Chords for "A Change is Coming"

_ _ _ _ This song [B] goes out to all the families who've been affected [Abm] by violence in the streets hatred [Db] prejudicedness
My brother Michael Brown my brother Trayvon Martin Sean bill [Eb] all the families
We don't even know about Oscar [Db] Grant Jordan Davis [Dbm] Emmett Till our [Eb] hearts are with you and [Ebm] change
[F] It's gonna come [Fm] change
_ Change is gonna come let [Gb] me tell you something anybody know about change is West Morgan
I just celebrated nine years clean from cocaine
Did it for 15 years a lot of people said it wouldn't happen, but I know _
Change it's gonna come it's gonna happen in our [Ebm] streets and our [Abm] neighborhood
On our jobs and our churches every aspect of your life is about to change right now
[Ebm] It comes right now change.
We're gonna come this is West Morgan.
I love you and [Gb] know that [Abm]
change is coming _ _ _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] I was born
_ by the river [B] Hmm
_ _ [Gb] _
_ _ In a little tent I watched my son [Abm] struggle for years
And I watched him fight for [Ab] his life.
[Ebm] I watched him go through his highs and [Ab] lows
_ [Db] _ _ But [Ebm] I knew his [Gb] change would come _
_ _ long
_ [Abm] _
time _ coming
[B] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ But I know
_ _ Change don't [Gb] come _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ It's been too hard living _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Hmm _ _ but I'm afraid to die.
[Ebm] _ _ [Abm] Oh
_ Even though I [Abm] know _ [Gb] _ I [Ebm] _
_ _ _ know what's [Ebm] above the [Gb] sky I _ _
_ _ Been _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ a long [Gb] time [Bb] coming
_ [Ebm] But I know _ I know my _ change [Gb] gonna come _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Well, I go
_ to [Ebm] the movies
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _
_ Sometimes I go [Gb]
down town
[Eb] _ _ _ [Abm] _
It always seems a lie
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
Somebody's telling me don't hang around
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It's been a long _ _
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_ _ _ _ [B] Time coming [Bb] yesterday, _ _ [Ebm]
but I know I know my [Db] change [Gb] is gone
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_ [G] Then _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ I go _ to [Eb] my brother
_ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ And _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I say brother _ _ _ _
Help [Ebm] me _ _ _
_ _ _ Then [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ he [Abm] always
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Knock _ [Gb] knocks me _ down
_ [Ab] _
But he [C] always
_ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Ab] Knocks me down
To [Db] my _ _ knees _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ I spent times when I thought
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That I just couldn't make it [Eb] yeah
[Abm] But _ _ now I [F] feel like I got the [Bb] strength
_ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ Carrying on
_ [Gb] _ _ It's been a long _ _ _
_ Been a long [Abm]
time coming
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bb] But I [Ebm] know I know my _
[Eb] change
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
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_ _ [Ebm] _ It's [Abm] gone _ I _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [B] _ want [Ebm] you to know my brother _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Abm]
It's gone _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Ab] _ It's on [Ebm] its way I _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Abm] _
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_ _ _ Know my [Ebm]
changes come _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] You _ need _ you _ need you need to _ know _ _ _
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My _ _ _ [Ebm] _
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_ [Gb] chain
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_ _ Freedom _ _
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_ _ [Ebm] _ Oh
[Abm] _
_ _ In the streets _ [B] _ _ [Ebm] in the _ _ _ _ _
country
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Shame _ _ _ _
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_ _ Shame _ _
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_ _ _ It's _
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