Brother Can You Spare A Dimea

Bing Crosby

OtherMedium for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Introd: Am E7 A7 D G7 C E7 
 
Am                          E7               A7 
Once I built a railroad, made it run, 
D        G7          C        E7 
Made it race against time; 
Dm/F                E7          Am        F7 
Once I build a railroad  now it's done. 
Dm6               E7          Am 
Brother, can you spare a dime? 
Am                    E7        A7 
Once I built a tower to the sun, 
D        G7          C     E7 
Brick and rivet and lime; 
Dm/F           E7        Am       F7 
Once I build a tower  now it's done. 
Dm6               E7      Am 
Brother, can you spare a dime? 
Bridge: 
A7 
Once, in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell, 
                              Gm6           A7 
Full of that Yankee Doodle de-dum; 
 D7 
Half a million boots went sloggin' through Hell  
Am                      F7     E7 
I was the kid with the drum. 
Am                              E7                  A7 
Say, don't you remember, they called me Al? 
D         G7        C    E7 
It was Al all the time. 
Dm/F               E7           Am            F7 
Say, don't you remember?  I'm your pal. 
Dm6             E7  E7/13-   Am 
Buddy can you spare  a   dime?

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Chord set

Am · E7 · A7 · D · G7 · C · Dm · F · F7 · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.