Brother Can You Spare A Dime- Refrain

by E. Y. Harburg, Jay Gorney · posted by rbone

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?


  4 -4   5  -5   6   7     -7  6   -7   -6  -5  -6 -7   -6    6
Once I built a rail-road, made it run, made it race a-gainst time. 

 -5  5  -4   5  -5   6     5   4    5
Once I built a rail-road, now it's done. 

 -4   4  -3   4   -4   5  4
Broth-er can you spare a dime?

  4 -4   5  -5  6  7   -7  6  -7    -6   -5  -6  -7 -6   6
Once I built a tow-er, to the sun. Brick and riv-et and lime.

 -5  5  -4   5  -5 6    5   4    5
Once I built a tow-er, now it's done.

 -4   4   -3   4   -4   5  4
Broth-er, can you spare a dime?

  4  -4  5  -5  6     -7  -6   6      6     -7  -6  6   -8   7
Once in kha-ki suits  Gee we looked swell  Full of that Yan-kee 

 -7 -7  -6  6
Doo-dle de-dum.

  4 -4  5   -5   6    -6    -7  -6      6     6
Half a mil-lion boots went slog-gin' through hell, 

-7 -6  6   7   -7  -6   -8
I was the kid with the drum.

 8    -8    7  -7  7   6    7     -7   6  -7  -6 -5  -6 -7  -6   6
Say, don't you re-mem-ber, they called me Al. It was Al all the time.

-5    5    -4   5 -5   6    8    7   8
Say, don't you re-mem-ber  I'm your pal!

-8  7   -7   7   -8   8  7
Bud-dy, can you spare a dime?