Little Altar Boy (Ver.2) Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays386

Little Altar Boy (Ver.2) by Glen Campbell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Am, Gm, Am7, Dm7, G, A, C, Bb, A7, G7, Gm7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dm
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro  Dm  Am Gm Am Am7 Dm Dm7 Dm  

Verso 1:
Dm                 Dm7              G        Gm  A  
Little alter boy I wonder could you pray for me  
Dm                     Dm7       Gm  C            
Little alter boy for I have gone astray..  
Dm             Bb       Am   A7   Dm  
What must I do    to be holy like you  
Dm               Am     G7  Gm Gm7      Dm  
Little alter boy    oh let me hear you pray  
Dm                 Dm7          Bb      F   Gm7  A  
Little alter boy I wonder could you ask our lord  
Dm                    Dm7          Gm Bb C  
Ask him, alter boy to take my sins away.....  
Dm             Bb       Am    Am7  Dm7  
What must I do    to be holy like you  
Dm               F Bb        Gm     C         Dm   Dm7  
Little alter boy      please let me hear you pray  

  
 
F              Am Dm F          Gm C   F    C F  
  Lift up your voice and send a prayer above  
            Dm   F  Dm   Gm      C        F    
Help me rejoice and fill that prayer with love  
Dm                 F           Gm  A  
Now I know my life    has been all wrong  
Dm                 Bb            Gm     Gm7 Dm  
Lift up your voice    and help a sinner be  strong  

Verso 2:
Dm                 Dm7              Bb       Gm  A  
Little alter boy I wonder could you pray for me  
Dm                                   Dm7           Gm  C  
Could you tell our lord I'm going to change my way today  
Dm          Bb       Am Am7    Dm  
What must I do to be holy like you  
Dm               Am Bb        C        Dm  
Little alter boy    oh let me hear you pray   

Outro  

Dm               Am Dm     Gm     F        Dm   F Bb Dm   
Little alter boy    please 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