Harry Belafonte – Mr Bojangles Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
E   C#m  E   C#m

[Verse 1]
     E           G#m
Oh I knew a man, Bojangles
     C#m           E   A
and he danced for you
        B
In worn out shoes
     E               G#m
With silver hair and ragged
       C#m       E     A
shirt and baggy pants
        B         A
The old soft shoe
             E
He jumped so high,
  G#           C#m  F#
he jumped so high
Then he'd lightly touch
 B    C#m
down

[Chorus]
      B
Mr. Bojangles,
C#m     B       C#m
 Mr. Bojangles
      B       E   C#m  E
Mr. Bojangles dance

[Verse 2]
               G#m
I met him in a cell
    C#m
in New Orleans
E    A     B
I was down and out
   E               B
He looked to me to be
    C#m     B  A
the eyes of age
      B               A
As he spoke right out
             E
He talked of life,
    G#        C#m
 he talked of life
   F#7
He laughed slapped
           B7
his leg a step

[Verse 3]
   E                  B
He spoke the name's Bojangles
      C#m         E    A
 then he danced a lick
       B
Across the cell
   E
He grabbed his pants,
    B
 a better stance
   C#m          E
Oh he jumped so high,
 A               B   A
 he clicked his heels
            E
He let go a laugh,
    G#7      C#m
 he let go a laugh
      F#
Shook back his clothes
      B     C#m
 all around

[Chorus]
      B
Mr. Bojangles,
C#m     B       C#m
 Mr. Bojangles
      B       E   C#m  E
Mr. Bojangles dance

[Verse 4]
   E                   B
He danced for those at minstrel
  C#m              B    A
 shows and county fairs
       B
Throughout the south
   E
He spoke with tears of
 B       C#m
 fifteen years
         E          A
 how his dog and him
   B           A
Traveled about

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               E
His dog up and died,
     G#7        C#m
his dog up and died
  F#7
After 20 years
         B
he still grieves

[Verse 5]
   E
He said I dance now at
 B            C#m            A
 every chance in honky tonks
           B
For drinks and tips
    E               B
But most the time I spend
        C#m          E    A
 behind these county bars
             B       A
Cause I drinks a bit
             E
He shook his head
    G#          C#m
And as he shook his head
  F#7               B     C#m
I heard someone ask please

[Chorus]
      B
Mr. Bojangles,
 C#m     B       C#m
 Mr. Bojangles
      B       E
Mr. Bojangles dance

[Outro]
E   C#m   E   C#m
E   C#m