Change chords by J. Cole

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
B minorBm                        D MajorD F# minorF#m
My intuition is telling me there'll be better days
B minorBm                        D MajorD F# minorF#m
My intuition is telling me there'll be better days


Verse 1:
   B minorBm
Yeah, my intuition is telling me there'll be better days
B minorBm
I sit in silence and find whenever I meditate
D MajorD
My fears alleviate, my tears evaporate
F# minorF#m
My faith don't deviate, ideas don't have a date
B minorBm
But see I'm growing and getting stronger with every breath
B minorBm
Bringing me closer to Heaven's doors with every step
BB
As we speak I'm at peace, no longer scared to die
F# minorF#m
Most niggas don't believe in God and so they terrified
B minorBm
It's either that or they be fearing they gon' go to Hell
 B minorBm                           D MajorD
Asking the Father for forgiveness, got 'em overwhelmed (Please, God, I want to go to Heaven)
   F# minorF#m
As if He's spiteful like them white folks that control the jail
B minorBm
See I believe if God is real, He'd never judge a man
B minorBm
Because He knows us all and therefore He would understand
  D MajorD
The ignorance that make a nigga take his brother life
  F# minorF#m
The bitterness and pain that got him beating on his wife


Chorus:
B minorBm                    B minorBm
I know you desperate for a change let the pen glide
                  D MajorD
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                  F# minorF#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from
B minorBm                B minorBm
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
                   D MajorD
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                   F# minorF#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from

Verse 2:
      B minorBm
Yeah, my chosen religion

Jesus piece frozen from sinnin'
 B minorBm
Doin' dirt, hoping to God, He know my intentions
D MajorD
To see a million 'fore I see a casket
     F# minorF#m
I got a baby on the way, know he gon' be a bastard
      B minorBm
I'm living fast like I'm in a drag race, how that cash taste
 B minorBm
When I was a senior, I was ballin' on my classmates
 D MajorD
Niggas put three bullets in my car, one hit the gas tank
 F# minorF#m
Know I got a angel cause I'm supposed to have a halo
    B minorBm                    B minorBm
Right now, my lifestyle destined for a federal facility

For my ability to make them birds fly
 D MajorD
Fiends wanna get higher than a bird's eye view
   F# minorF#m
And who am I to tell a nigga what to do?
           B minorBm
I just supply, it's economics

My business ain't got the suit and tie
B minorBm
Keep a pistol at all times, niggas want what's mine
D MajorD
I can't oblige, dog, I work too hard
      F# minorF#m
So reach for it, get referred to God, I'm going hard, nigga


Chorus:
B minorBm                    B minorBm
I know you desperate for a change let the pen glide
                  D MajorD
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                  F# minorF#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from
B minorBm                B minorBm
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
                   D MajorD
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                   F# minorF#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from


Verse 3:
   B minorBm
Yeah, prodigal son, got a new gun
     B minorBm
This one don't run out of ammo

Lately been working on my handles
    D MajorD
Can I ball, become a star and remain my self?
    F# minorF#m
If I fall, dust it off and regain my self
     B minorBm
Fuck 'em all, they don't know all the pain I felt
    B minorBm                 D MajorD
I'm in awe, after all the fame I felt, I evolved
                 F# minorF#m
I no longer bury demons, I be a vessel for the truth until I'm barely breathing, I'm singing


Bridge:
B minorBm  B minorBm            D MajorD
  Life is all about the evolution

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
  F# minorF#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
 B minorBm   B minorBm                D MajorD
You can dream but don't neglect the execution

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
  F# minorF#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
B minorBm  B minorBm                D MajorD
  Time is short that's what somebody told me

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
  F# minorF#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
B minorBm  B minorBm                D MajorD
   Too short to keep following your homies

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
  F# minorF#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more


Bridge:
N.C.
I reminisce back to a time where niggas threw they hands
N.C.
All of a sudden niggas pop a trunk and then we scram
N.C.
Finger on trigger make a little nigga understand
N.C.
What it's like to finally be the motherfuckin' man
N.C.
Eyes wide that's from the power that the coward feels
N.C.
Niggas die over bitches, disrespect, and dollar bills
N.C.
Bloodshed that turned the city to a battlefield
N.C.
I call it poison, you call it real (pop, pop, pop, pop)
N.C.
That's how you feel?


Verse 4:
B minorBm
Pistols be poppin' and niggas drop in a heartbeat
 B minorBm
Scattered like roaches, a body laid on the concrete
D MajorD
A augmentedA body laid on the concrete
F# minorF#m
Look, somebody laid on the concrete
 B minorBm
No time for that, ain't no lookin' back, cause I'm running too
 B minorBm
I made it home, I woke up and turned on the morning news
  D MajorD
Overcame with a feeling I can't explain
       F# minorF#m
Cause that was my nigga James that was slain, he was 22
N.C.
(Last night at around...) He was 22
N.C.
(22 year old black male, suspect, reporting live...)


Outro:
N.C.
(I swear to God, bruh)
N.C.
We're gathered here today...
N.C.
(I swear to God)
N.C.
To mourn the life of James McMillan Jr
N.C.
(I swear to God nigga, I'ma kill them niggas, man)
N.C.
A augmentedA tragedy, another tragedy in the black community
N.C.
(I promise you, bro...)
N.C.
We got to do better, people
N.C.
22 years old, this boy was too young
N.C.
(I promise you, bro, I'ma kill them niggas, yo...)
N.C.
Our condolences go to his family, our prayers
N.C.
(I'ma kill them niggas myself...)
N.C.
We know he's in a better place
N.C.
We know he's in a better place
N.C.
But this has got to end, ladies and gentleman
N.C.
We've got to come together, this is this is beyond words
N.C.
Now I'd like to open this ceremony with a verse from...