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Everybody Oughta Make A Change

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A riff
E |-------------------------------||
B |--3--------2-------------------||
G |--2--------2-------------------||
D |--0-----1--2-------------------||
A |--|-----|--|-------------------||
E |--|-----|--|-------------------||
     |     |__|
     1     2  &   3      4
Intro
|A riff x8
Verse 1
|A riff               |A riff
Change in the weather, change in the sea, 
|A riff                      |A riff
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me. 
    |    D|                      D| Ariff      | Ariff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime, 
       |E              |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later 
|                                 D| Ariff       | Ariff
  We're going down in that lonesome ground.
|A riff |A riff
Verse 2
|A riff         |A riff
I changed suits, I changed shirts, 
|A riff                     |A riff
I changed, baby, just to get shed of the dirt. 
    |    D|                      D| Ariff      | Ariff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime, 
       |E              |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later 
|                                 D| Ariff       | Ariff
  We're going down in that lonesome ground. 
|A riff |A riff
Verse 3
|A riff         |A riff
I changed honey, I changed money, 
|A riff                  |A riff
I changed people, just to keep from being funny. 
    |    D|                      D| Ariff      | Ariff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime, 
       |E              |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later 
|                                 D| Ariff       | Ariff
  We're going down in that lonesome ground.
Solo
|     D7|     D7|      A|A  
|     D7|     D7|      A|A  
|     D7|     D7|      A|A  
|     E7|     D7|NC
|A riff x4
Verse 4
|A riff               |A riff
Change in the weather, change in the sea, 
|A riff                      |A riff
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me. 
    |    D|                      D| Ariff      | Ariff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime, 
       |E              |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later 
|                                 D| Ariff       | Ariff
  We're going down in that lonesome ground.
|A riff (repeat to fade)

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Everybody Oughta Make A Change

by Eric Clapton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A riff

E |-------------------------------||

B |--3--------2-------------------||

G |--2--------2-------------------||

D |--0-----1--2-------------------||

A |--|-----|--|-------------------||

E |--|-----|--|-------------------||

| |__|

1 2 & 3 4

Intro

|A riff x8

Verse 1

|A riff |A riff

Change in the weather, change in the sea,

|A riff |A riff

Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.

D D A A

| | | riff | riff

Everybody, we ought to change sometime,

|E |E (2 beats)

Because sooner or later

D A A

| | riff | riff

We're going down in that lonesome ground.

|A riff |A riff

Verse 2

|A riff |A riff

I changed suits, I changed shirts,

|A riff |A riff

I changed, baby, just to get shed of the dirt.

D D A A

| | | riff | riff

Everybody, we ought to change sometime,

|E |E (2 beats)

Because sooner or later

D A A

| | riff | riff

We're going down in that lonesome ground.

|A riff |A riff

Verse 3

|A riff |A riff

I changed honey, I changed money,

|A riff |A riff

I changed people, just to keep from being funny.

D D A A

| | | riff | riff

Everybody, we ought to change sometime,

|E |E (2 beats)

Because sooner or later

D A A

| | riff | riff

We're going down in that lonesome ground.

Solo

D7 D7 A A

| | | |

D7 D7 A A

| | | |

D7 D7 A A

| | | |

E7 D7

| | |NC

|A riff x4

Verse 4

|A riff |A riff

Change in the weather, change in the sea,

|A riff |A riff

Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.

D D A A

| | | riff | riff

Everybody, we ought to change sometime,

|E |E (2 beats)

Because sooner or later

D A A

| | riff | riff

We're going down in that lonesome ground.

|A riff (repeat to fade)

About Everybody Oughta Make A Change Chords by Eric Clapton

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