Mr Bojangles tab by Nina Simone

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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



            +          F        +          F        +          G        +
E|-------------------|-------------------|-5----5------------|-3a----------------|
B|-------------------|--------------1----|-------------------|-0a----------------|
G|----------0--------|----------2--------|----------5--------|-0a-------0--------|
D|------2-------2----|------3-------3----|------3-------3----|------0-------0----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------|
E|-3-----------------|-1-----------------|-------------------|-3a----------------|
                                    in     worn-out            shoes.
                                    the    old soft            shoe.

Verse-Part2:         ... play last measure to bridge to Chorus ...
   G       +         F       +         F       +         C       +         Em      +         Am      +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------/-8---|-3a--------------|-------------0---|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-------------1---|-----------------|-1a--------------|------3----------|-1a--------------|
G|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-2a------2-------|
D|------0------0---|------3------3---|------3------0---|------2------2---|------2------2---|------2------2---|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-3a--------------|-2---------------|-0a--------------|
E|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                 He    jumped      so    high,                  jumped so    high,

   Am/G     +          D7/9     +       +              +          G        +                   +
E|-------------------|--------------0---0---|-0-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------1---1---|-1----3-------1----|-3a----------------|-------------------|
G|----------2--------|----------2-----------|----------2--------|-0a-------0--------|----------0--------|
D|------2-------2----|------0-------0-------|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A|-------------------|----------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------|-2-----------------|
E|-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:
   F        +          F   +       +          G        +                   +
E|-------------------|-5---5---------/-8----|-3a--p0------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|-0a-------3--------|-------------------|
G|----------2--------|-------------5--------|-0a----------------|----------0--------|    3x
D|------3-------3----|---------3-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A|-------------------|-0--------------------|-------------------|-2-----------------|
E|-1-----------------|----------------------|-3a----------------|-------------------|
                       Mister          Bo-    jangles


   C      +       C/B    +       Am     +       Am/G   +       F      +              +       G      +
E|-0a-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-1a-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|-0a-----0-----|--------0-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------0-----|
D|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----0-----0--|
A|-3a-----------|-2------------|-0------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-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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