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Brother Can You Spare A Dime Chords

Music by: Rudy Vallee
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[Intro 1]
[G][Eb][Cm][Ab][G][Gaug][Baug][G]
[Cm][G][C][F][Bb][Eb]
[G][Fm][G][Cm][Ab][Fm][G][Cm]
[Ab][G][Cm][G][C][F][Bb][Eb]
[G][Fm][G][Cm][Ab][Ddim][G][Cm]
[C][Eb][Cm][C][G]
[Fm][F][Fm]
[F][Eb][Cm][G][F][Eb][D][G]
[Cm][G][C][F][Bb][Eb][G][Fm]
[G][Cm][Ab][Cm][Gaug][G][Cm][Baug][Em]
[Edim][D][Faug][A]
[Dm]They used to tell me I was

[Verse 1]
[Bb]building [Gm]a dream[G][Gm]
[Dm]And so I followed the [Em]mob[C]
[F]When their was ear[Dm]th to
plow [E]or guns to bear
I was al[Bb]ways their right on [A]the job
[Dm]They used to tell me I was
[C]building [Edim]a dream[G]
[Dm]With peace and glory ahead[A]
[Am]Why [C]should I[F] be standing in li[Dm]ne[A]
[Dm]Just waiting [A]for [D]bread?[Bm][D]
[F#]
[B]Once I [Bm]built a [G]railroad, I [E]made [G]it run[B]
[E]Made [A]it race [D]against [A]time
[G]Once I built a railroad,
[G]now[Bm] it's[G] done
[Em]Brother, [F#]can you spare a[Bm] dim[G]e?
[Bm]Once I built a tower up [F#]to the s[B]un
[E]Brick [A]and rivet and [D]lime[A]
[F#]Once I built[G] a tower,[D]
[Bm]now it's d[G]one
Brother, can [F#]you spare [G]a d[Bm]ime?
[B]Once in khaki suits,
gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee- Doodly- dumb
[E]Half a million boot[Bm]s went
[D]sloggin' through [E]Hell
And [D]I was the kid with t[G]he drum
[F#]Say, don't[Bm] you remember
[D], they [A]called [F#]me "[B]Al"
[E]It [A]was "Al" all the [D]time[A][F#]
[G]Why don't you re[F#]member, [Bm]I'm [G]your pal
Say [Bm]buddy, can you [G]spare [B]a dime?[E][B][Em][D]
[A][D]
[Cm][D]
[G][Dm][G][A][C][E][Bbdim][A]
[Dm][A][D]
[G]Once in khaki suits, ah gee we looked
swell
[C]Full of [F]tha[Dm]t Yan[A]ke[Gm]e-
Doodly- dumb
[A]Half a million[Dm][Bb][Dm][A]
[Dm]
boots went sloggin' through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum
Oh, say, don't you remember, they
called me "Al"
It was "Al" all the time
Say, don't you remember,
I'm your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
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