Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

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

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 *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                      
  Oh just like that river,
       Em                      
 I've, been running ever since.
             G       Am7              
 It's been a long, a long time coming,
       C7          B7 
 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                                 
  'Cos I don't know what's out there;
 Em              
  Beyond the sky.
             G       Am7              
 It's been a long, a long time coming,
       C7          B7 
 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                       
  Somebody keep telling me,
        Em          
 Don't, hang around.
             G       Am7              
 It's been a long, a long time coming,
       C7          B7 
 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              
  But now I think,
             Em       
 I'm able to carry on.
             G       Am7              
 It's been a long, a long time coming,
       C7          B7 
 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 
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 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)