A Change Is Gonna Come Chords by Otis Redding

[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] I was born by the _ _ _ river
in this little old country [Bbm] road
_ _ just like this river
_ [Fm] _ I've been running ever since
[Ab] it's been a long, _ _ [Bbm] long, _ long
[Db] time coming but I [C] know, [Fm] but I know
_ change has gotta come _
oh [Ab] yes it is
[Db] _ [Ab] _ _
_ it's been too hard living
and _ _ I'm afraid to [Bbm] die
_ _ _ I don't know what's up [Fm] there
_ _ beyond the clouds
[Ab] it's been a _ long, _
_ _ [Bbm] _ long, long
time [Db] coming but I [C] know, but I [Fm] know
change has gotta come _
_ oh [Ab] yes it is _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ there's a time [Ab] I will go to my brother _ _
[Bbm] will _ you _ _ _
[Fm] help me
_ _ _ he _ [Bbm] turned _ _ me down
and then [Fm] I asked my dear _ mother _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ to help me [Ab] get through
it's been a hard, _ _ _ hard, _ long, long _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ time coming but I know, but I know
somehow I thought I [Db] was through labor
[Fm] _ _ and tried to carry on
[Ab] it's been a long, _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ long, long
time [Db] coming but I [C] know
_ [Fm] _ change is gonna come _
[Ab] oh yes it _ [Db] _ is
[Ab] _
_ [Bbm] _ like I said, I went to my [Ab] little
bitty brother, _ oh my little _
_ [Bbm] brother
I _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ need, _ _ _ oh [Bbm] yeah
_ _ he turned me down and then [Fm] I go
to my little mother
my dear mother, oh [Bb] my dear _ _ _ mother
I'm [Eb] down on my knees _ _
I [Ab] pull up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to bed, to bed
long before, [Bbm] long before
_ _ somehow I thought I was [Fm] through labor
_ and tried to carry on
[Ab] it's been a long, _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] long, long
time coming _ _ but [Db] I know, _ but I know
[C] I've lived too long, [Fm] but change has gotta come
I've _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [C] lived too long, but [Fm] change has gotta come
you know, and I know, you know that
[Db] I know, I [C] know, and you know
[Cm] that [Fm] change is gonna come _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _