Chords for Johnnie Taylor-I'm Changing
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
F
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm [Bb] changing, yeah.
[Gm] [Bb] Re-writing my life.
[Gm] [Bb] I'm getting rid of my old ones, [F] yeah.
[Gm] [Bb] And stop cheating on my [F] wife.
[Gm] [Bb] For days I've been [Gm] wrong.
[Bb] And neglecting my [Gm] home.
[Bb] I've always been everywhere.
[Gm] [Bb] Woman, where do I belong?
[Gm] [Bb] And I'm looking for a woman,
[Gm] Like the one I've got at [Bb] home.
Last night she asked me, baby,
[Gm] Why you always [Bb] gone?
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life.
Only a fool [Gm] is [Bb] a fool all [F] his [Gm] life.
[Bb] What do you need, mother woman, tell me?
[Gm] When [Bb] you got a good wife, [Gm] yeah,
[Bb] I've been greedy.
And my wife has been [Gm] needy.
She didn't have [Bb] to be.
Oh, but she was waiting on me.
Man, don't you wait,
Till she's tired of you.
And don't you forget,
For the men want her too.
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, [Bb] re-arranging my life.
Here's another thing.
[Gm] Look, a [Bb] woman must feel [Gm]
she's loved and [Bb] belonged.
That's her big deal.
Give [Gm] it up while she's gone.
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life.
She's been the [Gm] lady,
[Bb] The mother of my baby.
[Gm] [Bb] She's the first one up in the [Gm] morning,
And the last one to bed.
[Bb] She takes good care.
I ain't gonna say what y'all think, I'll just say it.
[Gm] [Bb] I ain't [Gm] stuff dirty in my
Re [Bb]-arranging my life.
[Gm] You [Bb] can't tell me no more about the man I made with.
[Gm] Give it all I have left in my wife.
[Bb] I'm changing, changing, [Gm] changing.
[Bb] Re-arranging my life.
[Gm] [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
That lady just [Gm] laughed when I said that.
[Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
You think I should?
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
[Gm] I'm talking to you, lady.
Put your earrings on.
[Bb] Huh?
What do you think [Gm] a man should do in a case like that, darling?
[Bb] Do what?
[G]
[Gm] [Bb] Are you changing?
[Gm]
Re-arranging?
Are [Bb] you changing, changing, changing?
Wait a minute.
How many women gonna give up their man?
Y'all got off quiet.
How many [G] women here gonna give up their man tonight?
[Bb] You ain't gonna do that, girl.
Huh?
You'll give up your outside love?
[Bb] All right.
How many fellas here gonna give up their outside woman?
That's a cool it, man, cool it.
[Gm] [Bb] I didn't mean to run y'all, baby.
I didn't mean to run [Gm] y'all to fleas.
I'm [Bb] changing, changing, changing.
Re-arranging my [Gm] life.
[Bb] I done run that woman out of the place, y'all.
[Gm] [Bb] She's going home to her husband.
[Gm] Are [Bb] you changing?
Re [Gm]-arranging?
Are you [Bb] changing, changing, [Gm] changing, changing?
Oh, [Bb] mama, mama, mama.
[Gm] Bring it [Bb] down.
Lord, I miss you.
You know sometimes when you're so lonely,
[C]
[Bb] you wanna feel like your time ain't long.
Honey, don't, honey, don't go away.
Do you hear, [Gm]
do you hear [Bb] what I say, [Gm] what I say?
Give me time, give me time, and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But [Bb] honey, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Look, how would Romeo feel if his Juliet
had turned on his advances and played hard to get?
He would not [Gm] let this bother him, this I know,
[Bb] because where there's life, there's hope.
Honey, don't, don't [C] [Gm] go [Bb] away.
I want y'all to help me say this.
I love this song.
Do you hear, do you hear what I say?
Tell me [Gm] what I say.
[Bb] All I need is a little more [Gm] time,
[Bb] and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But honey, Rome [Gm] wasn't built in [Bb] a day.
No, no, no.
I had a hammer.
[Gm] [Bb] I put a hammer in the morning, yeah.
Hammer in the evening.
Oh, over this land, I'd hammer out danger.
[Gm] What do you think?
I'd hammer [Bb] out a wound in the morning, morning.
[Gm] I'd hammer [Bb] out love between [Gm] my brother and my sister.
[Bb] Oh, over this land.
We're going to say goodnight, ladies and gentlemen.
We're going to leave you, darling.
We love you.
But we got to go.
Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Hang up, [Gm] fellas.
Oh, I love you, I [Bb] love you, I love you, I love you, I [Gm] love you.
I love you.
I [Bb] love you for no mental reason.
[Gm] I'm going to say goodnight, baby.
We love [Bb] you so much.
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm [Bb] changing, yeah.
[Gm] [Bb] Re-writing my life.
[Gm] [Bb] I'm getting rid of my old ones, [F] yeah.
[Gm] [Bb] And stop cheating on my [F] wife.
[Gm] [Bb] For days I've been [Gm] wrong.
[Bb] And neglecting my [Gm] home.
[Bb] I've always been everywhere.
[Gm] [Bb] Woman, where do I belong?
[Gm] [Bb] And I'm looking for a woman,
[Gm] Like the one I've got at [Bb] home.
Last night she asked me, baby,
[Gm] Why you always [Bb] gone?
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life.
Only a fool [Gm] is [Bb] a fool all [F] his [Gm] life.
[Bb] What do you need, mother woman, tell me?
[Gm] When [Bb] you got a good wife, [Gm] yeah,
[Bb] I've been greedy.
And my wife has been [Gm] needy.
She didn't have [Bb] to be.
Oh, but she was waiting on me.
Man, don't you wait,
Till she's tired of you.
And don't you forget,
For the men want her too.
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, [Bb] re-arranging my life.
Here's another thing.
[Gm] Look, a [Bb] woman must feel [Gm]
she's loved and [Bb] belonged.
That's her big deal.
Give [Gm] it up while she's gone.
[F] I'm changing, [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life.
She's been the [Gm] lady,
[Bb] The mother of my baby.
[Gm] [Bb] She's the first one up in the [Gm] morning,
And the last one to bed.
[Bb] She takes good care.
I ain't gonna say what y'all think, I'll just say it.
[Gm] [Bb] I ain't [Gm] stuff dirty in my
Re [Bb]-arranging my life.
[Gm] You [Bb] can't tell me no more about the man I made with.
[Gm] Give it all I have left in my wife.
[Bb] I'm changing, changing, [Gm] changing.
[Bb] Re-arranging my life.
[Gm] [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
That lady just [Gm] laughed when I said that.
[Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
You think I should?
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
[Gm] I'm talking to you, lady.
Put your earrings on.
[Bb] Huh?
What do you think [Gm] a man should do in a case like that, darling?
[Bb] Do what?
[G]
[Gm] [Bb] Are you changing?
[Gm]
Re-arranging?
Are [Bb] you changing, changing, changing?
Wait a minute.
How many women gonna give up their man?
Y'all got off quiet.
How many [G] women here gonna give up their man tonight?
[Bb] You ain't gonna do that, girl.
Huh?
You'll give up your outside love?
[Bb] All right.
How many fellas here gonna give up their outside woman?
That's a cool it, man, cool it.
[Gm] [Bb] I didn't mean to run y'all, baby.
I didn't mean to run [Gm] y'all to fleas.
I'm [Bb] changing, changing, changing.
Re-arranging my [Gm] life.
[Bb] I done run that woman out of the place, y'all.
[Gm] [Bb] She's going home to her husband.
[Gm] Are [Bb] you changing?
Re [Gm]-arranging?
Are you [Bb] changing, changing, [Gm] changing, changing?
Oh, [Bb] mama, mama, mama.
[Gm] Bring it [Bb] down.
Lord, I miss you.
You know sometimes when you're so lonely,
[C]
[Bb] you wanna feel like your time ain't long.
Honey, don't, honey, don't go away.
Do you hear, [Gm]
do you hear [Bb] what I say, [Gm] what I say?
Give me time, give me time, and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But [Bb] honey, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Look, how would Romeo feel if his Juliet
had turned on his advances and played hard to get?
He would not [Gm] let this bother him, this I know,
[Bb] because where there's life, there's hope.
Honey, don't, don't [C] [Gm] go [Bb] away.
I want y'all to help me say this.
I love this song.
Do you hear, do you hear what I say?
Tell me [Gm] what I say.
[Bb] All I need is a little more [Gm] time,
[Bb] and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But honey, Rome [Gm] wasn't built in [Bb] a day.
No, no, no.
I had a hammer.
[Gm] [Bb] I put a hammer in the morning, yeah.
Hammer in the evening.
Oh, over this land, I'd hammer out danger.
[Gm] What do you think?
I'd hammer [Bb] out a wound in the morning, morning.
[Gm] I'd hammer [Bb] out love between [Gm] my brother and my sister.
[Bb] Oh, over this land.
We're going to say goodnight, ladies and gentlemen.
We're going to leave you, darling.
We love you.
But we got to go.
Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Hang up, [Gm] fellas.
Oh, I love you, I [Bb] love you, I love you, I love you, I [Gm] love you.
I love you.
I [Bb] love you for no mental reason.
[Gm] I'm going to say goodnight, baby.
We love [Bb] you so much.
[Gm]
Key:
Bb
Gm
F
G
C
Bb
Gm
F
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] I'm _ _ [Bb] changing, yeah.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Re-writing my life.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] I'm getting rid of my old ones, [F] yeah.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] And stop cheating on my [F] wife.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] For days I've been [Gm] wrong.
_ _ [Bb] And neglecting my [Gm] home.
_ _ [Bb] I've always been everywhere.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Woman, where do I belong?
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] And I'm looking for a woman,
[Gm] Like the one I've got at [Bb] home.
Last night she asked me, baby,
[Gm] Why you always [Bb] gone?
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging _ [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, _ re-arranging [Bb] my life. _ _ _ _
Only a fool _ _ [Gm] _ is [Bb] a fool all [F] his [Gm] life. _ _
[Bb] What do you need, mother woman, tell me?
[Gm] When [Bb] you got a good wife, [Gm] yeah, _
[Bb] I've been greedy. _ _ _ _
And my wife has been [Gm] needy. _
_ She didn't have [Bb] to be. _ _
_ Oh, but she was waiting on me. _
_ _ Man, don't you wait,
Till she's tired of you.
And don't you forget,
For the men want her too.
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging _ [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, _ [Bb] re-arranging my life.
Here's another thing. _
[Gm] Look, a [Bb] woman must feel [Gm]
she's loved and [Bb] belonged.
That's her big deal.
Give [Gm] it up while she's gone.
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life. _ _
_ _ _ _ She's been the [Gm] lady,
_ _ _ [Bb] The mother of my baby.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] She's the first one up in the [Gm] morning,
And the last one to bed.
[Bb] She takes good care.
I ain't gonna say what y'all think, I'll just say it.
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ I ain't [Gm] stuff dirty in my_
Re [Bb]-arranging my life.
[Gm] _ _ You [Bb] can't tell me no more about the man I made with.
[Gm] _ _ _ Give it all I have left in my wife.
_ _ [Bb] I'm changing, changing, [Gm] changing.
_ _ [Bb] Re-arranging my life.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
That lady just [Gm] laughed when I said that.
_ [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
You think I should?
_ I'm talking to you, lady. _
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
[Gm] I'm talking to you, lady.
Put your earrings on.
_ _ [Bb] Huh?
What do you think [Gm] a man should do in a case like that, darling?
_ [Bb] Do what?
_ [G] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Are you changing?
_ [Gm]
Re-arranging?
Are [Bb] you changing, changing, changing?
Wait a minute.
How many women gonna give up their man?
_ Y'all got off quiet.
_ _ How many [G] women here gonna give up their man tonight?
[Bb] You ain't gonna do that, girl.
Huh?
You'll give up your outside love?
[Bb] All right.
How many fellas here gonna give up their outside woman?
_ _ That's a cool it, man, cool it.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I didn't mean to run y'all, baby.
I didn't mean to run [Gm] y'all to fleas.
_ I'm [Bb] changing, changing, changing.
_ _ Re-arranging my [Gm] life.
_ [Bb] I done run that woman out of the place, y'all. _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] She's going home to her husband.
[Gm] _ _ Are [Bb] you changing?
Re [Gm]-arranging?
Are you [Bb] changing, changing, [Gm] changing, changing?
Oh, [Bb] mama, mama, mama. _
[Gm] _ _ Bring it [Bb] down.
_ Lord, I miss you.
You know sometimes when you're so lonely,
[C] _
[Bb] you wanna _ feel like your time ain't long.
_ _ _ _ Honey, don't, honey, don't go away. _ _
_ _ Do you hear, [Gm] _
do you hear _ [Bb] what I say, _ [Gm] what I say?
_ Give me time, give me time, _ and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But [Bb] honey, Rome wasn't built in a day. _
_ Look, _ how would Romeo feel if his Juliet
_ had turned on his advances and played hard to get?
_ He would not [Gm] let this bother him, this I know,
_ [Bb] because where there's life, there's hope.
Honey, don't, _ _ _ don't [C] _ [Gm] go [Bb] _ away.
I want y'all to help me say this.
I love this song.
Do you hear, _ do you hear _ what I say?
Tell me [Gm] what I say.
_ [Bb] All I need is a little more [Gm] time,
_ [Bb] and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
_ But honey, Rome _ [Gm] wasn't built in [Bb] a day.
No, no, no.
_ _ I had a hammer.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I put a hammer in the morning, yeah.
_ _ _ Hammer in the evening. _ _
_ _ Oh, over this land, _ _ I'd hammer out danger. _ _
[Gm] What do you think?
I'd hammer [Bb] out a wound in the morning, morning.
_ [Gm] _ I'd hammer [Bb] out love between [Gm] my brother and my sister.
_ [Bb] _ Oh, _ _ _ over this land.
We're going to say goodnight, ladies and gentlemen.
_ _ We're going to leave you, darling.
We love you. _
But we got to go.
Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Hang up, [Gm] fellas. _
Oh, I love you, I [Bb] love you, I love you, I love you, I [Gm] love you.
I love you.
I [Bb] love you _ _ _ for no mental reason.
[Gm] I'm going to say goodnight, baby.
We love [Bb] you so much.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] I'm _ _ [Bb] changing, yeah.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Re-writing my life.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] I'm getting rid of my old ones, [F] yeah.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] And stop cheating on my [F] wife.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] For days I've been [Gm] wrong.
_ _ [Bb] And neglecting my [Gm] home.
_ _ [Bb] I've always been everywhere.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Woman, where do I belong?
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] And I'm looking for a woman,
[Gm] Like the one I've got at [Bb] home.
Last night she asked me, baby,
[Gm] Why you always [Bb] gone?
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging _ [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, _ re-arranging [Bb] my life. _ _ _ _
Only a fool _ _ [Gm] _ is [Bb] a fool all [F] his [Gm] life. _ _
[Bb] What do you need, mother woman, tell me?
[Gm] When [Bb] you got a good wife, [Gm] yeah, _
[Bb] I've been greedy. _ _ _ _
And my wife has been [Gm] needy. _
_ She didn't have [Bb] to be. _ _
_ Oh, but she was waiting on me. _
_ _ Man, don't you wait,
Till she's tired of you.
And don't you forget,
For the men want her too.
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging _ [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, _ [Bb] re-arranging my life.
Here's another thing. _
[Gm] Look, a [Bb] woman must feel [Gm]
she's loved and [Bb] belonged.
That's her big deal.
Give [Gm] it up while she's gone.
[F] I'm changing, _ _ [G] re-arranging [Gm] my life.
Oh, baby, re-arranging [Bb] my life. _ _
_ _ _ _ She's been the [Gm] lady,
_ _ _ [Bb] The mother of my baby.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] She's the first one up in the [Gm] morning,
And the last one to bed.
[Bb] She takes good care.
I ain't gonna say what y'all think, I'll just say it.
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ I ain't [Gm] stuff dirty in my_
Re [Bb]-arranging my life.
[Gm] _ _ You [Bb] can't tell me no more about the man I made with.
[Gm] _ _ _ Give it all I have left in my wife.
_ _ [Bb] I'm changing, changing, [Gm] changing.
_ _ [Bb] Re-arranging my life.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
That lady just [Gm] laughed when I said that.
_ [Bb] I'm getting rid of a woman.
You think I should?
_ I'm talking to you, lady. _
I'm talking to you, lady.
I'm talking to you, lady.
[Gm] I'm talking to you, lady.
Put your earrings on.
_ _ [Bb] Huh?
What do you think [Gm] a man should do in a case like that, darling?
_ [Bb] Do what?
_ [G] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Are you changing?
_ [Gm]
Re-arranging?
Are [Bb] you changing, changing, changing?
Wait a minute.
How many women gonna give up their man?
_ Y'all got off quiet.
_ _ How many [G] women here gonna give up their man tonight?
[Bb] You ain't gonna do that, girl.
Huh?
You'll give up your outside love?
[Bb] All right.
How many fellas here gonna give up their outside woman?
_ _ That's a cool it, man, cool it.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I didn't mean to run y'all, baby.
I didn't mean to run [Gm] y'all to fleas.
_ I'm [Bb] changing, changing, changing.
_ _ Re-arranging my [Gm] life.
_ [Bb] I done run that woman out of the place, y'all. _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] She's going home to her husband.
[Gm] _ _ Are [Bb] you changing?
Re [Gm]-arranging?
Are you [Bb] changing, changing, [Gm] changing, changing?
Oh, [Bb] mama, mama, mama. _
[Gm] _ _ Bring it [Bb] down.
_ Lord, I miss you.
You know sometimes when you're so lonely,
[C] _
[Bb] you wanna _ feel like your time ain't long.
_ _ _ _ Honey, don't, honey, don't go away. _ _
_ _ Do you hear, [Gm] _
do you hear _ [Bb] what I say, _ [Gm] what I say?
_ Give me time, give me time, _ and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
But [Bb] honey, Rome wasn't built in a day. _
_ Look, _ how would Romeo feel if his Juliet
_ had turned on his advances and played hard to get?
_ He would not [Gm] let this bother him, this I know,
_ [Bb] because where there's life, there's hope.
Honey, don't, _ _ _ don't [C] _ [Gm] go [Bb] _ away.
I want y'all to help me say this.
I love this song.
Do you hear, _ do you hear _ what I say?
Tell me [Gm] what I say.
_ [Bb] All I need is a little more [Gm] time,
_ [Bb] and I'll make your love as strong as mine.
_ But honey, Rome _ [Gm] wasn't built in [Bb] a day.
No, no, no.
_ _ I had a hammer.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] I put a hammer in the morning, yeah.
_ _ _ Hammer in the evening. _ _
_ _ Oh, over this land, _ _ I'd hammer out danger. _ _
[Gm] What do you think?
I'd hammer [Bb] out a wound in the morning, morning.
_ [Gm] _ I'd hammer [Bb] out love between [Gm] my brother and my sister.
_ [Bb] _ Oh, _ _ _ over this land.
We're going to say goodnight, ladies and gentlemen.
_ _ We're going to leave you, darling.
We love you. _
But we got to go.
Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Hang up, [Gm] fellas. _
Oh, I love you, I [Bb] love you, I love you, I love you, I [Gm] love you.
I love you.
I [Bb] love you _ _ _ for no mental reason.
[Gm] I'm going to say goodnight, baby.
We love [Bb] you so much.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _