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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I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
D7
In worn out shoes
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Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
D C
He did the old soft shoe
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He jumped so high he jumped so high
D D7
Then he'd lightly touch down
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I met him in a cell in New Orleans
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I was down and out
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He looked to me to be the eyes of age
D C
As he spoke right out
B7 Em A7
He talked of life he talked of life
D D7
He laughed slapped his leg a step
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He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick, across the cell
G Bm Em C
He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
D7
He clicked his heels
C D7 Em A7
He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
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SHook back his clothes all around
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
G Bm
He danced for those at minstrel shows
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and county fairs, throughout the South
G Bm
He spoke with tears of fifteen years
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how his dog and him, traveled about
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His dog up and died he up and died
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After twenty years he still grieves
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He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks, for drinks and tips
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But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
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Hell I drinks a bit
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He sHook his head and as he sHook his head
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I heard someone ask him please
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
D7
In worn out shoes
G Bm Em C
Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
D C
He did the old soft shoe
B7 Em A7
He jumped so high he jumped so high
D D7
Then he'd lightly touch down
G Bm Em C
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
D
I was down and out
G Bm Em C
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
D C
As he spoke right out
B7 Em A7
He talked of life he talked of life
D D7
He laughed slapped his leg a step
G Bm Em C D7
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick, across the cell
G Bm Em C
He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
D7
He clicked his heels
C D7 Em A7
He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
D D7 Em
SHook back his clothes all around
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
D
Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
G Bm
He danced for those at minstrel shows
Em C D7
and county fairs, throughout the South
G Bm
He spoke with tears of fifteen years
Em C D7 C
how his dog and him, traveled about
B7 Em A7
His dog up and died he up and died
D D7
After twenty years he still grieves
G Bm Em C D7
He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks, for drinks and tips
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But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
D
Hell I drinks a bit
C B7 Em A7
He sHook his head and as he sHook his head
D7 Em
I heard someone ask him please
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
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