through it all and

Bm E7 A

How you live your life’s your own damn call

His daddy helped him keep the happiness in his soul

Promised that he’d pass it down when he got too old

Stranger came along one day, took his heart away

Always thought the dancing would bring him back someday

Chorus

Now he’s sitting on the curbside and his memories tends to fade

The pigeons they all sing his songs and the people just turn away

Now he’s keeping hookers and the holy men at bay

They say, “dance with me Bojangles” and he doesn’t hesitate

Chorus