A Change Is Gonna Come chords by Aretha Franklin

• Difficulty: Advanced

Bb
There's an old friend
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That I once heard say
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Something that touched my heart
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And it began this way



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I was born by the river
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In a little tent
            Gm
And just like the river
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I've been runnin' ever since
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He said it's been a long time comin'
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But I know my change is gonna come
   Bb
Oh, yeah

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                 Gm
He said it's been too hard livin'
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But I'm afraid to die
           Cm
I might not be if I knew
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What was up there beyond the sky

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It's been a long, a long time comin'
    Gm
But I know my change has got to come
   Bb Cm
Oh, yeah

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I went, I went to my brother
             Gm
And I asked him: brother
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Could you help me, please?
           Gm
He said: good sister

I'd like to, but I'm not able
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And when I, when I looked around

I was right back down
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Down on my bended knees
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Yes, I was, oh

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There've been times that I thought
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I thought that I wouldn't last for long
           Gm
But somehow right now I believe
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That I'm able, I'm able to carry on

I tell you that it's been along
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And oh, it's been an uphill journey
      D7
All the way
     Gm
But I know, I know, I know
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I know my change is gonna come
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Sometimes I had to cry all night long

Yes, I did

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Sometimes I had to give up right

For what I knew was wrong
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Yes, it's been an uphill journey
            Eb7
It's sure's been a long way comin'

Yes, it has
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It's been real hard
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Every step of the way

But I believe, I believe
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This evenin' my change is come