I was looking for the link to the chords and lyrics of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," and I found the lyrics with the following intro, sans chords. Anybody know what the chords would be?
They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed the mob.
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear,
I was always there, right on the job...
They used to tell me I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead --
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
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Using iTunes' Store to listen to snippets, I get this:
The Weavers' version uses jazzier, more complex chords than the New York City Labor Chorus. The Labor Chorus version uses the following chords (in C minor) for the second stanza:
Cm............................... Fm
They used to to tell me I was building a dream
Cm......................Bb
With peace and glory ahead --
...................Eb...............G7...Cm.............Ab...Gaug
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Cm...........................G7
(Once I built a railroad, I made it run etc...)
(Augh! The comment editor deletes extra blanks, so I had to use periods, and then they don't line up! But you get the idea, I'm sure...
Cool. Now all I have to do is transpose it down to Am.
Thats not a hint or anything.
Really, it's not.
Hey, we missed ya last night, BABoR! The other canaries did fine work, anyway.
Here ya go, in Am. You'll still need to find the first stanza, though.
Am............................... Dm
They used to to tell me I was building a dream
Am......................G
With peace and glory ahead --
...................C...............E7...Am.............F...Eaug
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Am...........................E7
(Once I built a railroad, I made it run etc...)
(I forgot to delete all the excess verbiage in my last post, so I deleted it and reposted. Hence the deleted comment post. So this is the post deleted post post.)
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