Sammy Davis Jr. - Mr Bojangles

      Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.

Capo on 3 for original key in Eb.

"Boom chicka- chicka, boom chicka- chicka, boom chicka- chicka, boom chicka- chicka,

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boom chicka- chicka"
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 [Whistle]
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[VERSE 1]
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I knew a man         Bojangles and he'll dance for you
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          In worn out shoes
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    With silver hair,       a ragged shirt       and baggy pants
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         He would do the old    soft shoe
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         He would jump so high,         jump so high
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then he’d lightly                     touch down

[VERSE 2]
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    He told me of a time    he worked with    -    with  minstrel shows
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        traveling throughout the south
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   He spoke with tears     for 15 years, how his,    how his dog and he,
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         they would travel about
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         But his dog up and died,                         curled up and died
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      and after 20 years he still grieves

[VERSE 3]
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    He said “I dance now at      every chance in Honky Tonks
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         for my drinks and tips
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    But most the time I       spend behind these county bars
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            you see son I,   I drinks a bit
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           Then he shook his head,            O Lord,    when he shook his head
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      I could swear I heard someone say please,   ...please

[CHORUS]
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     That’s Mr. Bojangles,             Call him Mr. Bojangles
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    Mr. Bojangles   Come back and dance, and dance, and dance, please dance

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     Mr. Bojangles,             Mr Bojangles             Mr. Bojangles
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Dance.
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                           Come back and dance again.
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                                                     Please Bojangles.
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                [Whistle]
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                [Whistle]
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