A Change Is Gonna Come Chords by Leela James

_ _ I was one _ _ by the river _ in _ _ _ a little tent. _
_ [C] Oh, [Cm] just like _ the river I've been running [Gm] _ _ _
ever _ _ since. _
_ [Bb] It's been a _ _ long, _ _ _ a _ [Cm] _ _ long time [Eb] coming.
But I [D] _
know [Gm] _ a _ change gonna come. _
_ [Bb] Oh, yes, it will. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's been _ too _ hard living, _ _ _ _ but I am afraid _ _ to [Cm] _ die. _
_ Because I don't know what's out there _ [Gm] _ _ _
beyond the sky. _
It's [Bb] been a _ _ _ long, _ _ a _ [Cm] _ long time coming.
[Eb] But I [D] _
know [Gm] _ _ a change gonna _ come.
_ [Bb] Oh, yes, it will.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There's been _ times _ that I thought _ _ I wouldn't _ _ last for long.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ But somehow _ _ I [G] think I'm _ [Gm] able _ to carry _ on.
It's [Bb] been a _ _ _ long, _ _ _ a [Cm] _ long time coming.
[Eb] But I know, [D] I know _ [Gm] a change gonna _ _ come. _ _
_ [Bb] Oh, yes, it will.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ And then I go _ to [Gm] my _ mother.
_ My mother. _
_ [Cm] My mother. _ _
I said, Mother, _ would you help [Gm] me, please? _ _
Help me, help me, please.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
She said, I'd like to.
I [Gm] really would.
But I'm just not able. _ _
And [C] then I looked around, _ and I was right back down,
_ [F] down on my knees.
Oh, _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] there's been times _ _ that I thought _ _ I wouldn't last _ for _ long.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ But somehow _ _ I [Gm] think I'm able _ _ to carry on.
It's [Bb] been a _ long, _ _ _ _ _
a _ [Cm] _ long time coming.
_ [Eb] But I [D] know a [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ change gonna _ come.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, yes, it will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _