Chords for Finale Performance - "A Change Is Gonna Come" | 2005 Music Masters

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[D] _ _ [D] I [G] was _ born _ by the river _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ in a little ten _ _ _ [Am] just _ _ _ like the river.
_ [B] _ _ [Em] I've been running _ ever _ since.
[D] _ It's [G] been a _ long, _ _ _ _ long, long [Am]
time coming.
But [C] I'm here to tell you [B] tonight, _ _ [Em]
change, _ _ change gonna come y'all.
[D] _ Oh yes [G] it is.
Come on. _
_ _ _ [E] It's been _ _ _ too hard living.
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And I don't wanna die. _
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See I don't know what's up there.
_ _ _ [B] Way beyond [Em] that big, big blue sky.
_ [D] It's been a [G] long, _ _ _ _ _ long _ time, [Am] long time coming. _ _
But I'm here [C] tonight to [B] tell you, _ [Em] change, _ _ change gonna come y'all.
_ Oh yes it [D] is.
[G] Oh yes it is.
Listen to me.
Every _ [Am] time _ _ _ I go, _ _ [Bm] _
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I go to my [Em] brother.
I say brother, [Am] sister, brother, sister.
_ _ Help me, [B] help [Em] me please.
Brother would you help me please.
I'm gonna tell you.
_ [Am] _ My brother and sister.
Well, well.
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[Em] Wind up knocking me. _
Wind up knocking me. _
[A] Right down, _ _ right down.
[A] _ _ On [D] my knees. _ _ _
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I could last, [C]
last [G] long. _ _ _
[Am] But by the help of God, I know [B] now.
I [Em] may, may not carry on.
But I know [D] it's been a [G] long time, _ _ _ _ long, long, long, long [Am] time coming.
_ But queen [C] I'm gonna tell you.
_ [B] I'm gonna tell you.
[Em] _ Ladies and gentlemen, the queen of soul.
Wake [E] up, get up on your [G] feet.
_ _ Come on.
_ Come on. _
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_ _ I [B] go, _
[Em] _ _ _ _ I go to my brother, my brother, my brother. _ _
[Am] I say brother, _ brother.
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[Em] _ _ _ Will you help me please. _ _
[Am] _ But do you know _ _ that he wants [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ me. _ _
[A] Oh yes. _ _ _ _ _
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I would last _
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long.
_ But now I _ _ [B] may. _
[Em] _ _ Lord I know that I can carry on.
But on [D] my _ _
[G] _ _ own, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ own [Am] time coming. _ _ _
_ [C] I [B] change, _ [Em] I change, I _ _ change, _ [D] I change. _ _
_ [G] _ Somebody ought to hear me.
_ Somebody ought to hear me.
I can put a [Em] long, _ _ _ _ long, [G] long, long, [A] long [G] _ _ time coming.
_ Change, [Bm] change, _ [Em] _ change, change.
But a change is gonna come.
Oh yes it is.
[Am] Oh [G] yes it is.
Come on y'all. _
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen, the entire [Em] cast.
Once again a [Em] big round of applause for the queen Aretha Franklin.
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[G] On display, come on. _ _
[C] _ [G] Everybody, everybody, everybody put those hands [Em] up.
A change is gonna come.
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You just have to _ _ make [Em] it.
You have to make it.
You have to make _ it.
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Change, [G] _ _ _ _ _ change. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ Change is gonna _
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_ [G] come.
Oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ oh, [D] oh, _ [G] _ oh, _ _ _ oh, oh, oh, [Bm] _
[Em] oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ [C]
oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Em] oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ oh, [D] oh, [G] oh, oh, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ oh, _
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[Em] oh, _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ oh, _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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_ _ _ _ Peace around the world.
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[G] Bring the troops home. _
_ Peace around the world.
[Em] _ Let's go. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Let's [G] go. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I [Em] believe, I believe, I believe.
Come on, soul. _
_ _ _ [D] We do not [G] want _ _ to be the ones that are _ _ _ taken. [Em] _ _ Yodel. _ _
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[G] _ Jingle, _ jingle.
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_ _ [D] Jingle _ [G] all the way, yeah!
Yodel, yodel, yodel, yodel. _ _ _ _ _
JIngle all the way. _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ [G] Jingle all the way, _ _ _ _ _ yeah!
I [Em] know I'm not the only _ one
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_ I'm not the [Em] only one
_ _ You _ _ ain't the _ _
[G] only one
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_ [G] _ _ _ You [Em] ain't the only one
I'm not _ [D] the [Em] _ only _ _ _ one _ _ _ _
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Elvis Costello! _ _ _
[D] No!
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