Brother Can You Spare A Dime
Words & Music by E.Y. Harburg & Jay Gorney
Recorded by Bing Crosby, 1932
[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+5] [Am]
Buddy can you spare a dime?
