A Change Is Gonna Come Chords by Al Green

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_ You look good [A] out there, baby.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I was [Bb] _ born _ _ _ by the river, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ in a little tent.
_ [Cm] Oh, _ just _ like the river I've been running, _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ ever _ since.
_ [Bb] It's been a _ _ _ long, _ _ _ a [Cm] long _ time coming.
[Eb] But I _ [D] know, _ _ [Gm] _
a _ _ change gonna _ come.
[Bb] Oh, yes it will.
Look here. _
_ _ _ Yes it _ do. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm afraid _ _ to _
[Eb] die.
_ _ _ [Cm]
Look here.
_ Cause I don't know what's up _ there, [Gm] _
_ _ _ beyond the sky.
_ [Bb] It's been a long, _ _
I wish I could come out there where you are, [Cm] baby.
A long time [Eb] coming, but I [D] know, _ [Gm] look here.
_ A change gonna come.
Oh, [Bb] yes it will.
Look here. _
Let me say one more back.
I go _ _ _ to the movies, _ _ and I _ go _ _ downtown.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ All I can hear is somebody keep telling [Gm] _
me,
_ Oh boy, don't hang around.
_ [Bb] It's been a _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] long, a [Cm] long, _
If anybody know what I'm [Eb] talking about, let me see you wave [D] your hand.
_ _ [Gm] _
I know a change gonna come. _
_ _ Oh, [Bb] yes it will.
Well, _ I've got to take my, say this, [Cm] look. _
_ _ Then I go _ to [Bb] my brother. _ _ _
Yes, sir.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
_ And I tell him, I said, brother,
_ Help [Gm] me breathe.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ But he winds _ _ _ _ [Gm] up,
_ _ _ _ Knocking me.
_ _ [C] He knocks me back down on.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ [Gm] Somebody say, [Bb] yeah. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
That's the Lord.
_ _ [Cm] _
I _ _ know I'm able, I'm able, I'm able.
[Gm] _ _
_ I'm able to carry _ _ [Bb] on.
It's been a _ _ long, a _ _ _ [Cm] long time coming, [Eb] but I _
_ [D] _ know,
[Gm] _ _
_ _ A change gonna come.
Oh, [Bb] yes it will.
_ _ Look here.
_ One [Cm] more back. _
_ _ _ Then I _ go to [Bb] my brother.
_ Somebody take your hand back and forth like this.
[Cm] _ _
Everybody, everybody.
You sitting in the first balcony too.
[Gm] Help me please.
All over the auditorium tonight, all over [Dm] the, _ [Cm] hallelujah.
_ _ But he winds _ _ _ [Gm] up, _
_ _ _ _ Knocking me.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Back _ down on.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ [Cm] I [Bb] couldn't, I _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ know I'm able.
_ _ [Gm] I'm able, _ I'm able.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
I _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
know, I know, [Eb] I _ _ [D] know. _ _
[Gm] A change gonna _ _ come.
_ [G] Oh, _ yes it will.
[Bb] _ _
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Somebody say, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ You all back here, let me hear you say, yeah. _
_ _ _ Somebody say, oh, yeah.
_ _ Say it again, say, oh, yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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Bye-bye. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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