Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles [*] guitar chord

Mister Bojangles

Jerry Jeff Walker

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@satx.rr.com

Capo 3

C C/B Am Am/G F G

I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you, in worn out shoes

C C/B Am Am/G F G

With silver hair a ragged shirt and baggy pants, he did the old soft shoe

F C C/B Am Am/G D G

He jumped so high, jumped so high, then he lightly touched down

Chorus:

Am G

Mister Bojangles

Am G

Mister Bojangles

Am G

Mister Bojangles

C C/B Am Am/G

Dance

I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was down and out

He looked at me to be the eyes of age as he spoke right out

He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed slapped his leg a step

He said his name, Bojangles, then he danced a lick, across the cell

He grabbed his pants a better stance and he jumped up high and clicked his heels

He let go a laugh, let go a laugh, shook back his clothes all around

Chorus

He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the south

He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and he traveled about

His dog up and died, up and died, after twenty years he still grieved

He said, "I dance now at every chance in honky tonks for drinks and tips

But most of them I spend behind these county bars," He said, "I drinks a bit.

He shook his head and as he shook his head, I heard someone ask him please

Chorus