Chords for Black Lives Matter Tribute with Gerald Alston of The Manhattans A Change is Gonna Come

_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I was [A] _
born _ _ by the river _ _ _ _ in a little tent.
_ _ Oh, [Bm] _ _
just like _ the river I've been running [F#m] _
_ _ ever _ [B] _
_ [F#] since.
It's [A] been a _ _ _ long, _ _ _ a long [Bm] _
time coming,
[D] _
but I _ [C#] know _ [F#m]
a change gonna _ [F#m] come.
_ _ _ Oh, [A] _
[D] yes it [A] will.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ It's been _ too _ hard living,
_ but I'm _ afraid to _ die
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ cause I don't know what's up [D] _ there
[F#m] _
_ _ _ beyond [A]
the sky.
It's been a _ _ _ long, _ _ a _ [D]
long time coming, _ _
but I _ [C#] know _ [F#m]
a change gonna come.
_ [F#m] _ _ Oh, [A] _
yes it _ _ will.
_ [E] _ _ [A] I go _ _ to the moving,
_ _ and [F#m] I go _ _ down, _ [A] _ _ [Bm] down. _
_ _ _ Somebody keep telling me,
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ don't [E] hang around.
_ It's [A] been a _ _ _ _ _ long, _ a [Bm]
long time coming,
_ _ [D]
but I _ [C#] _ know [F#m] _
a change gonna come.
_ _ _ Oh, [A] _
yes it _ _ will.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ Then I go _ _ [F#m] _
to _ my _ brother,
_ and [A#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ I said,
brother, [F#] _ _ [F#m] help me _ _ [F#] _ _
please.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _
But he winds _ [F#m]
up,
_ _ _ [F#] he winds [F#m] up knocking me, yes he did,
[B] _ _ _ back down on my [E] knees.
_ _ And oh, _ _ _ there've [A] been _ times
that I thought _ [F#m] I couldn't last,
[A] I couldn't last alone, _ no.
[Bm] _ _
But now I think I'm able
_ _ [F#m] _
to _ _ _ [E] carry on.
It's been [A] a _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] long, _ _ [A] a long [Bm] _
time coming,
_ [D] but I _ [C#] know _ [F#m]
a change gonna come.
_ _ _ _ [A] Oh, yes it _ _ will.
_ [G#] Do you [B] know a change,
_ _ a _ [Dm] change is gonna [A]
come,
[F#m] and it won't [A] be long.
Do you [G#] know [B] a change,
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
a change is [A] gonna come, _
_ [D] _ _ yeah, _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ a change gonna _ [Dm] _ come. _
_ _ [D] Oh, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ yes _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
it [B] will.
Yeah, a _
_ _ _ [F#m] change is gonna come.
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _
Yeah, a _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A]
change [G] _ _ is [E] gonna _ come.
[E] This _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ is Gerald Alston, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you. _
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