Brother Can You Spare A Dime Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays411

Brother Can You Spare A Dime by George Michael is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Dm, C, B7, E7, A, D7, G7, Am, E, A7, C#, F#, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Em Dm C B7 Em Dm C B7 

Verse 
Em             C     B7      E7 
Once I Built A Railroad, Made It Run 
A        D7   G7         B7 
Made it race against time 
Am              B7       Em       C 
Once i built a railroad, now it's done 
Am              B7       Em       C            B7 
Brother can you spare a dime? 

Em             C     B7      E7 
Once I built a tower to the sun 
A         D7     G7   B7 
Brick and rivet and lime 
Am             B7     Em       C  
Once I built a tower, now it's done 
Am              B7      Em             C          B7 
Brother can you spare a dime? 

 
E 
Once in khaki suits 
Dm                  E 
Gee, we looked swell 
Dm                             E 
Full of that yankee doodle de dum 
A7                         Em          A7 
Half a million boots went slogging through hell 
Em        C#           F# 
I was the kid with the drum 
Em                      B7             E7 
Say don't you remember, they called me Al 
A7     D7         G   B7 
It was Al all the time 
Am              B       Em       C 
Say don't you remember, i'm your pal! 
Am            B7       Em          C             B7 
Buddy can you spare a dime? 

Instrumental: Em C B7 E7 A D7 G7 B7 Am B7 Em C Am B7 Em C B7 

 
E 
Once in khaki suits 
Dm                       E 
Gee, we looked swell 
Dm                             E 
Full of that yankee doodle de dum 
A7                        Em          A7 
Half a million boots went slogging through hell 
Em        C#            F# 
I was the kid with the drum 
Em                      B7             E7 
Say don't you remember, they called me Al 
A7     D7             G            B7 
It was Al all the time 
Am              B       Em       C 
Say don't you remember, i'm your pal! 
Am            B7      Em           C             B7 
Buddy can you spare a dime? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante