Chords for R.Kelly - A change is gonna come (Sam Cooke Tribute)
Tempo:
53.55 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Ab
Bbm
Db
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Thank you very much.
[Bbm] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] Oh, [Fm]
[Ab] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bbm] oh.
[Fm] [Ab] Yeah, once upon a time not long ago,
as [Db] a little boy would sit on the porch and talk [Fm] to my mother,
[Fm] 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 real [Db] famous and buy 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 want you to [Db] look at me now, look at me now, look at me now, look at me now.
[Ab] Oh,
[Ab]
[Bbm] I was born, [Fm] yeah.
[Fm] Oh, I was [Ab] born.
I was born [Ab]
in a little tent.
But 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 know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, [Ab] yes, it will.
It's been too, but I'm afraid.
[F] [Bbm] [Db] I don't know what's up [Fm] there beyond the sky.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Db] yeah, long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
And I go,
[Fm] [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, [Bbm] long, long, long, long, long time coming, but I [Fm] know a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
Listen, [Bbm] then I go [Ab] to my brother with my hand held out like this and I say to my brother,
I say, brother, [Fm] help me, [Bbm] please.
But all he keep doing [Fm] is knocking me [Bb] back.
[Eb]
[Ab] That I wasn't gonna last too long,
[Bbm] but by the grace of [Db] God, I could stand on my two feet and look [Fm] up.
Carry on.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Bbm] long, long, long, [Db] long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Can I say it again?
It's been a [Bbm] long, long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
If you believe it, say yeah, say yeah.
[Bbm] It's been a long, [C] change [Fm] gonna come.
[Ab] Listen, one day we're gonna look up again.
[Bbm] Long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Yeah, it's been [Bbm] a long, long time coming, [Db] but I [C] know a [C] change is gonna come.
[Fm] Yeah.
[Ab] I believe it.
Do you believe it?
Do you believe [Bbm] it?
One day, one day, [Db] one day, change is [Fm] gonna come.
Somebody say yeah, [Ab] say yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Bbm] One day, one day, one day, [Fm] change is gonna come.
Yes, it will.
[Ab] Hey, hey, hey.
[Bbm] One day, somebody look at somebody and tell them that one day [C] change [Fm] is gonna come.
Hey, [Ab] hey, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] One day, one day, I know [C] change is gonna [A] come.
[Bbm] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] Oh, [Fm]
[Ab] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bbm] oh.
[Fm] [Ab] Yeah, once upon a time not long ago,
as [Db] a little boy would sit on the porch and talk [Fm] to my mother,
[Fm] 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 real [Db] famous and buy 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 want you to [Db] look at me now, look at me now, look at me now, look at me now.
[Ab] Oh,
[Ab]
[Bbm] I was born, [Fm] yeah.
[Fm] Oh, I was [Ab] born.
I was born [Ab]
in a little tent.
But 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 know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, [Ab] yes, it will.
It's been too, but I'm afraid.
[F] [Bbm] [Db] I don't know what's up [Fm] there beyond the sky.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Db] yeah, long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
And I go,
[Fm] [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, [Bbm] long, long, long, long, long time coming, but I [Fm] know a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
Listen, [Bbm] then I go [Ab] to my brother with my hand held out like this and I say to my brother,
I say, brother, [Fm] help me, [Bbm] please.
But all he keep doing [Fm] is knocking me [Bb] back.
[Eb]
[Ab] That I wasn't gonna last too long,
[Bbm] but by the grace of [Db] God, I could stand on my two feet and look [Fm] up.
Carry on.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Bbm] long, long, long, [Db] long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Can I say it again?
It's been a [Bbm] long, long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
If you believe it, say yeah, say yeah.
[Bbm] It's been a long, [C] change [Fm] gonna come.
[Ab] Listen, one day we're gonna look up again.
[Bbm] Long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Yeah, it's been [Bbm] a long, long time coming, [Db] but I [C] know a [C] change is gonna come.
[Fm] Yeah.
[Ab] I believe it.
Do you believe it?
Do you believe [Bbm] it?
One day, one day, [Db] one day, change is [Fm] gonna come.
Somebody say yeah, [Ab] say yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Bbm] One day, one day, one day, [Fm] change is gonna come.
Yes, it will.
[Ab] Hey, hey, hey.
[Bbm] One day, somebody look at somebody and tell them that one day [C] change [Fm] is gonna come.
Hey, [Ab] hey, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] One day, one day, I know [C] change is gonna [A] come.
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Thank you very much. _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] Oh, _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [Bbm] oh. _ _
[Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ Yeah, once upon a time not long ago,
as [Db] a little boy would sit on the porch and talk [Fm] to my mother,
[Fm] 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 real [Db] famous and buy 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 want you to [Db] look at me now, look at me now, look at me now, look at me now.
[Ab] Oh, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] I _ was born, [Fm] yeah.
[Fm] _ Oh, I was [Ab] born. _ _
_ I was born [Ab] _ _ _ _
in a little tent.
But 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 know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, [Ab] yes, it will. _
It's been too, _ but I'm afraid. _
[F] _ [Bbm] _ [Db] I don't know what's up [Fm] there beyond the sky. _
[Ab] It's been a long, _ [Db] yeah, long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
_ _ _ _ And I go, _ _
[Fm] _ [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, [Bbm] long, long, long, long, long time coming, but I [Fm] know a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
Listen, [Bbm] then I go _ [Ab] to my brother with my hand held out like this and I say to my brother,
I say, brother, [Fm] help me, _ _ [Bbm] please.
_ But all he keep doing [Fm] is knocking me [Bb] back.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ That I wasn't gonna last too long, _
[Bbm] but by the grace of [Db] God, I could stand on my two feet and look [Fm] up.
Carry on.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Bbm] long, long, long, [Db] long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Can I say it again?
It's been a [Bbm] long, _ _ long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
If you believe it, say yeah, say yeah.
[Bbm] It's been a long, _ _ _ _ _ [C] change [Fm] gonna come.
[Ab] Listen, one day we're gonna look up again.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Yeah, it's been [Bbm] a long, long _ time coming, [Db] but I [C] know a _ [C] change is gonna come.
[Fm] _ Yeah.
[Ab] I believe it.
Do you believe it?
Do you believe [Bbm] it?
One day, _ one day, [Db] one day, change is [Fm] gonna come.
Somebody say yeah, [Ab] _ say yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Bbm] One day, _ _ one day, one day, [Fm] change is gonna come.
Yes, it will.
[Ab] Hey, hey, hey. _
[Bbm] One day, somebody look at somebody and tell them that one day [C] change [Fm] is gonna come.
_ _ Hey, [Ab] hey, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] _ One day, one day, I know [C] change is gonna [A] come. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] Oh, _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [Bbm] oh. _ _
[Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ Yeah, once upon a time not long ago,
as [Db] a little boy would sit on the porch and talk [Fm] to my mother,
[Fm] 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 real [Db] famous and buy 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 want you to [Db] look at me now, look at me now, look at me now, look at me now.
[Ab] Oh, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] I _ was born, [Fm] yeah.
[Fm] _ Oh, I was [Ab] born. _ _
_ I was born [Ab] _ _ _ _
in a little tent.
But 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 know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, [Ab] yes, it will. _
It's been too, _ but I'm afraid. _
[F] _ [Bbm] _ [Db] I don't know what's up [Fm] there beyond the sky. _
[Ab] It's been a long, _ [Db] yeah, long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
_ _ _ _ And I go, _ _
[Fm] _ [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, [Bbm] long, long, long, long, long time coming, but I [Fm] know a change gonna come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it will.
Listen, [Bbm] then I go _ [Ab] to my brother with my hand held out like this and I say to my brother,
I say, brother, [Fm] help me, _ _ [Bbm] please.
_ But all he keep doing [Fm] is knocking me [Bb] back.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ That I wasn't gonna last too long, _
[Bbm] but by the grace of [Db] God, I could stand on my two feet and look [Fm] up.
Carry on.
[Ab] It's been a long, [Bbm] long, long, long, [Db] long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Can I say it again?
It's been a [Bbm] long, _ _ long time coming, but I know [Fm] a change gonna come.
If you believe it, say yeah, say yeah.
[Bbm] It's been a long, _ _ _ _ _ [C] change [Fm] gonna come.
[Ab] Listen, one day we're gonna look up again.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ Long time coming, but I [C] know [Fm] a change gonna come.
Oh, yes, it will.
Yeah, it's been [Bbm] a long, long _ time coming, [Db] but I [C] know a _ [C] change is gonna come.
[Fm] _ Yeah.
[Ab] I believe it.
Do you believe it?
Do you believe [Bbm] it?
One day, _ one day, [Db] one day, change is [Fm] gonna come.
Somebody say yeah, [Ab] _ say yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Bbm] One day, _ _ one day, one day, [Fm] change is gonna come.
Yes, it will.
[Ab] Hey, hey, hey. _
[Bbm] One day, somebody look at somebody and tell them that one day [C] change [Fm] is gonna come.
_ _ Hey, [Ab] hey, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] _ One day, one day, I know [C] change is gonna [A] come. _