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            A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
[Verse]
 Bb
I was born by the river in a little tent
 Cm7                                       Gm7
And just like that river I've been running ever since
 Bb                     Cm7  
It's been a long time coming
Eb D7        Gm7                      Bb
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
 
[Verse]
Bb
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
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Cos I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
Bb                     Cm7  Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Eb D7        Gm7                      Bb
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
[Verse]
Bb
I go to the movie And I go down town
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somebody keep telling me don't hang around
Bb                     Cm7  Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Eb D7        Gm7                      Bb
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
[Bridge]
  Cm7             Gm7
Then I go to my brother
  Cm7             Gm7
And I say brother help me please
  Cm7             Gm7               
But he winds up knockin' me
  C7              F7
Back down on my knees
[Verse]
Bb
There were times when I thought I couldn't last for long
Cm7                         Gm7 
But now I think I'm able to carry on
Bb                     Cm7  Eb D7
It's been a long, a long time coming
Eb D7        Gm7                      Bb
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will 
        
                