A Change Is Gonna Come Chords

...A CHANGE IS GONNA COME... by Sam Cooke
----------------------------.............

*from 'Ain't That Good News' (1964)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)


Intro:

F9  Eb9  D7

Verse 1:

      G
I was born by the river, in a little tent,
Am7                              Em
 Oh, just like that river, I've, been running ever since.
            G       Am7                     C7          B7
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know, oh-oo-oh,
Em                           G
 A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will.

Verse 2:

          G
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die,
Am7                                  Em
 'Cos I don't know what's out there, beyond the sky.
            G       Am7                     C7          B7
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know, oh-oo-oh,
Em                           G
 A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will.

Verse 3:

  G
I go to the movie and I go downtown,
Am7                               Em
 Somebody keep telling me; don't, hang around.
            G       Am7                     C7          B7
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know, oh-oo-oh,
Em                           G
 A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will.

Bridge:

Am7                  G6
 Then I go to see my brother,
Am7                       Em
 And I ask him to help me please.

Am7                    Em
 And he just winds up;  knockin' me,
A9               D7
 Back down on my knees,	oh;

Verse 4:

           G
There been times when I thought, I couldn't last for long,
Am7                        Em
 But now I think I'm able, to carry on.
            G       Am7
It's been a long, a long time coming,
            G       Am7                     C7          B7
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know, oh-oo-oh,
Em                           G
 A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Am7     Em      C7      B7      A9      D7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x02013  022000  x32310  021202  5454xx  xx0212


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)