Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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Other songs:
- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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FADING LADY
by Jerry Jeff Walker
(This version transcribed from McKendree Spring 3)
Start/CHORUS:
D G G D
count all your jewelry and your lace
D G Bm A
count all the shoes beneath your bed
D G G D
and while your counting all those things in your head
C G D
try and wrest the sorrow from your face
V1
Bm G
when you were young you courted
Bm E
all the pretty boys
Bm G A
and laughed aloud with ones they knew
Bm G
and soon you walked and talked
Bm E A
and thought just like them too
Bm C#m D E
and now you wonder what's become of you
[CHORUS]
V2
when you chose one to be your husband for your life
you weighed his good point by his gain
his promised security was fulfilled and you felt fine
now in your age those mellow years won't sustain
[CHORUS]
V3
now for imagination
where you seek out the one
who live a life of dreams they build
you have no gifts to share
you've nothing for no one
so just watch the colors fade as you start to wilt
[CHORUS]
by Jerry Jeff Walker
(This version transcribed from McKendree Spring 3)
Start/CHORUS:
D G G D
count all your jewelry and your lace
D G Bm A
count all the shoes beneath your bed
D G G D
and while your counting all those things in your head
C G D
try and wrest the sorrow from your face
V1
Bm G
when you were young you courted
Bm E
all the pretty boys
Bm G A
and laughed aloud with ones they knew
Bm G
and soon you walked and talked
Bm E A
and thought just like them too
Bm C#m D E
and now you wonder what's become of you
[CHORUS]
V2
when you chose one to be your husband for your life
you weighed his good point by his gain
his promised security was fulfilled and you felt fine
now in your age those mellow years won't sustain
[CHORUS]
V3
now for imagination
where you seek out the one
who live a life of dreams they build
you have no gifts to share
you've nothing for no one
so just watch the colors fade as you start to wilt
[CHORUS]
Jesca Hoop
Jésed
Jesper Kyd
Jess Chambers
Jess Dickinson