E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Brother can you spare a dime? Jay Gorney / Yip Harburg E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 1930 --------------- Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk Tuning:EADGBE This arrangement owes much to that of Daddy Stovepipe - find him here: Here is Daddy Stovepipe's recording: And here's his tutorial for the tune: You might also want to put your Capo at fret 5 and play along slowly to this barber shop harmony arrangement: This arrangement has 3 different shapes for the E7 chord in different sections; try to use the specified one each time to hear the tune behind the chords. INTRO CHORD SHAPES Am9 C6 Dm9 Dm G7 C Fdim7 B7 E7 G E7+ E7 Am E7 E|-0---0---0---1--1--0-x-----x--0--3-4---4--5--0--| B|-0---1---3---3--0--1-0-----0--0--0-3---3--5--0--| G|-2---2---2---2--0--0-1-----2--1--0-4---4--5--1--| D|-2---2---3---3--0--2-0-----1--0--0-3---2--7--0--| A|-0---3---x---0--2--3-0-----2--2--2-x---2--7--2--| E|-x---x---x---x--3--x-1-----x--0--3-0---0--5--0--| VERSE CHORD SHAPES Am Am E7 A7 D7 G7 C E7 D7 Fmaj7 B7 E E|-0--5---4--3--2--1--0-x--x--0-----x--0--| B|-1--5---3--2--1--0--1-3--3--1-----0--0--| G|-2--5---4--0--2--0--0-1--2--2-----2--1--| D|-2--x---2--2--0--0--2-0--0--3-----1--2--| A|-0--x---2--0--x--2--3-2--0--2-----2--2--| E|-x--x---0--x--x--3--x-x--0--1-----x--0--| CHORUS CHORD SHAPES A7 Am7 Am D9 G7 G6 F7 E7 E|-0--0---0--0--1--0--5--7--| B|-2--1---1--1--0--3--4--5--| G|-0--0---2--2--0--0--5--7--| D|-2--2---2--0--0--0--3--6--| A|-0--0---0--0--2--2--x--x--| E|-x--x---x--2--3--3--x--x--| [INTRO] Am9 C6 Dm9 They used to tell me I was building a dream, Am9 C6 Dm G7 And so I followed the mob, C Fdim7 When there was earth to plough or guns to bear, B7 E7 I was always there, right there on the job Am9 C6 Dm9 They used to tell me I was building a dream, Am G G7 with peace and glory ahead. Why should C E7+ E I be standing in line? Am E7 just waiting for bread? [VERSE 1] Am Am E7 A7 Once I built a railroad, made it run D7 G7 C E7 Made it race against time D7 E7 Am Fmaj7 Once I built a railroad, now it's done B7 E Am E7 Brother can you spare a dime? [VERSE 2] Am Am E7 A7 Once I built a tower, up to the sun D7 G7 C E7 Mortar, brick and lime D7 E7 Am Fmaj7 Once I built a tower, now it's done B7 E Am Brother can you spare a dime? [CHORUS] A7 Am7 Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum D9 G7 G6 Half a million boots went slogging through Hell F7 E7 And I was the kid with the drum! [VERSE 3] Am Am E7 A7 Say don't you remember? They called me Al. D7 G7 C E7 It was Al all the time. D7 E7 Am Fmaj7 Why don't you remember? I'm your pal. B7 E Am Brother can you spare a dime?