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from: www.geocities.com/starcat175
"A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke)
(Aretha Franklin Version)
Intro: F
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb/F
There's an old friend that I once heard said
Dm7 Gm7 Dm7 Cm7
Something that touched my heart
F7
And it began this way.....
Verse 1:
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
I was born by the river in a little tent
Cm Gm F
Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since
Chorus:
Bb Bb7 Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Gm Bb Cm7 F7
But I know my change gonna come, oh yes it will
Verse 2:
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Cm Gm F
I might not be if I knew what was out there beyond the sky
Chorus:
Bb Bb7 Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Gm Bb
But I know my change gonna come, oh yes it will
Bridge:
Cm Gm
I went I went to my brother
Cm Gm
And I ask him brother, could you help me please
Cm Gm
He said good sister I like to but I'm not able
C7
When I looked around I was right back down
F7
Down on my bended knees, yes I was
Verse 4:
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb/F
There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
Cm Gm F
But somehow right now I believe that I'm able I'm able to carry on
Chorus:
Bb Bb7 Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Gm Eb
But I know my change gonna come,
Outro:
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Eb7
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Eb7.....
from: www.geocities.com/starcat175
-transcribed by Henry YC Wang