A Change Is Gonna Come

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I was born by a river in this 
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little old tent
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Oh just like this river  I've been 
running ever since
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It's been a long long, long time 
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coming
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But I know, but I know a change is 
gotta come
Ab
Oh yes it is

[Verse 2]
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It's been too hard living, oh my
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And I'm afraid to die
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I don't know what's up there
Fm
Beyond the clouds
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It's been a long long, long time 
coming
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But I know, but I know a change 
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is gotta come
Ab
Oh yes it is

[Bridge]
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There was a time I would go to my
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 brother
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I asked my brother, "Will you help 
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me please?"
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He turned me down and then I ask 
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my dear mother, oh
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Bb7
I said "Mother!"
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I said "Mother! I'm down on my 
knees"

[Verse 3]
Ab
It's been a time that I thought
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Lord this couldn't last for very 
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long
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But somehow I thought I was still 
     Fm
able   to try to carry on
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It's been a long long, long time 
coming
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But I know a change is gonna come
Ab
Oh, yes it is

[Bridge]
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Just like I said, I went to my 
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little bitty brother, my littlee 
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brother
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I asked my brother "Brother help 
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me please?"
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He turned me down and then I go 
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to my little mother, my dear 
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mother
Bb7
I said "Mother!"
                         Eb
I said "Mother! I'm down on my 
knees"

[Verse 4]
Ab
But there was a time that I thought
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Lord this couldn't last for very 
Bbm
long
But somehow I thought I was still 
 Fm
able to try to carry on
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It's been a long long, long time 
coming
Db           Cm          Fm
But I know, but I know a change is 
gotta come
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Ooh it's been so long, it's been 
           Cm
so long, a little too long
Cm           Fm
But a change has gotta come

[Other]
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I'm so tired, so tired of standing 
by myself
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And standing by my self
Fm
And standing up alone
Fm
But a change has gotta come
Fm
You know and I know
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You know that I know
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I know that you know, honey
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That a change is gonne come, oh 
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my