Chords for T-Pain: A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke Cover) | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW
Tempo:
81.075 bpm
Chords used:
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F#m
A
D
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] This is dedicated to my father.
[A] [G#m]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [A]
[G] [Em] [F#m]
[E] I [A] was born by the river in a little tent
[Bm] Oh, just like the river I've been [F#m] running ever since
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [C#] [F#m]
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
[Bm]
I don't know what's up [F#m] there
Beyond the sky
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [G#m] [F#m]
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
To the movies and I go downtown
[F#m]
[Bm] Somebody keeps telling me [F#m]
don't
Hang around
[F#] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I [G#m] know [F#m]
change gonna [Bm] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
[Bm]
Then I go [F#m] to my brother
[Bm] Oh, and I say brother, [E] [C#m] help me [F#m] flee
[Bm]
Then he winds [F#m] up knocking me
[B]
Back [D#m] [D#] down on [E] my knees
Oh, [Dm] [A] there have been times that I thought
I couldn't last too long
[Bm]
Now I know I'm able [F#m]
to carry on
[A] It's been a long, [Bm] long time coming
But I [D] [F] know change, change, [G#] change, [D] change
But I know change gonna come
Oh, yes it [A] will
[N]
laughs
I [A#]
took it by surprise, [D#] baby
[Cm] This is what you do
When we [Gm] gather you crew
Cause me and [F] my nigga
[A#] [D#] Now baby girl, I ain't trying
to get you [Cm] drunk
I'm just [Gm] trying to get you tipsy
And I know that you wouldn't [Cm] do
what you do unless [Gm] you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I know [D#] that for me to get you home
In the back [Cm] of my room
[Gm] I need you tipsy
And I [D#] know that you wouldn't be
the freak [Cm] that you [Gm] are
unless you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I [Cm] know
Take [D] a sip of this
[D#] Drink that
On [F] a beer, [Cm] good baby
Take [A#] a hit of this [F] Take that
[N]
[A] [G#m]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [A]
[G] [Em] [F#m]
[E] I [A] was born by the river in a little tent
[Bm] Oh, just like the river I've been [F#m] running ever since
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [C#] [F#m]
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
[Bm]
I don't know what's up [F#m] there
Beyond the sky
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [G#m] [F#m]
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
To the movies and I go downtown
[F#m]
[Bm] Somebody keeps telling me [F#m]
don't
Hang around
[F#] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I [G#m] know [F#m]
change gonna [Bm] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
[Bm]
Then I go [F#m] to my brother
[Bm] Oh, and I say brother, [E] [C#m] help me [F#m] flee
[Bm]
Then he winds [F#m] up knocking me
[B]
Back [D#m] [D#] down on [E] my knees
Oh, [Dm] [A] there have been times that I thought
I couldn't last too long
[Bm]
Now I know I'm able [F#m]
to carry on
[A] It's been a long, [Bm] long time coming
But I [D] [F] know change, change, [G#] change, [D] change
But I know change gonna come
Oh, yes it [A] will
[N]
laughs
I [A#]
took it by surprise, [D#] baby
[Cm] This is what you do
When we [Gm] gather you crew
Cause me and [F] my nigga
[A#] [D#] Now baby girl, I ain't trying
to get you [Cm] drunk
I'm just [Gm] trying to get you tipsy
And I know that you wouldn't [Cm] do
what you do unless [Gm] you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I know [D#] that for me to get you home
In the back [Cm] of my room
[Gm] I need you tipsy
And I [D#] know that you wouldn't be
the freak [Cm] that you [Gm] are
unless you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I [Cm] know
Take [D] a sip of this
[D#] Drink that
On [F] a beer, [Cm] good baby
Take [A#] a hit of this [F] Take that
[N]
Key:
Bm
F#m
A
D
Cm
Bm
F#m
A
[B] This is dedicated to my father. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ I [A] was born _ by the river in a little tent
[Bm] Oh, just like the river I've been [F#m] running _ ever since
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long _ [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [C#] _ [F#m] _
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
_ _ It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
_ [Bm] _
_ I don't know what's up [F#m] there
_ Beyond the sky
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [G#m] _ [F#m] _
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
To _ _ _ _ _ the movies and I go downtown
[F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ Somebody keeps telling me [F#m] _
_ don't
Hang around
[F#] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I [G#m] know [F#m] _
change gonna [Bm] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
_ _ [Bm] _
Then I go [F#m] to my brother
_ _ [Bm] Oh, _ and I say brother, [E] [C#m] help me [F#m] flee
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ Then he winds [F#m] up _ knocking me
[B]
Back [D#m] _ [D#] down on [E] my knees
Oh, _ [Dm] [A] there have been times that I thought
I couldn't last too long
[Bm] _
_ Now I know I'm able [F#m] _
to carry on
[A] It's been a long, _ [Bm] long time coming
But I [D] _ [F] know _ _ change, _ _ change, [G#] change, _ [D] change
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
But I know _ _ _ _ change gonna come
Oh, _ yes it [A] will
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ laughs
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ took it by surprise, [D#] baby
[Cm] This is what you do
When we [Gm] gather you crew
Cause me and [F] my nigga
[A#] [D#] Now baby girl, I ain't trying
to get you [Cm] drunk
I'm just [Gm] trying to get you tipsy
And I know that you wouldn't [Cm] do
what you do unless [Gm] you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I know [D#] that for me to get you home
In the back [Cm] of my room
[Gm] I need you tipsy
And I [D#] know that you wouldn't be
the freak [Cm] that you [Gm] are
unless you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I [Cm] know
Take [D] a sip of this
[D#] Drink that
On [F] a beer, [Cm] good baby
Take [A#] a hit of this [F] Take that
[N] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ I [A] was born _ by the river in a little tent
[Bm] Oh, just like the river I've been [F#m] running _ ever since
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long _ [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [C#] _ [F#m] _
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
_ _ It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
_ [Bm] _
_ I don't know what's up [F#m] there
_ Beyond the sky
[Bm] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I know [G#m] _ [F#m] _
change gonna [D] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
To _ _ _ _ _ the movies and I go downtown
[F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ Somebody keeps telling me [F#m] _
_ don't
Hang around
[F#] [A] It's been a long, long [Bm]
time coming
[D] But I [G#m] know [F#m] _
change gonna [Bm] come
[A] Oh, yes it will
_ _ [Bm] _
Then I go [F#m] to my brother
_ _ [Bm] Oh, _ and I say brother, [E] [C#m] help me [F#m] flee
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ Then he winds [F#m] up _ knocking me
[B]
Back [D#m] _ [D#] down on [E] my knees
Oh, _ [Dm] [A] there have been times that I thought
I couldn't last too long
[Bm] _
_ Now I know I'm able [F#m] _
to carry on
[A] It's been a long, _ [Bm] long time coming
But I [D] _ [F] know _ _ change, _ _ change, [G#] change, _ [D] change
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
But I know _ _ _ _ change gonna come
Oh, _ yes it [A] will
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ laughs
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ took it by surprise, [D#] baby
[Cm] This is what you do
When we [Gm] gather you crew
Cause me and [F] my nigga
[A#] [D#] Now baby girl, I ain't trying
to get you [Cm] drunk
I'm just [Gm] trying to get you tipsy
And I know that you wouldn't [Cm] do
what you do unless [Gm] you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I know [D#] that for me to get you home
In the back [Cm] of my room
[Gm] I need you tipsy
And I [D#] know that you wouldn't be
the freak [Cm] that you [Gm] are
unless you get tipsy
[F] And [A#] I [Cm] know
Take [D] a sip of this
[D#] Drink that
On [F] a beer, [Cm] good baby
Take [A#] a hit of this [F] Take that
[N] _ _