Chords for Johnnie Taylor-I'm Changing
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
F
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Bb]
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm [Bb] changing, yeah.
life.
ones, [F] yeah.
[F] wife.
[Bb]
[Gm]
[Bb]
[Gm] I'm [Bb] changing, yeah.
life.
ones, [F] yeah.
[F] wife.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [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] _ _