A Change Is Gonna Come Chords by Otis Redding

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[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] _
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[Ab] I was born _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in this little old town.
_ [Bbm] _ Just _ like this river, [Fm] _ _ I've been running ever since.
[Ab] It's been a long, _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ long [Db] time coming.
But I [C] know, [Fm] I know, change has got to come.
_ Oh, [Ab] yes, it is.
[Db] Oh, man, [Ab] oh, man, oh, man.
It's been too hard living.
Oh, man.
_ _ And I'm afraid to [Bbm] die.
_ _ _ I don't know what's up [Fm] there _ _ beyond the clouds.
[Ab] It's been a _ long, _ _ [Bbm] long _ time [Db] coming.
I [C] know, I [Fm] know, change has got to come.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, yes, it is.
Oh, man.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ There's a time I [Ab] will go to my brother. _
Oh, [Bbm] I've _ _ _ asked my brother, [Db] will [Fm] you help me? _ _ _
Oh, man, oh.
[Bbm] _ _ _ He turned me down.
And then [Fm] I asked my dear mother.
Oh, _ _ [Bb] she's _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] down on my _ knees. _
_ [Ab] It's been a time _ _ _ _ _ long since I've laughed that long.
Oh, [Bbm] now.
_ _ Somehow I thought I was too [Fm] labored to try to carry on.
[Ab] It's been a long, long _ _ [Bbm] _ _ time [Db] coming. _
[C] I know, [Fm] I know, change is going to come.
[Ab] Oh, yes, it _ [Db] is. _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ Like I said, I went to my [Ab] little brother.
_ Oh, man, my little brother.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
Brother, [Fm] help me. _ _ _ _
Oh, [Bbm] now.
_ _ He turned me down.
And [Fm] then I go to my little mother.
My dear mother.
Oh, [Bb] now.
_ I said, mother, I said, mother, [Eb] I'm down on my _ knees.
But [Ab] there was a time _ that I thought
long has been _ long.
[Bbm] Oh, man, oh.
_ _ Somehow I thought I was too [Fm] labored to try to carry on.
It's [Ab] been a _ long, long time [Bbm] _ _ coming.
[Db] But I [C] know, but I [Fm] know, change has got to come. _
It's [Db] been so long, it's been so [C] long,
I've lived too long, but [Fm] a change has got to come.
_ My _ _ [Db] _ _ life [C] is still not for long, [Fm] but a change has got to come.
You know, and I know, you know that.
[Db] _ I know, [C] and you know, [Cm] that a [Fm] change is going to come. _ _ _ _
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