Chords for "A Change Is Gonna Come"/"People Gotta Be Free" by The 5th Dimension featuring Billy Davis, Jr.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I _
_ _ [Ab] was born by the river _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ in a little tent _ [Bbm] and oh _ just like a river _ [Fm] I've been running ever [Eb] _ since. _
[Ab] It's been a _ _ [Ab] long, _ _
[Bbm] _ a _ [Db] long time [C] coming but [Fm] I know a change has got to come, [Ab] oh yes it [Db] will.
_ _ It's [Ab] been too _ _ hard living _ [Ab] but I'm afraid to die. _
[Bbm] _ _ _ I don't know what's up _ _ there _ beyond [Eb] the sky.
_ [Ab] It's been a _ _ _ long, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
a [Db] long time coming [Bb] _ [Fm] but I know a change has got to come, [Ab] oh yes it will. _ _
[Db] Then I go, _ then I [Ab] _ _
go to my brother _ _ [Eb] and _ _ _ [Db] I say, _ brother [Fm] _ _ _
help me _ _ [Bbm] _ _
please.
_ [Bbm] _ _ But he, _ [Fm] _
you know he [Eb] just keeps on, _ _
[D] _ he keeps [Gm] on knocking me to [Eb] my _ knees.
_ But oh, there's [Ab] been a _ _ times that I _ _ _ could _ _ last so _ _ [Db] _ long. _
_ [Bbm] _ Now I [Fm] think I'm able _ _ _ to [Db] carry on.
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It's been [Eb] a _ _ [Ab] long, _ _
_ [Bbm] _ a [Ab] long time [C] coming _ [Fm] but I know a _ change has got to come, [Db] a change has got to _ _ come, [Ab] _ yeah.
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[G] _ _ _ [C] All over, all over, slowly we can see [F] people everywhere just [C] want to be free.
Let them dream, listen, [G] that's the way [C] it should be.
Peace in the valley, [G] people got to [C] be free.
_ _ [G] _ I don't want to [C] be free now.
[G] _ _ _ I don't [C] want to be free.
All over, all over, [G] slowly [C] we can see people [F] _ [C] everywhere just want to be free.
We hate on the streets and on this planet so [G] simple [C] to be.
People _
[C] everywhere [G] just [C] got to be free. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ I [G] don't _ want [C] to be free. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] Yeah, yeah. _ _
[G] _ I don't want [F] to be, I don't [C] want to be in a just trouble we meet.
We need to be not so hopeless as to take a blind ass leap.
Everybody's getting out of shape, they don't want less cause heat.
Peace in the _ valley, now [G] we all [C] can be free.
_ _ [G] _ Come on, that's what I'm talking [C] about.
_ _ _ Let me hear you clap one [C] time.
_ Come on.
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[C] People got to be free.
_ [G] _ People got to [C] be _ _ _ [G] free.
[C] All over, all over, free.
[G] _ They just [C] want to be free. Free.
[G] _ _ I [C] want to be free.
_ [G] _ _ All [C] over me.
[G] _ _ I'm not just [C] free. _ _ _ _ _ _ _