Tom: B
Introdução:
Bb
There's an old friend
F Gm Bb
That I once heard say
Eb Cm
Something that touched my heart
C5 F
And it began this way
Bb Dm Gm7
I was born by the river
Bb Cm7
In a little tent
Gm
And just like the river
F Bb
I've been runnin' ever since
Eb D7
He said it's been a long time comin'
Gm Gm7
But I know my change is gonna come
Bb
Oh, yeah
Cm7 F7 Bb)
Gm
He said it's been too hard livin'
Bb Cm7
But I'm afraid to die
Cm
I might not be if I knew
Gm F Bb
What was up there beyond the sky
Bb7 Eb7+ Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time comin'
Gm
But I know my change has got to come
Bb Cm
Oh, yeah
Gm Cm
I went, I went to my brother
Gm
And I asked him: brother
Cm7
Could you help me, please?
Gm
He said: good sister
I'd like to, but I'm not able
C C7
And when I, when I looked around
I was right back down
F
Down on my bended knees
F7 Bb
Yes, I was, oh
D Gm
There've been times that I thought
Bb Cm7
I thought that I wouldn't last for long
Gm
But somehow right now I believe
F Bb7
That I'm able, I'm able to carry on
I tell you that it's been along
Eb
And oh, it's been an uphill journey
D7
All the way
Gm
But I know, I know, I know
Eb7 Bb
I know my change is gonna come
Bb7 Eb7
Sometimes I had to cry all night long
Yes, I did
Bb7 Eb7
Sometimes I had to give up right
For what I knew was wrong
Bb7
Yes, it's been an uphill journey
Eb7
It's sure's been a long way comin'
Yes, it has
Bb7
It's been real hard
Eb7
Every step of the way
But I believe, I believe
Bb7
This evenin' my change is come