Chords for Mighty Sam McClain Change Is Gonna Come Audioquest Music

[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I was born _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] by the [G] river _ in _ _ _ _ a little tent, _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ and just like the [C] river, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ I've been [D] running ever since.
_ _ [G] It's been so long, long, long. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, [Am] it's been a long time coming, _ _ [C] but I know, Lord, [B] I know _ [Em] _
_ _ change is gonna come.
_ _ _ Oh, [G] yes, it will, _ _ because I believe it will.
_ _ It's been too _ _ _ hard living _ _ sometimes, _ _ but I'm afraid to die.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ I don't know what's up there, _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] way [D] beyond the sky.
_ It's [G] been so long, hey, _ you don't [C] hear me?
_ [G] _ [C]
[Am] Oh, it's been a long time coming, _ [C] but I know, _ [B] Lord, [Em] _ _ _ change is gonna come. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ But _ one day, _ _ [Em] I went to my brother, yeah, _ _ sure enough, [Gm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
and I said, brother, _ _ would you
[G] help me please? _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
My brother stood there. _
[B] He [Em] looked down on me. _
He looked down on [A] me.
[Em]
[C] It [A] all moved _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to [D] my knees, _ all my bending knees. _
[G] There was _ days of when I thought I _ _ _ may not _ last too long. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
Right now, I think I'm able, Lord. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ I'm able to [D] carry on, _ but [G] it's been so long. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, [Am] it's been a long time coming, [C] but I know, Lord, I [B] know _
[Em] _ that a change is gonna come.
_ _ _ _ I wonder, would you mind [G] playing a little bit? _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's all right. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] Ooh, baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] Yes, sir. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Yes. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
Oh, my Lord. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
It's [D] all right.
[E] _ _ _
[G] _ Lord, _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ Ooh, baby. _
_ _ _ _ Ooh, [G] that's all right, my friend. _
[Gm] Thank you.
_ _ [Bm] There [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
was another _ time. _
_ [G] _ _ Ooh, I went to my own [Bm] mama, yeah.
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _
Lord, I cried, mama, _ help your [G] son, _ please.
Yes, I did.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _
My mother stood there. _ _
[Em] She looked me straight in my eyes and said, I love you, son.
She said, I love you, my child.
[C]
[A] Oh, but the way she called me, _ it almost knocked me down _ [D]
to my knees, _ all my bending knees.
_ [G] That was the age, _ _ oh, Lord, when I thought, _ _ yes, I may not, I may not last too long.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ Right now, I _ _ _ _ [Em]
think I'm able to [D] carry on, yeah, _ but [G] it's been so long. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, _ [Am] it's been a long time coming.
_ [C] I know _ _ _ _ deep in my heart, [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
I keep hearing this voice inside of me. _ _ _ _
I keep hearing this voice inside of me.
_ _ _ Tells me to hang on in there.
_ _ Hang on in there. _ _
Hang on in there, my child, _ because your change is going to come.
Look out, y'all.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _