A Change Is Gonna Come

Tom: G

      G                G7                       
I was born by the river in a little tent
Am                                          Em          
  And just like that river I've been running  ever since
            G    Am7       
It's been a long a long time coming
      C B7 Em                              G
But I know      a change is gonna come, oh yes it will


          G               G7
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Am                                  Em    
  Cause I don't know what's out there  beyond the sky
            G       Am
It's been a long, a long time coming
      C B7 Em                            G
But I know    a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

  G               G7
I go to the movies, and I go downtown, 
Am                           Em              
  Somebody keep telling don't   hang around, 
            G       Am
It's been a long, a long time coming
       C B7 Em                            G
But I know     a change is gonna come, oh yes it will



Am                         G
   And then I go to see my brother
Am                       G
   And I ask him to help me please
Am                 Em
   But he winds up knockin' me
A7                 D
   Back down on my knees

              G                         G7
There've been times I thought I couldn't   last for long
Am                         Em
   But now I think I'm able   to carry on
            G      Am
It's been a long, a long time coming
       C B7 Em                            G
But I know     a change is gonna come, oh yes it will