Mister Can You Spare A Dime Chords

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Mister Can You Spare A Dime by Boxcar Willie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F, Em and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			C              G7              C               G7 
Trains pull in trains pull out always there on time 

  C                   F 
A lonely voice greets every train 
  
G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 




                G7        C                G7 
People come and people go some are not too kind 

C                        F 
They turn away when they hear him say 

G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 





                             Em              F            C 
When he walks the streets on cold tired feet head bending low 

                 Em 
He clutches at a tattered coat 
  
D7                  G7 
While the cold wind blows 





    C               G7           C                  G7 
And people look and they pretend they don't see the hurt within 

C                    F 
And if they see they pay no mind 

G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 



                             Em              F            C 
When he walks the streets on cold tired feet head bending low 

                 Em 
He clutches at a tattered coat 
  
D7                  G7 
While the cold wind blows 




C              G7              C               G7 
Trains pull in trains pull out always there on time 

  C                   F 
A lonely voice greets every train 
  
G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 

  



                       G7              C              G7 
Where did he come from where did he go probably we'll never know 

C                         F 
And when he's gone just a memory's behind 

G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 
  
G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime  

G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime  

G7                         C 
Hey mister can you spare a dime 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante