Mr Bojangles tab by Nina Simone

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• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse-Part1:  (2x)
  G+G        C majorC  +    +    +     +    +    +     +    +
E MajorE|----------------|-0-------0---------------|-0-------0---------------|-0--------------------|
BB|----------------|-----3---------------3---|-----3---------------3---|-----3--p1------------|
G+G|-----------0----|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0--------|
D MajorD|----------------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2----|
A augmentedA|------0----2----|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3--------------------|
E MajorE|-3--------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|----------------------|
       I   knew a man     Bo-  jangles and     he  danced for you,
       With  silver hair     a   ragged shirt    and  baggy  pants,


      +     FF    +     FF    +     G+G    +
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-5----5------------|-3a----------------|
BB|-------------------|--------------1----|-------------------|-0a----------------|
G+G|----------0--------|----------2--------|----------5--------|-0a-------0--------|
D MajorD|------2-------2----|------3-------3----|------3-------3----|------0-------0----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------------|-1-----------------|-------------------|-3a----------------|
                  in   worn-out      shoes.
                  the  old soft      shoe.

Verse-Part2:     ... play last measure to bridge to Chorus ...
  G+G    +     FF    +     FF    +     C majorC    +     E minorEm   +     A minorAm   +
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------/-8---|-3a--------------|-------------0---|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-------------1---|-----------------|-1a--------------|------3----------|-1a--------------|
G+G|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-2a------2-------|
D MajorD|------0------0---|------3------3---|------3------0---|------2------2---|------2------2---|------2------2---|
A augmentedA|-2---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-3a--------------|-2---------------|-0a--------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                 He  jumped   so  high,         jumped so  high,

  Am/GAm/G   +     D7/9   +    +       +     G+G    +          +
E MajorE|-------------------|--------------0---0---|-0-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|--------------1---1---|-1----3-------1----|-3a----------------|-------------------|
G+G|----------2--------|----------2-----------|----------2--------|-0a-------0--------|----------0--------|
D MajorD|------2-------2----|------0-------0-------|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|----------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------|-2-----------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------------|-2--------------------|-------------------|-3a----------------|-------------------|
                  then he  lightly   touched down.


Verse-Part1:     ... as above ...
I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was   down and out.
He looked at me to be eyes of age, as he    spoke right out.

Verse-Part2:     ... as above ...
He talked of life, talked of life,       he laughed, slapped his leg a step.

Chorus:
  FF    +     FF  +    +     G+G    +          +
E MajorE|-------------------|-5---5---------/-8----|-3a--p0------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|----------------------|-0a-------3--------|-------------------|
G+G|----------2--------|-------------5--------|-0a----------------|----------0--------|  3x
D MajorD|------3-------3----|---------3-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-0--------------------|-------------------|-2-----------------|
E MajorE|-1-----------------|----------------------|-3a----------------|-------------------|
            Mister     Bo-  jangles


  C majorC   +    C/BC/B  +    A minorAm   +    Am/GAm/G  +    FF   +       +    G+G   +
E MajorE|-0a-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
BB|-1a-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G+G|-0a-----0-----|--------0-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------0-----|
D MajorD|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----0-----0--|
A augmentedA|-3a-----------|-2------------|-0------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3------------|-1------------|--------------|-3------------|
  dance!

MoreLyrics:
He said his name, Bojangles, then he danced a lick,      across the cell.
He grabbed his pants for better stance, oh he jumped up high. He clicked his heels,
he let go a laugh, let go a laugh, shook back his clothes all around.

He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs     throughout the south.
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and he    traveled about.
His dog up and died, he just up and died, After twenty years he still grieved.

Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance!

He said, "I dance now at every chance in honky tonks      for drinks and tips.
But most of the time I spend behind these county bars".    He said, "I drinks a bit."
He shook his head and he shook his head, I heard someone ask him please, please.

Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance!

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| a  Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up

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