Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
:G7sus4:

3/4 | d - D - D - |
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Intro
| [C]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]   |
| [C]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

I | [C] knew a man Bo- | [Cmaj7] jangles and he'd | [Am7] dance for you | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... In | [F] worn out | [G7] shoes | [G7]...
With | [C] silver hair, a | [Cmaj7] ragged shirt and | [Am7] baggy pants | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... The | [F] old soft | [G7] shoe | [G7]... |
| [F]... He | [F] jumped so | [C] high, | [E7] jumped so | [Am] high | [Am7].... |
| [D7] Then he | [D7] lightly touched | [G7] down | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

I | [C] met him in a | [Cmaj7] cell in New Or- | [Am7] leans I was | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... | [F] Down and | [G7] out | [G7]...
He | [C] looked to me to | [Cmaj7] be, the | [Am7] eyes of age | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... As he | [F] spoke right | [G7] out | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] talked of | [C] life, | [E7] talked of | [Am] life | [Am7] |
| [D7]... He | [D7] laughed, slapped his leg and | [G7] stepped | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]

He | [C] said his name "Bo- | [Cmaj7] jangles" and he | [Am7] danced a lick | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... A- | [F] cross the | [G7] cell | [G7]
He | [C] grabbed his pants and | [Cmaj7] spread his stance
Oh he | [Am7] jumped so high | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... He | [F] clicked his | [G7] heels | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] let go a | [C] laugh, | [E7] let go a | [Am] laugh | [Am7] |
| [D7] And shook | [D7] back his clothes all a- | [G7] round | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

Instrumental
| [C] | [Cmaj7] | [Am7] | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] | [F]     | [G7]   | [G7]     |   
| [C] | [Cmaj7] | [Am7] | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] | [F]     | [G7]   | [G7]     |
| [F] | [F]   | [C]   | [E7]     | [Am] | [Am7] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]   |

He | [C] danced for those at | [Cmaj7] minstrel shows and | [Am7] county fairs | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] Through- | [F] out the | [G7] south | [G7]
He | [C] spoke through tears of | [Cmaj7] fifteen years how his | [Am7] dog and him | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... | [F] Traveled a- | [G7] bout | [G7]   |
| [F]... The | [F] dog up and | [C] died, | [E7] he up and | [Am] died | [Am7] |
| [D7] And after twenty | [D7] years he still | [G7] grieves | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]

He | [C] said “I dance now at | [Cmaj7] every chance in | [Am7] honky tonks | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... For | [F] drinks and | [G7] tips | [G7]
But | [C] most the time I | [Cmaj7] spend behind these | [Am7] county bars | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... 'Cuz I | [F] drinks a | [G7] bit” | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] shook his | [C] head, and | [E7] as he shook his | [Am] head | [Am7] |
| [D7] I heard | [D7] someone ask | [G7] please | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7] | [C↓]
  


#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 5/04/18 JJ
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