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[Verse 1]
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I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
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   In worn out shoes
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Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
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  The old soft shoe

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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  He jumped so high,   he jumped so high.
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  Then he lightly touched down

[Chorus 1]
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
C     Em  Am  G  F    G
Dance

[Verse 2]
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I met him in a cell in New Orleans, it was
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  Down and out
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He looked to me to be the eyes of age as he,
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  He spoke right out

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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  He talked about life,  he talked of life,
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  laughing, slapped his leg instead

[Verse 3]
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He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick
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  Across the cell
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He grabbed his pants, he took a stance, he jumped so high
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  He clicked his heels

[Pre-Chorus 3]
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  He let go a laugh,   let go a laugh,
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  Shook his clothes all around

[Chorus]
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
C     Em  Am  G  F    G
Dance

[Verse 4]
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He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
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  Throughout the South
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He spoke with tears of 15 years, how his dog and him
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  They’d travel about

[Pre-Chorus 4]
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  The dog up and died,    he up and died,
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   After 20 years he still grieves

[Verse 5]
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He said "I dance now at every chance at honky-tonks
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  for drinks and tips
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But most of the time I spend behind these county bars,
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  ‘cause I drinks a bit"

[Pre-Chorus 5]
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  He shook his head, now, he shook his head,
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  I heard someone ask, “please?”

[Chorus 2]
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
Am         G
     Mr. Bojangles
C     Em  Am  G  F    G  C
                 Dance