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Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

by Bing Crosby/Tom Jones/Peter,Paul & Mary · posted by TIN_MAN

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Tab
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?  		


BING CROSBY,TOM JONES,
PETER PAUL AND MARY

KEY Eb


 4     4   4   5  4  4  4    4    4   5 -4
They used to tell me I was build-ing a dream 

 4  4  4  5    4    4  -5b
And so I fol-lowed the mob

 5    -5b -5b    6   5    4   4   4   4  4
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear 

-4 4  4   4     4    4     4  5   -4
I was al-ways there right on the job 

 4     4   4   5   4 4  4   4     4  5  -4
They used to tell me I was build-ing a dream 

 4     4    4   5   4  4  6
With peace and glo-ry a-head 

-5b  -4    5  6   6    5   4  6
Why should I be stand-ing in line 

-6b   -6b  5    4   5
Just wait-ing for bread? 


REFRAIN

 4   4   4  -4   5   -6b    6   5  6
Once I built a rail-road, made it run 

-5b  -4 -5b   6 -5b    5
Made it race a-gainst time 

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

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

 4   4   4   -4 5  -6b 6  5  6
Once I built a tow-er to the sun 

-6b    -4 -5b  6  -5b  5
Brick and ri-vet and lime

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

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

 4   4   4  -4   5     6  -5b   5    5
Once in kha-ki suits, gee we looked swell 

 6   -5b  5  -6   -6b 6   6  -5b  5
Full of that Yan-kee-Doo-dle-de-dum

 4   4  4  -4     5  -5b     6  -5b    
Half a mil-lion boots went slog-gin' 

   5      5
through Hell

6 -5b   5  -6b 6    -5b -6
I was the kid with the drum 

 7    -6    -6b -6 -6b 5    
Say, don't you re-mem-ber, 

 -6b    6   5    6
they called me "Al"

-5b -4  -5b   6  -5b  5
It was "Al" all the time 

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

-6  -5b  6  -6b  -6   7   -6b
Bud-dy, can you spare a dime?

ENJOY!!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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