Change chords by Tracy Chapman

Change  Lyrics and Music by: Tracy Chapman

Intro (2x) |Dm [*] |Bb - - - |F - - - |CIII - - - | [*] = 1st string: --1---1/3--1-0—


Verse 1
    F       C
If you knew you would die today,
    Dm [*]     Bb
If you saw the face of God and Love,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?

Verse 2
    F         C
If you knew that love can break you heart,
      Dm [*]     Bb
When you’re down so low you cannot fall,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?


Refrain  Gm                  F [riff 1]  C
How bad, how good does it need to get?
  Gm               F   [riff 1]  C
How many losses, how much regret?
  Gm                   F [riff 1]  C
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
  Gm            C
Makes you turn around,  makes you try to explain,
  Bb                Gm
Makes you forgive and forget,  makes you chaaaaaaaaaange?

Dm [*]  Bb       F [riff 2]   C
         Makes you change
Dm [*]  Bb       F [riff 2]   C


Verse 3
    F          C
If you knew that you would be alone,
Dm [*]    Bb
Knowing right, being wrong,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?

Verse 4
    F          C
If you knew that you would find a truth,
   Dm [*]       Bb
That brings up pain, that can’t be soothed,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?

Repeat Refrain

Bridge  A                 Dm
Are you so upright you can’t be bent?
      C        A              Dm
If it comes to blows  are you sure you won’t be crawling?
   C           Bb         C
If not for good, why risk falling?  Why risk falling?

Verse 5
  F       C
If everything you think you know,
Dm [*]      Bb
Makes your life unbearable,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?
	Verse 6
     F      C
If you’d broken every rule and vow,
  Dm [*]      Bb
And hard times come to bring you down,
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?

Verse 7  (2x)
    F          C      Dm [*]    Bb
If you knew that you would die today,
    F        C        Dm [*]    Bb
If you saw the face of God and Love
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?
     F     C
Would you change?
     Dm [*]  Bb
Would you change?


Outro

     F      C            Dm   Bb      F (end of F)
e||-----5---5---5----5---6---5----|-----5---5---5----5---6---5----|
B||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||---5---5---5---5---------------|---5---5---5---5---------------|
D||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Riff 1  F      C
e||-----5---5---5----5---6---5----|
B||-------------------------------|
G||---5---5---5---5---------------|
D||-------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|

Riff 2  F      C
e||---------------------|
B||-----1-1-------------|
G||----------3-2-0------|
D||---------------------|
A||---------------------|
E||---------------------|

Chords: Dm: 000231  Bb: 113331 F: 133211 C: 335553 Gm: 355333  A: 577655