A Change Is Gonna Come chords by Aretha Franklin

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Bb majorBb
There's an old friend
 FF       G minorGm           Bb majorBb
That I once heard say
Eb MajorEb                           C minorCm
Something that touched my heart
C5C5                    FF
And it began this way

Bb majorBb          DmDm          Gm7Gm7
I was born by the river
Bb majorBb               Cm7Cm7
In a little tent
                        G minorGm
And just like the river
                    FF        Bb majorBb
I've been runnin' ever since
                        Eb MajorEb          D7D7
He said it's been a long time comin'
        G minorGm                       Gm7Gm7
But I know my change is gonna come
     Bb majorBb
Oh, yeah

( Cm7Cm7  F7F7  Bb majorBb )

                                 G minorGm
He said it's been too hard livin'
            Bb majorBb        Cm7Cm7
But I'm afraid to die
                     C minorCm
I might not be if I knew
              G minorGm        FF        Bb majorBb
What was up there beyond the sky

              Bb7Bb7    Eb7M           Eb MajorEb  D7D7
It's been a long, a long time comin'
       G minorGm
But I know my change has got to come
      Bb majorBb  C minorCm
Oh, yeah

       G minorGm                    C minorCm
I went, I went to my brother
                         G minorGm
And I asked him: brother
                          Cm7Cm7
Could you help me, please?
                     G minorGm
He said: good sister

I'd like to, but I'm not able
         C majorC                    C7C7
And when I, when I looked around

I was right back down
      FF
Down on my bended knees
               F7F7  Bb majorBb
Yes, I was, oh

                            D MajorD      G minorGm
There've been times that I thought
                     Bb majorBb                 Cm7Cm7
I thought that I wouldn't last for long
                     G minorGm
But somehow right now I believe
                    FF               Bb7Bb7
That I'm able, I'm able to carry on

I tell you that it's been along
     Eb MajorEb
And oh, it's been an uphill journey
           D7D7
All the way
         G minorGm
But I know, I know, I know
      Eb7Eb7                      Bb majorBb
I know my change is gonna come
      Bb7Bb7               Eb7Eb7
Sometimes I had to cry all night long

Yes, I did

Bb7Bb7       Eb7Eb7
Sometimes I had to give up right

For what I knew was wrong
Bb7Bb7
Yes, it's been an uphill journey
                       Eb7Eb7
It's sure's been a long way comin'

Yes, it has
Bb7Bb7
It's been real hard
                      Eb7Eb7
Every step of the way

But I believe, I believe
        Bb7Bb7
This evenin' my change is come

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