Key: F minor
Verse 1
B
C
B
Em
B
Em
Once I built a railroad,
B
E
made it run
A
D
G
B
Made it race against time
Am
B
Once I built a railroad,
Em
C#dim
now it's done
C
B
Em
B
Brother, can you spare me a dime?
Verse 2
Em
B
E
Once I built a tower to the sun
A
D
G
B
Brake and rivet and line
Am
B
Em
Once I built a tower,
C
B
Em
Buddy, can you spare me a dime?
Verse 3
E
Em
Once in khaki suits,
F
E
boy, we looked swell
F
Dm
E
Full of that Yankee- Doodle- dum
Em
A
Then half a million boots
Em
A
went truckin' off to Hell
C
F#dim
B
I was the kid with the drum
Verse 4
B
E
You called me "Al"
A
D
G
B
It was "Al" all the time
Am
B
Say, don't you remember?
Em
C#dim
C
I'm your pal
Bsus4
B
Em
B
Buddy, can you spare me a dime?
Interlude 1
Em
B
E
A
D
G
B
Am
B
Em
C#dim
C
B
Em
Verse 5
E
Dm
E
Once in khaki suits, boy, we looked swell
F
Dm
E
Full of that Yankee- Doodle- dum
Em
A
Then half a million boots
Em
A
went truckin' off to Hell
C
F#dim
I was the kid with the drum
Verse 6
B
E
You called me "Al"
A
D
G
B
Then, it was "Al" all the time
Am
B
Say, don't you remember?
Em
C#dim
I'm your pal
C
B
Em
A
Buddy, can you spare me a dime?
B
Em
A
can you spare me a dime?
C
B
Em
Yeah, buddy, can you spare me a dime?
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