Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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[Verse 1]
C
Got my irons in the fire down in Texas
C C7 G
Got a toe hold in Tennessee
F G C Am
Got my foot in the door of that California Store
C G C
Now I'm up to my ears in me
[Chorus]
C F C
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
C F G
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
F C
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
C G C
It's all just public domain
[Verse 2]
C
I took a bite of the Big Apple
C C7 G
And I dabbled in that forbidden fruit
F G
No they promised me points
C Am
And they slipped me skinny joints
C G Am
And I've yet to see me any loot
C G C
From that man in the high-heeled Gucci shoes
[Chorus]
C F C
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
C F G
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
F C
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
C G C
It's all just public domain
[Instrumental]
C C C C
C C C G
C C F C
C C G C C# D
[Verse 3]
D
I sang in the Red River Valley
D D7 A
I've drank with the whores in Santa Fe
D D7 G
Yeah, I ran with the snuff queens in Dallas
D A Bm
Like I ran from Snow White in L. A.
D A D
Now I've broken all my vows to Demolay
[Chorus]
D G D
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
D G A
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
G D
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
D A D
It's all just public domain
D A D
It makes sense to get into the rain
C
Got my irons in the fire down in Texas
C C7 G
Got a toe hold in Tennessee
F G C Am
Got my foot in the door of that California Store
C G C
Now I'm up to my ears in me
[Chorus]
C F C
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
C F G
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
F C
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
C G C
It's all just public domain
[Verse 2]
C
I took a bite of the Big Apple
C C7 G
And I dabbled in that forbidden fruit
F G
No they promised me points
C Am
And they slipped me skinny joints
C G Am
And I've yet to see me any loot
C G C
From that man in the high-heeled Gucci shoes
[Chorus]
C F C
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
C F G
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
F C
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
C G C
It's all just public domain
[Instrumental]
C C C C
C C C G
C C F C
C C G C C# D
[Verse 3]
D
I sang in the Red River Valley
D D7 A
I've drank with the whores in Santa Fe
D D7 G
Yeah, I ran with the snuff queens in Dallas
D A Bm
Like I ran from Snow White in L. A.
D A D
Now I've broken all my vows to Demolay
[Chorus]
D G D
Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar
D G A
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
G D
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
D A D
It's all just public domain
D A D
It makes sense to get into the rain
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