Chords for A Change Is Going To Come

_ I _ _ was _ _ [A] born _ by _ _ the river _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a little tent
But _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ oh, just like the river's been a-runnin' _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ I've been runnin' [E] ever since
_ It's been a [A] long, _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] long time comin' _
But I know _ _ a _ [F#m] change is gonna come
_ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, [A] yes it will _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] It's [A] been too _ _ hard livin' _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
But I'm afraid to die
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Cause my mama never told _ me
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
What goes on beyond [E] the sky
_ It's been a [A] _
long, _ a _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] long time comin'
_ But I know _ _ a [F#m] change is gonna come _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Oh, yes it _ will
_ _ [E]
Sometimes [F#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ it is _ _ _ _ [F#m] hard, brother _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ Brother, _ _ brother, will you help [F#m] me, _ _ _ _ please?
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ But if I know _ that [F#m] _
nature _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Must bend its [E] _
_ _ knee _ _
_ [E] _ _ There was a [A] time that _ I thought I _ could live _ _ _ alone
_ _ _ [A#] _ [Bm] _
_ _ But I thank you, Jesus
_ Thank you [F#m] for, _ _ for carryin' [E] me home
_ _ It's [A] been a long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] a [Bm] long time comin'
_ But _ I know _ _ a [F#m]
change is gonna come _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Oh, yes it will
I want y'all to help me now
[E] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ [Bm] _
Like I said, _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm born to my brother _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ [Bm] _
_ _ Brother, _ _ brother, will you help me, [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ please?
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ But if _ _ _ _ [F#m] I know that nature _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Must [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ bend its [E] knee
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There was a [A] time _ _ that I thought I _ could live _ _ _ _ alone
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ But I know that you're out there, baby
[Bm] And [F#m] _ _
_ _ one day I'll be [E] back home
_ It's been a [A]
long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a [Bm] long time comin'
_ _ But I [D] know a [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
change _ _ _ _ _
_ I [G#] said a [A]
change
_ [G] I said a [D]
change
[C#m] A change has [F#m] got to get underway pretty soon, girl
A _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
long, long time ago
_ [D]
I _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] wondered if that change was gonna come, girl _
But _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
_ you know, it seemed like I [D] tried so hard
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] To get back where I started from
It _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [G#] _
[A] took about, [B] took about 20 [D] years of
_ [E] Very serious smokin', smokin', [F#m] smokin', smokin'
Few [F#] ups and downs, down, [F#m] down, down
A few [G] trips, trips, [G#] trips, [A] trips
A little space odyssey once in a while
[A]
To [D] get back, [C#m] to get back
[F#m] To get back, to get back
To get back to being, [G] to [A] being a kid all over _ _ _ _
_ [D] Cause you know when you see a little [C#m] boy or a little girl
Runnin' down the [F#m] street _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Runnin' to meet the popsicle truck
[G]
And all of a sudden you got to turn around and say
Wow, I'll be glad when this cat gets here
_ All these [C#m] changes I'm goin' through
[F#m] _ Back home again, baby
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[G#] _ _ [A] Then comes the age where [B]
you start drinkin' [D] wine
_ [C#m] _
Takin' care of business at the [F#] drive-in movies
[F#m] _ _
_ And then one day a partner of yours gives [G] you one of them funny lookin' cigarettes
[A] And says it's time [E] for [D] you
[A] For you to get [F#m] mellow one more time _ _ _ _
Mellow one more time _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [A] _
And [B] after that first hit
_ [D] _
_ _ [C#m] The whole world sort of [F#m] brightens up just a little bit
_ _ But _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
you know I come from back, [D] way back in Indiana
Where like we [C#m] still got outhouses
_ [F#m] _
And brothers wearing pointed toe shoes
And carrying .45's
[G#] _ [A]
But you know there's, _ _ _ [D] _
there's three [E] kind of people in this world
[F#m] That's why I know a change has got to come _ _ _
_ _ I [G#] said there's, [A]
there's white people
_ _ [D] There's black people
_ [C#m] And then there's my [F#m] people
_ I got to get on home now
Talkin' [G#] about [A] a _ change
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C#m] It's got to [F#m] get underway, baby
_ I _ feel it coming
_ [G#] _ [A]
I feel it coming
_ [D] _
_ _ [C#m] I [F#m] feel that it's coming pretty _ [F#m] soon _
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