{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2756322,"song":"A Change Is Gonna Come","artist":"Otis Redding","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2756322-a-change-is-gonna-come-chords-by-otis-redding/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2756322?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":52,"content":"A CHANGE IS GONNA COME\r\nAs recorded by Otis Redding\r\n(From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE/OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor easier chord fingerings you may put a capo at 1st fret\r\nand transpose -1 step.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                                             [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI was born by a river in this little old tent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nOh just like this river  I've been running ever since[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long long, long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut I know, but I know a change is gotta come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOh yes it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt's been too hard living, oh my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm afraid to die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                           [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nI don't know what's up there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBeyond the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long long, long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nBut I know, but I know a change is gotta come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOh yes it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                            [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nThere was a time I would go to my brother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI asked my brother, \"Will you help me please?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                 [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nHe turned me down and then I ask my dear mother, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI said \"Mother!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI said \"Mother! I'm down on my knees\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt's been a time that I thought[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                                    [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLord this couldn't last for very long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut somehow I thought I was still able   to try to carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long long, long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut I know a change is gonna come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOh, yes it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                   [ch]Ab[/ch]                               [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nJust like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, my littlee brother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                                 [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI asked my brother \"Brother help me please?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                             [ch]Fm[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nHe turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI said \"Mother!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI said \"Mother! I'm down on my knees\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBut there was a time that I thought[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                               [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nLord this couldn't last for very long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long long, long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut I know, but I know a change is gotta come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]Db[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOoh it's been so long, it's been so long, a little too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut a change has gotta come[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI'm so tired, so tired of standing by myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd standing by my self[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd standing up alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut a change has gotta come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nYou know and I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nYou know that I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI know that you know, honey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nThat a change is gonne come, oh my[/tab]","plain_text":"A CHANGE IS GONNA COME\nAs recorded by Otis Redding\n(From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE/OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL)\n\n\n\nFor easier chord fingerings you may put a capo at 1st fret\nand transpose -1 step.\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nN.C.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","C","Ab","Bbm","Fm","Db","Bb7","Eb","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}