Chords for James Taylor - A Change is Gonna Come

_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I [C] was born by the river _ in _ _ _ _ a little tent _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ Just like the river [Am] I've been running ever
since _ _ It's [B] _ [C] been a long, _ _ _ _ long [Dm] _ time coming
[E] But I know that [Am] _ _ _ _
change is gonna _ come
[C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] It's been too _ hard living _
[A] But [C] _ _ _ I'm afraid to die
[Dm] _ _ _ _
I don't know what's up _ [Am] there _ beyond [F] the sky
It's [C] been a _ long, _ _ _
_ [Dm] long time coming
[Bm] But I [E] know that [Am] _ _ _ _
change is gonna come
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ You know I had a talk with [Am] my brother _ I _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ said, brother, could you help [Am] me, please?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ I [Ab] thought I ought to talk to [Am] my [B] own [C] mother _ [A] I _ [D] _ _ _ _ said, mama, I'm down on my _ _
[G] knees
_ _ [C] There were _ _ times that I thought _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ That I wouldn't last too _ long
[Dm] _ _ _ Somehow I've been able [Am] to just about [G] carry on
_ [F] _ It's [C] been a long, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] long time coming
[Bm] But I [E] know that [Am] change _ _ is gonna come
_ [C] Mmm, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ yes, change is [Am] gonna come _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _