{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2359335,"song":"Brother Can You Spare A Dime","artist":"Bing Crosby","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2359335-brother-can-you-spare-a-dime-chords-by-bing-crosby/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2359335?type=chord","rating":4.6788,"votes":10,"content":"[tab]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                           Brother can you spare a dime?  Jay Gorney / Yip Harburg\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------- 1930 ---------------[/tab]\r\n[tab]Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat\r\nE-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk\r\nTuning:EADGBE[/tab]\r\n\r\nThis arrangement owes much to that of Daddy Stovepipe - find him here:\r\nhttps://www.daddystovepipe.com/\r\n\r\nHere is Daddy Stovepipe's recording:\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ3J95Q2IfM\r\nAnd here's his tutorial for the tune:\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmf7S1s_LB0\r\nYou might also want to put your Capo at fret 5 and play along slowly to this barber shop harmony arrangement:\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMpQGsgAuJk\r\n\r\nThis arrangement has 3 different shapes for the E7 chord in different sections;\r\ntry to use the specified one each time to hear the tune behind the chords.\r\n\r\n[tab]INTRO CHORD SHAPES                                                    \r\n   [ch]Am9[/ch] [ch]C6[/ch]  [ch]Dm9[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Fdim7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7+[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ne|-0---0---0---1--1--0-x-----x--0--3-4---4--5--0--|\r\nB|-0---1---3---3--0--1-0-----0--0--0-3---3--5--0--|\r\nG|-2---2---2---2--0--0-1-----2--1--0-4---4--5--1--|\r\nD|-2---2---3---3--0--2-0-----1--0--0-3---2--7--0--|\r\nA|-0---3---x---0--2--3-0-----2--2--2-x---2--7--2--|\r\nE|-x---x---x---x--3--x-1-----x--0--3-0---0--5--0--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]VERSE CHORD SHAPES                                                    \r\n   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\ne|-0--5---4--3--2--1--0-x--x--0-----x--0--|\r\nB|-1--5---3--2--1--0--1-3--3--1-----0--0--|\r\nG|-2--5---4--0--2--0--0-1--2--2-----2--1--|\r\nD|-2--x---2--2--0--0--2-0--0--3-----1--2--|\r\nA|-0--x---2--0--x--2--3-2--0--2-----2--2--|\r\nE|-x--x---0--x--x--3--x-x--0--1-----x--0--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORUS CHORD SHAPES                                                    \r\n   [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D9[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ne|-0--0---0--0--1--0--5--7--|\r\nB|-2--1---1--1--0--3--4--5--|\r\nG|-0--0---2--2--0--0--5--7--|\r\nD|-2--2---2--0--0--0--3--6--|\r\nA|-0--0---0--0--2--2--x--x--|\r\nE|-x--x---x--2--3--3--x--x--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTRO]       \r\n[tab] [ch]Am9[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]            [ch]Dm9[/ch] \r\n    They used to tell me I was building a dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am9[/ch]         [ch]C6[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]    \r\n    And so I followed the mob,                       [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Fdim7[/ch] \r\n    When there was earth to plough or guns to bear,                        [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nI was always there, right there on the job [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]            [ch]Dm9[/ch] \r\n   They used to tell me I was building a dream,                                        [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n   with peace and glory ahead.    Why should  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E7+[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nI be standing in line?            [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E7[/ch] \r\n   just waiting for bread?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]        \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nOnce I built a railroad, made it run            [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMade it race against time                      [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nOnce I built a railroad, now it's done                           [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBrother can you spare a dime? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nOnce I built a tower, up to the sun              [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMortar, brick and lime                [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nOnce I built a tower, now it's done                           [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBrother can you spare a dime? [/tab]\r\n \r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nOnce in khaki suits, gee we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum                                    [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D9[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nHalf a million boots went slogging through  Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I was the kid with the drum! [/tab]\r\n \r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nSay don't you remember?  They called me Al.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch] \r\n  It was Al all the time. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you remember? I'm your pal.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBrother can you spare a dime? [/tab]","plain_text":"This arrangement owes much to that of Daddy Stovepipe - find him here:\nhttps://www.daddystovepipe.com/\n\nHere is Daddy Stovepipe's recording:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ3J95Q2IfM\nAnd here's his tutorial for the tune:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmf7S1s_LB0\nYou might also want to put your Capo at fret 5 and play along slowly to this barber shop harmony arrangement:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMpQGsgAuJk\n\nThis arrangement has 3 different shapes for the E7 chord in different sections;\ntry to use the specified one each time to hear the tune behind the chords.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTRO]       \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 1]        \n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n \n[CHORUS] \n\n\n\n \n[VERSE 3]","chords":["E","E7","Am9","C6","Dm9","Dm","G7","C","Fdim7","B7","G","E7+","Am","B","D","A","A7","D7","Fmaj7","Am7","D9","G6","F7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}