| G | Bm | |
| I | knew a man | Bojangles |
| Em (riff)Em7-Em-Em/F#-C |
| And he'll dance for you |
| C | D | |
| In worn out sho | es |
| G Bm Em (riff)Em7-Em-Em/F#-C |
| With silver hair and ragged shirt baggy pants |
| C | D | |
| He would do the old soft | shoe |
| Bridge |
| C | Bm | |
| He would jump s | o high |
| B | Em-Em7-A7 | |
| Jump so h | i-igh |
| A7 | D | |
| Then he lightly touched | down |
| He told me of the time he worked with Minstrel shows |
| Travelling throughout the south |
| He spoke with tears of fifteen years |
| How his dog and he, they would travel about. |
| But his dog up and died, he up and died |
| And after twenty years he still grieved |
| Chorus |
| Em | D | |
| That's mister | Bojangles |
| Em | D | |
| Calling mister B | ojangles |
| Em | D | G | Bm | |
| Mister Boja | ngles come back and d | ance and d | ance |
| Em Riff |
| And dance please dance |
| He said "I dance now |
| At every chance in the Honky Tonks |
| For my drinks and tips |
| But most the time I spend |
| Behind these country bars |
| You see on I drinks a bit" |
| Then he shook his head |
| Oh lord when he shook his head |
| I could swear I heard someone say please |
| Chorus |
| Em | D | |
| That's mister | Bojangles |
| Em | D | |
| Calling mister B | ojangles |
| Em | D | G | Bm | |
| Mister Boja | ngles come back and d | ance and d | ance |
| Em Riff |
| And dance please dance |