{"id":703,"date":"2021-05-10T04:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=703"},"modified":"2025-11-27T00:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:11:38","slug":"mr-bojangles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/mr-bojangles\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Bojangles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr. Bojangles\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

START WITH MUSIC – PLAY VIOLIN THROUGHOUT<\/code> – USE PLAY BUTTON ABOVE<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]<\/span>\r\nI [A] knew a man [E] Bojangles and he'd [F#m] dance for you... <\/span>[D] in worn out [E] shoes.\r\n<\/span>With [A] silver hair, and [E] ragged shirt, and [F#m] baggy pants - - <\/span>[D] The old soft-[E]-shoe\r\n<\/span>[D] He jumped so [C#m] high, jumped so [F#m] high\r\n<\/span>[B] And then he'd lightly touch [E] down\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]<\/span>\r\nI [A] met him in a [E] cell in New [F#m] Orleans, I was... <\/span>[D] down and [E] out \r\n<\/span>He [A] looked to me to [E] be the [F#m] eyes of age.\r\n<\/span>[D]  as the smoke ran [E] out\r\n<\/span>[D] He talked of [C#m] life, talked of [F#m] life\r\n<\/span>[B] Laughed, clicked his heels [E] instead<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]<\/span>\r\nHe [A] said his name [E] \"Bojangles\" and he [F#m] danced a lick...  <\/span>[D] across the [E] cell\r\n<\/span>He [A] grabbed his pants and [E] feathered stance, oh he jumped so [F#m] high\r\n<\/span>[D] and then he clicked his [E] heels\r\n<\/span>[D] He let go a [C#m] laugh, he let go a [F#m] laugh\r\n<\/span>[B7] Shook back his clothes all [E] around\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles\r\n<\/span>[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles\r\n<\/span>[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles, [A] dance\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]<\/span>\r\nHe [A] danced for those at [E] minstrel shows and county [F#m] fairs... <\/span>[D]  throughout the [E] south\r\n<\/span>He [A] spoke through tears of [E] fifteen years how his dog and [F#m] him - - - <\/span>[D] traveled [E] about\r\n<\/span>[D]  The dog up and [C#m] died, he up and [F#m] died\r\n<\/span>[B7] After twenty years he still [E] grieves<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]<\/span>\r\nHe [A] said \"I dance now at [E] every chance in [F#m] honky tonks... <\/span>[D]  for drinks and [E] tips\r\n<\/span>But [A] most the time I [E] spend behind these [F#m] county bars - - - <\/span>[D]  'cause I drinks a [E] bit\"\r\n<\/span>[D]  He shook his [C#m] head, and as he shook his [F#m] head  <\/span>[B7] I heard someone ask him please, [E] please!<\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles \r\n[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles \r\n[F#m] Mr. [E] Bojangles, [A] dance\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mr. Bojangles\u00a0 START WITH MUSIC – PLAY VIOLIN THROUGHOUT – USE PLAY BUTTON ABOVE [Verse 1] I [A] knew a man [E] Bojangles and he’d [F#m] dance for you… [D] in worn out [E] shoes. With [A] silver hair, and [E] ragged shirt, and [F#m] baggy pants – – [D] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMr. Bojangles<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,133,126,116,117,62,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perflive","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-uke-juke","category-violin-parts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}