Otis Redding - A change is gonna come

^AbI was born by a river in this little old tent ^{Bm Bm}Oh just like this river ^Fm I've been running ever since ^AbIt's been a long long, ^Bmlong time ^Dbcoming ^DbBut I ^Cknow, but I know a ^Fmchange is gotta come ^AbOh yes it is

^AbIt's been too hard living, oh my ^AbAnd I'm afraid to die^{Bm Bm}I don't know what's up there ^{Fm Fm}Beyond the clouds ^AbIt's been a long long, ^Bmlong time coming ^DbBut I know, ^Cbut I know ^Fma change is gotta come ^{Bm Ab}Oh yes it is

^BmThere was a time I would go to ^Abmy brother ^{Bm Bm}I asked my brother, "Will you help ^Fmme please?" ^{Bm Bm}He turned me down and then I ask my ^Fmdear mother, oh ^B7I said "Mother!" ^B7I said "Mother! I'm down on ^Ebmy knees"

^AbIt's been a time that I thought ^AbLord this couldn't last for very long ^{Bm Bm}But somehow I thought I was still able ^Fm to try to carry on ^AbIt's been a long long, ^Bmlong time coming ^BmBut ^DbI kn^Cow ^Fma change is gonna come ^AbOh, yes it is

^BmJust like I said, I went to my little ^Abbitty brother, my littlee brother^{Bm Bm}I asked my brother "Brother help me ^Fmplease?" ^{Bm Bm}He turned me down and then I go ^Fmto my little mother, my dear mother ^{B7 B7}I said "Mother!" I said "Mother! I'm down ^Ebon my knees"

^AbBut there was a time that I thought ^AbLord this couldn't last for very ^Bmlong But somehow I thought I was still a^Fmble to try to carry on ^AbIt's been a long long, ^Bmlong time coming ^DbBut I know, b^Cmut I know a ^Fmchange is gotta come ^FmOoh it's been so ^Dblong, it's been so long, a ^Cmlittle too long ^CmBut a change ^Fmhas gotta come

^AbI'm so tired, so tired of ^Dbstanding by myself ^CmAnd stand^Cing by my self ^FmAnd standing up alone ^FmBut a change has gotta come ^FmYou know and i know ^FmYou know that ^DbI know ^DbI know that ^Cmyou know, honey ^CmThat a change ^Fmis gonne come, oh my ^{Ab Db}