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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[Intro] G Em Am D7 (2x)
[Verse 1]
G Em Am D7
I first ran into Stoney. . . it was a bar downtown;
G Em Am D7
It was Richmond, Virginia. . . we were bummim’ around,
C D Em D C Am
Suitcase to suitcase. . . we started in talkin‘,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Finding out about the things we've shared in the miles we've been
[Verse 2]
G Em Am D7
Well, he had a gray pillowcase full of books by Durrell,
G Em Am D7
And he had this old concertina, all beat up and she played like hell,
C D Em D C Am
Until you got him started singing those Gospel songs,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Well, he drank all night for nothing, he told his stories till dawn.
[Verse 3]
G Em Am D7
And he said, "Come on, get your bag, boy! Sun's up now and it's time to roll!
G Em
Yeah you know there ain't no better time than early in the mornin’
Am D7
To be out walking down that road!
C D Em D C Am
Just feeling another day beginnin’, whilst all the fools is rushin’ on by,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
We'll be like some Mr. Independence: we're taking our own sweet time!"
[Verse 4]
G Em Am D7
We walked on out that highway under a clear blue sky,
G Em Am D7
I was listenin’ to the tales he told, drinking warm red wine.
C D Em D C Am
'Bout a night he rolled seven; bout some girl he'd done wrong;
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
'Bout everything he could think of while we walked along.
[Verse 5]
G Em Am D7
Yeah, ol' Stoney had a magic; made him hard to forget.
G Em Am D7
Like the night we flew down the highway his old pickup, it nearly wrecked!
C D Em D C Am
With a crazy woman driving, all drunked up and carrying on;
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Till Stoney finally calmed her singing those Gospel songs.
[Verse 6]
G Em Am D7
Well, we split the road at Norwood, and he just shook my hand.
G Em Am D7
He said, "I'll see you some place, friend," but you know he never has.
C D Em D C Am
But we were that free then, just walking down the road,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Never really caring where that highway goes.
[Verse 7]
G Em Am D7
Yeah, Stoney was a liar and a bullshitter, ain't no doubt about it.
G Em Am D7
It was just the way he told things, that you never want to doubt him.
C D Em D C Am
'Cause he kept you going when the road got rough,
G Em Am D7 G Em
And brought you through the lean times by making it up.
Am D7
"Hey, did I ever tell you the time I married my cousin up in Las Vegas?"
G Em Am D7 G
Yeah, Stoney. Tell it again…
[Verse 1]
G Em Am D7
I first ran into Stoney. . . it was a bar downtown;
G Em Am D7
It was Richmond, Virginia. . . we were bummim’ around,
C D Em D C Am
Suitcase to suitcase. . . we started in talkin‘,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Finding out about the things we've shared in the miles we've been
[Verse 2]
G Em Am D7
Well, he had a gray pillowcase full of books by Durrell,
G Em Am D7
And he had this old concertina, all beat up and she played like hell,
C D Em D C Am
Until you got him started singing those Gospel songs,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Well, he drank all night for nothing, he told his stories till dawn.
[Verse 3]
G Em Am D7
And he said, "Come on, get your bag, boy! Sun's up now and it's time to roll!
G Em
Yeah you know there ain't no better time than early in the mornin’
Am D7
To be out walking down that road!
C D Em D C Am
Just feeling another day beginnin’, whilst all the fools is rushin’ on by,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
We'll be like some Mr. Independence: we're taking our own sweet time!"
[Verse 4]
G Em Am D7
We walked on out that highway under a clear blue sky,
G Em Am D7
I was listenin’ to the tales he told, drinking warm red wine.
C D Em D C Am
'Bout a night he rolled seven; bout some girl he'd done wrong;
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
'Bout everything he could think of while we walked along.
[Verse 5]
G Em Am D7
Yeah, ol' Stoney had a magic; made him hard to forget.
G Em Am D7
Like the night we flew down the highway his old pickup, it nearly wrecked!
C D Em D C Am
With a crazy woman driving, all drunked up and carrying on;
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Till Stoney finally calmed her singing those Gospel songs.
[Verse 6]
G Em Am D7
Well, we split the road at Norwood, and he just shook my hand.
G Em Am D7
He said, "I'll see you some place, friend," but you know he never has.
C D Em D C Am
But we were that free then, just walking down the road,
G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7
Never really caring where that highway goes.
[Verse 7]
G Em Am D7
Yeah, Stoney was a liar and a bullshitter, ain't no doubt about it.
G Em Am D7
It was just the way he told things, that you never want to doubt him.
C D Em D C Am
'Cause he kept you going when the road got rough,
G Em Am D7 G Em
And brought you through the lean times by making it up.
Am D7
"Hey, did I ever tell you the time I married my cousin up in Las Vegas?"
G Em Am D7 G
Yeah, Stoney. Tell it again…
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