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Key: Bb
Tuning: EADGBd (high E tuned down to D, but the song can easily be played in regular tuning as well)
Chords:
G C/G D/A
d: 0----0----0
B: 0----1----3
G: 0----0----0
D: 0----2----4
A: 2----3----5
E: 3----3----5
Intro:
G | C/G | D/A C/G | G
Verse 1:
G C/G D/A C/G G
Change, like the wind, like the water, like skin
G C/G D/A C/G G
Change, like the sky, like the leaves, like a butterfly
Chorus:
G C/G
Would you live forever and never die?
D/A C/G G
While everything around passes?
G C/G
Would you smile forever and never cry?
D/A C/G G
While everything you know passes?
Verse 2:
G C/G D/A C/G G
Death, like a door to a place we've never been before
G C/G D/A C/G G
Death, like space, the deep sea, a suitcase
Chorus:
G C/G
Would you stare forever at the sun
D/A C/G G
Never watch the moon rising?
G C/G
Would you walk forever in the light
D/A C/G G
To never learn the secrets of the quiet night?
Guitar solo / humming:
G | C/G | D/A C/G | G
Verse 3:
G C/G D/A C/G G
Still, like a stone, like a hill, like home
G C/G
Still, what I find
D/A C/G G
Is you were always on my mind
Chorus:
G C/G
Could I feel happy for you
D/A C/G G
When I hear you talk with her like we used to?
G C/G
Could I set everything free
D/A C/G G
When I watch you holding her the way you once held me?
Verse 4:
G C/G D/A C/G G
Change, like the sky, like the leaves, like a butterfly
G C/G D/A C/G G
Death, like a door to a place we've never been before
Chorus:
G C/G
Would you live forever and never die
D/A C/G G
While everything around passes?
G C/G
Would you smile forever and never cry
D/A C/G G
Outro:
G | C/G | D/A C/G | G
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Change (Ver2) (Chords)
- Change (Intro)
Song History
Published: October 21, 2021
Last Updated: February 13, 2026