Little Altar Boy Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays400

Little Altar Boy by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Am, E, Em, F, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  Am E Am E  

Am                                      Em  
Little altar boy, I wonder could you pray for me?  
Am                              F       G  
Little altar boy, for I have gone astray  
Am                      Em              Am  
What must I do to be holy like you?  
Am                      E               Am  
Little altar boy, oh, let me hear you pray  

Am                              Em  
Little altar boy, I wonder, could you ask our Lord  
Am                              F       G  
Ask him, alter boy, to take my sins away  
Am                      Em              Am  
What must I do to be holy like you?  
Am               E                      Am  
Little altar boy, please let me hear you pray  

C                                       F       C  
Lift up your voice and send a sing a prayer above  
C                               F       G  
Help me rejoice and fill that prayer with love  
Am                      Em              Am  
Now I know my life has been all wrong  
Am                      E               Am  
Lift up your voice and help a sinner be strong  

Am                                      Em  
Little altar boy, I wonder, could you pray for me?  
Am                              F       G  
Could you tell our Lord, I'm gonna change my way today?  
Am                      Em              Am  
What must I do to be holy like you?  
Am                      E               Am  
Little altar boy, oh, let me hear you pray  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante