MR. BOJANGLES
Jerry Jeff Walker

CAPO: 2nd fret (key of D, played as C)  (Jerry Jeff Walker version)
 OR
CAPO: 7th fret (key of G, played as C)  (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band version)

INTRO:  C   C/B  Am  Am7/G  (x2)

VERSE 1:
  C             C/B               Am             Am7/G
I knew a man, Bojangles, and he'd dance for you
F           G
In worn out shoes
C               C/B              Am           Am7/G
Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
F                   G
He did the old soft shoe
F            Em    E         Am    Am7/G
He jumped so high, jumped so high
D9/F#                   G     G/E  G/F  G/E
Then he'd lightly touch down

CHORUS:
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G        C    C/B   Am   Am7/G
Mr. Bojangles, dance

VERSE 2:
C              C/B     Am           Am7/G
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
F              G
I was down and out
C                  C/B    Am           Am7/G
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
F                G
As the smoke ran out
F            Em    E         Am    Am7/G
He talked of life, talked of life
D9/F#                             G        G/E  G/F  G/E
He laughed, clicked his heals and stepped

VERSE 3:
   C               C/B            Am             Am7/G
He said his name Bojangles and he danced a lick
F          G
Across the cell
   C                       C/B                   Am              Am7/G
He grabbed his pants for a better stance then he jumped so high
F              G
He clicked his heels
F           Em           E        Am     Am7/G
He let go a laugh, oh he let go a laugh
D9/F#                       G      G/E  G/F  G/E
Shook back his clothes all around

CHORUS:
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G        C    C/B   Am   Am7/G
Mr. Bojangles, dance

VERSE 4:
        C                   C/B                Am            Am7/G
Said he danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
F              G
Throughout the South
   C                   C/B                   Am           Am7/G
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him
F             G
Had traveled about
F              Em    E         Am    Am7/G
His dog up and died, he up and died
D9/F#                       G        G/E  G/F  G/E
After twenty years he still grieves

VERSE 5:
C                     C/B             Am           Am7/G
Said he danced now at every chance in honky-tonks
F              G
For drinks and tips
    C               C/B                Am           Am7/G
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
F                 G
'Cause I drinks a bit
F            Em       E               Am    Am7/G
He shook his head and as he shook his head
D9/F#                    G       G/E  G/F  G/E
I heard someone ask him, please

CHORUS:
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G
Mr. Bojangles
Am    G        C    C/B   Am   Am7/G   F   Em   Dm   C
Mr. Bojangles, dance