Chords for Charlie Palloy - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?, 1932

Tempo:
120.4 bpm
Chords used:

G

Cm

F

Eb

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Charlie Palloy - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?, 1932 chords
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[D]
[G] [Cm] [G]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Fm] [G] [Cm]
[Ab] [Fm] [G] [Cm]
[G]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[G] [Ab] [G] [Cm]
[Ab] [Fm] [Cm]
[C]
[G]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Eb] [Ab]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Cm]
[Ab] [Fm] [G] [Cm]
[Cm] Once I built a railroad, [G]
made [C] it run, [F] [Bb] made it race [Eb] against [G] time.
[Fm] Once I [G] built a railroad, [Cm]
now [Fm] it's done, brother [G] can you [Cm] spare a dime?
Once I built a tower [D]
to the sun, [F] brick [Bb] and [Eb] rivet and [G] lime.
[Ab] Once I [G] built a tower, now [Ab] it's done, [Fm] brother [G] can you spare [Cm] a dime?
[C] Once in cocky suits, gee we looked swell, full [Bbm] of that Yankee doodle-dum.
[F] Half a million boots, [Cm]
went slogging through hell, and I [Eb] was the kid with the drum.
[Cm] Say don't you remember, [G]
they [C] called me [F] Al, [Bb] it was Al [Eb] all the time.
[G] [Fm] Say [G] don't you remember, [Cm]
[Ab] I'm your [Fm] pal, brother [G] can you [Cm] spare a dime?
[Abm] [B] [F] [Em]
[E] [A] [D]
[G] [B] [E] [F]
[Gm] [Am] [Em]
[Em] [E]
[A] [Em]
[Gb] [B] [Em]
[F] [E] [Eb] [D]
[G] [E]
[Gm] [Am]
[Em] [Am] [B]
[E]
Key:  
G
2131
Cm
13421113
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
Fm
123111111
G
2131
Cm
13421113
F
134211111
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To learn Charlie Palloy And His Orchestra - Brother Can You Spare A Dime chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ab, Fm, G, Cm, C, F, Bb, Eb, G, Bb and G of chords. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: C Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] Once I built a railroad, [G]
made [C] it run, [F] _ [Bb] made it race [Eb] against [G] time.
_ [Fm] Once I [G] built a railroad, [Cm]
now [Fm] it's done, brother [G] can you [Cm] spare a dime?
_ _ Once I built a tower [D]
to the sun, [F] brick [Bb] and [Eb] rivet and [G] lime.
_ [Ab] Once I [G] built a tower, now [Ab] it's done, [Fm] brother [G] can you spare [Cm] a dime?
_ _ [C] Once in cocky suits, gee we looked swell, full [Bbm] of that Yankee doodle-dum.
_ _ [F] Half a million boots, [Cm]
went slogging through hell, and I [Eb] was the kid with the drum.
[Cm] _ Say don't you remember, [G]
they [C] called me [F] Al, [Bb] it was Al [Eb] all the time.
[G] _ _ [Fm] Say [G] don't you remember, [Cm] _
[Ab] I'm your [Fm] pal, brother [G] can you [Cm] spare a dime?
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney, finds its place within the The Panic Is On: The Great American Depression As Seen By The Common Man album.

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