Chords for 2pac - Times Change (Inspirational Song)
Tempo:
96.75 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
G#m
B
A#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G#m] [F#] [C#] [B]
[G#m] [F#] [C#] [B]
[G#m] [F#] [A#m] [B] That's the [G#m] way it [F#] is, [C#] some [F#] things are never changed.
I see [G#m] no [F#] changes, wake up in the morning and I [A#m] ask myself, [F#] is [B] life worth living [G#m] should I blast myself?
[F#] I'd rather be a pawn even [C#] worse than black, [B] my stomach hurts so I'm looking for a [G#m] purse to [F#] snatch.
Cops give a damn about a [C#] negro, [B] pull a trigger, kill a nigga, [G#m] he's a hero.
[F#] Get it back to the kids, who the [C#] hell cares?
[B] One less hungry mouth on the [G#m] welfare.
[F#] Partnership, I'm dope and let them deal [C#] with brothers.
[B] Give them guns, step back, [G#m] watch them kill each other.
[F#] It's time to fight back, that's what [C#] Huey said.
[B] Two shots in the dark, now [G#m] Huey's dead.
[F#] I got love for my brothers, but we [C#] can never go [B] nowhere unless we share [G#m] with each other.
[F#] We gotta stop making changes, learn to see [B] me as a brother instead of two [G#m] distant strangers.
[F#] And that's how it's supposed to be, [C#] how can the devil [G#m] take my brother if he's close to me?
[F#] I'd rather go back to [C#] the movie play, this kid's [F#] my fan, [B] and that's the way [G#m] it is.
Now [F#] if you do want to live a troubled life and [C#] a gangster life [B] and all of that, okay.
[G#m] Then stop being [F#] cowards and let's have a revolution.
[C#] But [B] we don't want to do that, dudes just want [G#m] to live [F#] on character, they want to be [C#] cartoons.
[B] But if they really wanted [G#m] to do something, they would be bad [F#] stuff.
Let's start [B] a revolution, let's get out of here, let's do something.
I see [G#m] no changes, [F#] all I see is racist faces.
[C#] [B] Misplaced hate makes disgrace the racist.
We under, [F#] I wonder what it takes to make [C#] this one [B] better place.
Let's erase the wasted, [F#] take the evil out the people, they'll be acting [C#] right.
There's [B] more black than white, let's smoke a crack tonight.
[F#] And the only time we chill is when we kill [C#] each other.
It [G#m] takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
[F#] And although it seems heaven sent, we [C#] ain't ready [G#m] to see a black president.
And [F#] ain't it seeming overzealous, [C#] the fact of [F#] being a [G#m] gentry's back,
And it's filled with black, but [F#] some things will never change.
So [C#] I'll show [B] another way, but staying [G#m] in the dope game.
[F#] Now tell me what's a mother [C#] to do, [F#] being real [G#m] don't appeal to the brother in you.
You [F#] gotta operate the easy way, I [C#] made a Jesus [G#m] of that.
But you made it in a sleazy way, [F#] selling crack to the kids.
I gotta [C#] get the A, [G#m] but that's the way it is.
[F#] Measure with everybody's actions, [C#] fool.
[B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [C#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [C#] [G#m] There it is, y'all done make a change, so [F#] I'm proud.
[C#] [B] And still I see no changes, [F#] can a brother get a little [C#] peace?
It's warm on [B] the streets and a war in the Middle East.
Instead [F#] of war on poverty, [C#] they got a war on [B] drugs so the police can bother me.
And I [F#] ain't never did a crime, I [C#] ain't have to do.
But now [G#m] I'm back, kick the back, it's giving it back to you.
[F#] Don't let them jack you [C#] up, back [F#] you up, [B] crack you up, and then smack you up.
[F#] You gotta learn to hold your [C#] own.
They get jealous when they [G#m] see you with your mobile phone.
[F#] But telecoms can't touch [C#] this, I don't [F#] trust this.
[G#m] When you're trying to rush, I bust this.
That's a [F#] sound number two, you [C#] say it ain't [F#] cool.
My [B] mama didn't raise no fool.
And as [F#] long as the state [C#] block, I gotta [F#] stay [G#m] strong.
And I never get to lay back, because I [F#] always got to worry about the [C#] payback.
Some [B] buck that I roughed up way back.
Coming [F#] back after all these [C#] years, [F#] right at that [G#m] time.
That's the way it is.
[F#] [C#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] And these are [F#] the last of these, so they [C#] can take the money we [G#m] got.
So now I can enjoy that, [F#] and I don't [C#] care if those white guys are [G#m] working on mobile,
they [C#m] don't have to change.
[B] [C#m] We gotta make a change.
[G#m] [F#] [C#] [B]
[G#m] [F#] [A#m] [B] That's the [G#m] way it [F#] is, [C#] some [F#] things are never changed.
I see [G#m] no [F#] changes, wake up in the morning and I [A#m] ask myself, [F#] is [B] life worth living [G#m] should I blast myself?
[F#] I'd rather be a pawn even [C#] worse than black, [B] my stomach hurts so I'm looking for a [G#m] purse to [F#] snatch.
Cops give a damn about a [C#] negro, [B] pull a trigger, kill a nigga, [G#m] he's a hero.
[F#] Get it back to the kids, who the [C#] hell cares?
[B] One less hungry mouth on the [G#m] welfare.
[F#] Partnership, I'm dope and let them deal [C#] with brothers.
[B] Give them guns, step back, [G#m] watch them kill each other.
[F#] It's time to fight back, that's what [C#] Huey said.
[B] Two shots in the dark, now [G#m] Huey's dead.
[F#] I got love for my brothers, but we [C#] can never go [B] nowhere unless we share [G#m] with each other.
[F#] We gotta stop making changes, learn to see [B] me as a brother instead of two [G#m] distant strangers.
[F#] And that's how it's supposed to be, [C#] how can the devil [G#m] take my brother if he's close to me?
[F#] I'd rather go back to [C#] the movie play, this kid's [F#] my fan, [B] and that's the way [G#m] it is.
Now [F#] if you do want to live a troubled life and [C#] a gangster life [B] and all of that, okay.
[G#m] Then stop being [F#] cowards and let's have a revolution.
[C#] But [B] we don't want to do that, dudes just want [G#m] to live [F#] on character, they want to be [C#] cartoons.
[B] But if they really wanted [G#m] to do something, they would be bad [F#] stuff.
Let's start [B] a revolution, let's get out of here, let's do something.
I see [G#m] no changes, [F#] all I see is racist faces.
[C#] [B] Misplaced hate makes disgrace the racist.
We under, [F#] I wonder what it takes to make [C#] this one [B] better place.
Let's erase the wasted, [F#] take the evil out the people, they'll be acting [C#] right.
There's [B] more black than white, let's smoke a crack tonight.
[F#] And the only time we chill is when we kill [C#] each other.
It [G#m] takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
[F#] And although it seems heaven sent, we [C#] ain't ready [G#m] to see a black president.
And [F#] ain't it seeming overzealous, [C#] the fact of [F#] being a [G#m] gentry's back,
And it's filled with black, but [F#] some things will never change.
So [C#] I'll show [B] another way, but staying [G#m] in the dope game.
[F#] Now tell me what's a mother [C#] to do, [F#] being real [G#m] don't appeal to the brother in you.
You [F#] gotta operate the easy way, I [C#] made a Jesus [G#m] of that.
But you made it in a sleazy way, [F#] selling crack to the kids.
I gotta [C#] get the A, [G#m] but that's the way it is.
[F#] Measure with everybody's actions, [C#] fool.
[B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [C#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [C#] [G#m] There it is, y'all done make a change, so [F#] I'm proud.
[C#] [B] And still I see no changes, [F#] can a brother get a little [C#] peace?
It's warm on [B] the streets and a war in the Middle East.
Instead [F#] of war on poverty, [C#] they got a war on [B] drugs so the police can bother me.
And I [F#] ain't never did a crime, I [C#] ain't have to do.
But now [G#m] I'm back, kick the back, it's giving it back to you.
[F#] Don't let them jack you [C#] up, back [F#] you up, [B] crack you up, and then smack you up.
[F#] You gotta learn to hold your [C#] own.
They get jealous when they [G#m] see you with your mobile phone.
[F#] But telecoms can't touch [C#] this, I don't [F#] trust this.
[G#m] When you're trying to rush, I bust this.
That's a [F#] sound number two, you [C#] say it ain't [F#] cool.
My [B] mama didn't raise no fool.
And as [F#] long as the state [C#] block, I gotta [F#] stay [G#m] strong.
And I never get to lay back, because I [F#] always got to worry about the [C#] payback.
Some [B] buck that I roughed up way back.
Coming [F#] back after all these [C#] years, [F#] right at that [G#m] time.
That's the way it is.
[F#] [C#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [B] And these are [F#] the last of these, so they [C#] can take the money we [G#m] got.
So now I can enjoy that, [F#] and I don't [C#] care if those white guys are [G#m] working on mobile,
they [C#m] don't have to change.
[B] [C#m] We gotta make a change.
Key:
F#
C#
G#m
B
A#m
F#
C#
G#m
[G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [B] That's the [G#m] way it [F#] is, _ [C#] some [F#] things are never changed.
I see [G#m] no [F#] changes, wake up in the morning and I [A#m] ask myself, [F#] is [B] life worth living [G#m] should I blast myself?
[F#] I'd rather be a pawn even [C#] worse than black, [B] my stomach hurts so I'm looking for a [G#m] purse to [F#] snatch.
Cops give a damn about a [C#] negro, [B] pull a trigger, kill a nigga, [G#m] he's a hero.
[F#] Get it back to the kids, who the [C#] hell cares?
[B] One less hungry mouth on the [G#m] welfare.
[F#] Partnership, I'm dope and let them deal [C#] with brothers.
[B] Give them guns, step back, [G#m] watch them kill each other.
[F#] It's time to fight back, that's what [C#] Huey said.
[B] Two shots in the dark, now [G#m] Huey's dead.
[F#] I got love for my brothers, but we [C#] can never go [B] nowhere unless we share [G#m] with each other.
[F#] We gotta stop making changes, learn to see [B] me as a brother instead of two [G#m] distant strangers.
[F#] And that's how it's supposed to be, [C#] how can the devil [G#m] take my brother if he's close to me?
[F#] I'd rather go back to [C#] the movie play, this kid's [F#] my fan, [B] and that's the way [G#m] it is.
Now [F#] if you do want to live a troubled life and [C#] a gangster life [B] and all of that, okay.
[G#m] Then stop being [F#] cowards and let's have a revolution.
[C#] But [B] we don't want to do that, dudes just want [G#m] to live [F#] on character, they want to be [C#] cartoons.
[B] But if they really wanted [G#m] to do something, they would be bad [F#] stuff.
_ Let's start [B] a revolution, let's get out of here, let's do something.
I see [G#m] no changes, [F#] all I see is racist faces.
[C#] [B] Misplaced hate makes disgrace the racist.
We under, [F#] I wonder what it takes to make [C#] this one [B] better place.
Let's erase the wasted, [F#] take the evil out the people, they'll be acting [C#] right.
There's [B] more black than white, let's smoke a crack tonight.
[F#] And the only time we chill is when we kill [C#] each other.
It [G#m] takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
[F#] And although it seems heaven sent, we [C#] ain't ready [G#m] to see a black president.
And [F#] ain't it seeming overzealous, [C#] the fact of [F#] being a [G#m] gentry's back,
And it's filled with black, but [F#] some things will never change.
So [C#] I'll show [B] another way, but staying [G#m] in the dope game.
[F#] Now tell me what's a mother [C#] to do, [F#] being real [G#m] don't appeal to the brother in you.
You [F#] gotta operate the easy way, I [C#] made a Jesus [G#m] of that.
But you made it in a sleazy way, [F#] selling crack to the kids.
I gotta [C#] get the A, [G#m] but that's the way it is.
[F#] Measure with everybody's actions, [C#] fool.
[B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] There it is, y'all done make a change, so [F#] I'm proud.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] And still I see no changes, [F#] can a brother get a little [C#] peace?
It's warm on [B] the streets and a war in the Middle East.
Instead [F#] of war on poverty, [C#] they got a war on [B] drugs so the police can bother me.
And I [F#] ain't never did a crime, I [C#] ain't have to do.
But now [G#m] I'm back, kick the back, it's giving it back to you.
[F#] Don't let them jack you [C#] up, back [F#] you up, [B] crack you up, and then smack you up.
[F#] You gotta learn to hold your [C#] own.
They get jealous when they [G#m] see you with your mobile phone.
[F#] But telecoms can't touch [C#] this, I don't [F#] trust this.
[G#m] When you're trying to rush, I bust this.
That's a [F#] sound number two, you [C#] say it ain't [F#] cool.
My [B] mama didn't raise no fool.
And as [F#] long as the state [C#] block, I gotta [F#] stay [G#m] strong.
And I never get to lay back, because I [F#] always got to worry about the [C#] payback.
Some [B] buck that I roughed up way back.
Coming [F#] back after all these [C#] years, [F#] right at that [G#m] time.
That's the way it is.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ And these are [F#] the last of these, so they [C#] can take the money we [G#m] got.
So now I can enjoy that, [F#] and I don't [C#] care if those white guys are [G#m] working on mobile,
they [C#m] don't have to change.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ We gotta make a change.
[G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [B] That's the [G#m] way it [F#] is, _ [C#] some [F#] things are never changed.
I see [G#m] no [F#] changes, wake up in the morning and I [A#m] ask myself, [F#] is [B] life worth living [G#m] should I blast myself?
[F#] I'd rather be a pawn even [C#] worse than black, [B] my stomach hurts so I'm looking for a [G#m] purse to [F#] snatch.
Cops give a damn about a [C#] negro, [B] pull a trigger, kill a nigga, [G#m] he's a hero.
[F#] Get it back to the kids, who the [C#] hell cares?
[B] One less hungry mouth on the [G#m] welfare.
[F#] Partnership, I'm dope and let them deal [C#] with brothers.
[B] Give them guns, step back, [G#m] watch them kill each other.
[F#] It's time to fight back, that's what [C#] Huey said.
[B] Two shots in the dark, now [G#m] Huey's dead.
[F#] I got love for my brothers, but we [C#] can never go [B] nowhere unless we share [G#m] with each other.
[F#] We gotta stop making changes, learn to see [B] me as a brother instead of two [G#m] distant strangers.
[F#] And that's how it's supposed to be, [C#] how can the devil [G#m] take my brother if he's close to me?
[F#] I'd rather go back to [C#] the movie play, this kid's [F#] my fan, [B] and that's the way [G#m] it is.
Now [F#] if you do want to live a troubled life and [C#] a gangster life [B] and all of that, okay.
[G#m] Then stop being [F#] cowards and let's have a revolution.
[C#] But [B] we don't want to do that, dudes just want [G#m] to live [F#] on character, they want to be [C#] cartoons.
[B] But if they really wanted [G#m] to do something, they would be bad [F#] stuff.
_ Let's start [B] a revolution, let's get out of here, let's do something.
I see [G#m] no changes, [F#] all I see is racist faces.
[C#] [B] Misplaced hate makes disgrace the racist.
We under, [F#] I wonder what it takes to make [C#] this one [B] better place.
Let's erase the wasted, [F#] take the evil out the people, they'll be acting [C#] right.
There's [B] more black than white, let's smoke a crack tonight.
[F#] And the only time we chill is when we kill [C#] each other.
It [G#m] takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.
[F#] And although it seems heaven sent, we [C#] ain't ready [G#m] to see a black president.
And [F#] ain't it seeming overzealous, [C#] the fact of [F#] being a [G#m] gentry's back,
And it's filled with black, but [F#] some things will never change.
So [C#] I'll show [B] another way, but staying [G#m] in the dope game.
[F#] Now tell me what's a mother [C#] to do, [F#] being real [G#m] don't appeal to the brother in you.
You [F#] gotta operate the easy way, I [C#] made a Jesus [G#m] of that.
But you made it in a sleazy way, [F#] selling crack to the kids.
I gotta [C#] get the A, [G#m] but that's the way it is.
[F#] Measure with everybody's actions, [C#] fool.
[B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] There it is, y'all done make a change, so [F#] I'm proud.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] And still I see no changes, [F#] can a brother get a little [C#] peace?
It's warm on [B] the streets and a war in the Middle East.
Instead [F#] of war on poverty, [C#] they got a war on [B] drugs so the police can bother me.
And I [F#] ain't never did a crime, I [C#] ain't have to do.
But now [G#m] I'm back, kick the back, it's giving it back to you.
[F#] Don't let them jack you [C#] up, back [F#] you up, [B] crack you up, and then smack you up.
[F#] You gotta learn to hold your [C#] own.
They get jealous when they [G#m] see you with your mobile phone.
[F#] But telecoms can't touch [C#] this, I don't [F#] trust this.
[G#m] When you're trying to rush, I bust this.
That's a [F#] sound number two, you [C#] say it ain't [F#] cool.
My [B] mama didn't raise no fool.
And as [F#] long as the state [C#] block, I gotta [F#] stay [G#m] strong.
And I never get to lay back, because I [F#] always got to worry about the [C#] payback.
Some [B] buck that I roughed up way back.
Coming [F#] back after all these [C#] years, [F#] right at that [G#m] time.
That's the way it is.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ And these are [F#] the last of these, so they [C#] can take the money we [G#m] got.
So now I can enjoy that, [F#] and I don't [C#] care if those white guys are [G#m] working on mobile,
they [C#m] don't have to change.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ We gotta make a change.