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A Change's Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come was written by Sam Cooke, inspired both by his own personal struggle with the racial discrimination he faced throughout his life and by the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The song was released in 1964, after Cookes death, and became an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.

Key: B

Introduction: F9    Eb9    D7    

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Boyz II Men
G  
I was born by the river, in a little tent
                  Am7                                                                                                      Em  
Oh and, just like that river, I've, been running, ever since
                                G                      Am7                                                      C7    B7  
It's been a long, a long time coming but I know
Em                                                                      G  
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
                          G  
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Am7                                                                                      Em  
  'Cos I don't know what's out there, beyond the sky
                                G                      Am7                                                      C7                         B7  
It's been a long... a long time coming, but I know, oh-oh-oh
Em                                                                      G  
  A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will
     G  
I go to the movie and I go downtown
Am7                                                                              Em  
Somebody keep telling me don't hang around
                                G                      Am7                                                      C7    B7  
It's been a long, a long time coming but I know
Em                                                                      G  
  A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Am7                                    G6  
  Then I go to my brother
Am7                                                                    Em  
  And I say brother, help me please
Am7                                    Em  
  But he winds up, knockin' me
A9                                      D7  
  Back down on my knees
                             G  
There been times when I thought, I couldn't last for long
Am7                                                                    Em  
  But now I think I'm able to, carry on
                                G                      Am7                                                      C7      B7  
It's been a long... a long time coming, but I know
Em                                                                      G  
  A change is gonna come, oh yes it will