Chords for R. Kelly - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke Tribute)

[Ab] _ _ Thank you very much. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Db] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
oh, oh.
Yeah, _ once upon a time not long ago,
[Bbm] as _ [Db] _ a little boy would sit on [C] the porch and talk to my [Fm] mother.
_ How many of you talk to your mother sometimes?
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We _ would talk about how I was gonna be famous one day,
how I was gonna be [Am] real famous and buy [Db] houses and cars and do a lot of sweet things for her.
_ [F] _ [Ab] Oh, I remember those days and I'll never forget it.
_ _ _ I want you to do me a favor.
I [Bb] want you to [Db] look at me now, look at me now, [C] look at me now, look at [Fm] me now.
[Ab] Oh, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ was [Db]
born, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
I was [Fm] born, yeah. _ _ _
_ Oh, I was [Ab] born _ _ by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the river _ _ _ _ in a little tent.
But [Db] oh, [Bbm] just like the river I've been running _
[Fm] _ ever [Ab] since.
_ It's been a long, _ _ _ _ [Db] _
long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] the change gonna come.
_ _ _ [Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
_ _ _ _ It's been too _ hot there, _ but I'm afraid to die.
_ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ I don't know what's up [Fm]
there beyond the sky.
_ [Ab] _ It's been a _ long, _ _ yeah, [Db] _
long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm]
the change gonna come.
_ Oh, [Ab]
yes, it will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I go, _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Db] but all I can hear them telling [Fm] me is, boy, don't hang around.
[Ab] It's been a long, long, long, long, long, [Db]
long, long, long time coming, but [C] I know [Fm]
the change gonna come.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
_ Listen, _ [Bbm] and I go [Db] with _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ my hand held out [Bbm] like this, and I say to my brother, I say, [Db] brother, [Fm] help me _ _ _ please.
_ _ [Db] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ But all he keep [Fm] doing _ is knocking _ me [Bb]
back.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ That I wasn't gonna _ last too long.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Db] But by the grace of God, I can stand on my two feet and look [Fm]
up and carry on.
[Ab] It's been a _ long, _ [Fm] long, long, [Db] long time _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm]
coming, but the change gonna come.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
Can I say it again?
_ [Bbm] It's been a _ long, _ _ _ _ [Db] long time coming, but I _ [C] know [Fm] the change gonna come.
_ [Ab] If you believe it, say yeah, say yeah. _
It's been [Db] a long, [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ long, [Db] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ long, long, long, long, long time coming.
Listen, [Ab] one day we're gonna look up, there will be a black president.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ Long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] change gonna come.
_ Oh, [Ab] yes, it will. _
_ _ Yeah, [Db] it's been a [Bbm] long, _ _ _ _ _ _ long [Db] time coming, but I _ [C] know a _ _ [G] change is gonna come.
[Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, _ I [Ab] believe it.
_ Do you believe it? _
Do you believe [Db] it?
[Bbm] _ One day, _ _ _ one day, _ _ _ [Db] one day, _ [C] change is gonna [Fm] come.
_ _ _ Somebody say yeah, [Ab] say yeah, say yeah.
_ _ _ [Db] _ One _ day, _ [Bbm] yeah, I believe it.
One day, [Db] one day, _ [C] change [Fm] is gonna come.
_ _ _ Yes, it will.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
One [Db] _ _ _ day, _ _ somebody look at somebody and tell them, one day, _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] change is gonna _ _ come.
Yeah, _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ yeah. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ One day, [Bbm] one _ _ day, one day, I _ [Ab]
know [Db] _ _ [C] change is gonna come.
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ Thank you,