Chords for Billy Preston - A Change Is Gonna Come

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Thank you very much.
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[Ab] I'd like to do a song now for my latest album on Motown.
The album's entitled That Way I Am.
[Db] _ And this song [Bb] was made famous [Ab] by Sam Cooke.
_ _ Has a beautiful message to [Bbm] it.
_ _ _ And I'd like to dedicate this song to [Eb] all [Db] the kids in Atlanta, Georgia.
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_ In a little tent, _
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_ just like the river I've been running
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_ Ever [Eb] since _
It's [Db] been [Ab] a _ long
_ _ _ A _ _ [Bbm] long time coming
_ But [Gm] I [Ab] know, but [E] I know
[Fm] [Ab] A change is gonna _ _ come
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[Ab] Oh, yes it will
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_ It's been too
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[Ab] _ _ to dive
I [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ don't know what's up there
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_ Beyond the [Eb] sky _
_ It's [Ab] been a _ _ long _ _ _ _
_ A [Bbm] long time coming
_ _ But I [Fm] know, [C] but I know
[Fm] _ A change is gonna come
_ [Ab] Oh, _ [Eb] _ [Ab] yes it will _
Sometimes _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ _ [C] _ I go
To [Ab] my brother _ Yeah
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_ _ [C] say, brother _
[Eb] Won't you [Fm] help me _ please? _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] But he winds up
[Eb] He [Fm] winds up Knocking me
It's _ _
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_ been a long
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_ somehow this very minute I think I'm able
[Fm] _ To _ _ carry [Eb] on _
It's been [Ab] a _ long
A _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] long time coming
_ But [Fm] I know, but [Gm] I know
[Fm] A change is gonna come
[Eb] _ Oh, _ yes it [Ab] will
Yes it will
Yes it [G] will
_ _ [Gb] I know it [Fm] will
A [Bbm] _ [Abm] change is gonna _ _ come
Oh, [Eb] _ yes it [Ab] will
A [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ change is gonna [Ab] _ come
Oh, [Eb] _
yes it [Ab] will
Yes it [G] will
I know it [E] will
[F] A _
[Bb] _ _ _ change is gonna [Ab] come
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will
_ Yes, we will.
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