Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]

G G G G

[Verse]

G G
I was headed to the checkout counter
G G
Strolling down the Aisle
D D
When a little girl with a ragged doll
G G
Talked to me and smiled
G G
She looked like she hadn’t had
C C
A thing to eat in days….
D D
As she held out her hands
G
I heard her say….

[Chorus]

C C
Could you spare a nickel
G G
Could you spare a dime
D D
My momma’s been real sick
G G
And daddy’s gone all the time
C D
I need to buy some food for us
G C
Here at the grocery store
D D G G
So my baby doll ain’t hungry anymore

[Verse]

G G
Well, it broke my heart to hear those words
G G
But I fought back the tears
D D
And I lifted her up in my car
G G
As she grinned ear to ear
G G
We filled it to the top with cans
C C
Boxes of milk and bread
D
As her saddest word
D G
Kept running through my head

[Chorus]

C C
Could you spare a nickel
G G
Could you spare a dime
D D
My momma’s been real sick
G G
And daddy’s gone all the time
C D
I need to buy some food for us
G C
Here at the grocery store
D D G E
So my baby doll ain’t hungry anymore

[Verse]

A A
When I left her house that day
A A
She hugged me goodbye
E E
And as my car pulled away
A A
Teardrops filled my eyes
A A
Cause there’s so many folks out there
D D
Without enough to eat
E
Now I think of them
E A A
With every child I meet

[Chorus]

D D
Could you spare a nickel
A A
Could you spare a dime
E E
My momma’s been real sick
A A
And daddy’s gone all the time
D E
I need to buy some food for us
A D
Here at the grocery store
E E A D
So my baby doll ain’t hungry anymore
E E
Her baby doll ain’t hungry
A A A A
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