E                C#m
I can remember those days   as a child
          E                          B
when life was a treasure filled with wonder and joy.
            A                          E              C#m
The simplest of things were filled with such pleasure
               F#7              B
and love was a virtue time could not destroy.
   E                               C#m
Oh, I still need these things to believe in
E                             B
  to protect my heart from the rain.
A                 A#dim
  Something′s gone     wrong.
   E                        C#7
Oh, the old feeling is gone.

[Chorus]
F#7    B7         E
   Lord, I need a change;
A               A#dim   E           E7
 A change in the     way I'm living;
A            Am     E    E7
 A different way to deal;
A               A#dim   E               C#7
 A change in the     way I perceive this   old world.
F#7   B                       E     B
   Oh, I need something that′s real.

[Solo]
E  C#m  E  F#7  B  A  A#dim  E  C#7  F#7  B7  E  B

[Verse]
          E                               C#m
These days I wonder, what's become of that   boy?
      E                            B
I know he has traveled on many dark roads.
   A          A#dim             E           C#7
How can a soul     wipe clean of the sorrow?
           F#7              B
And how can   a heart unburden that load?
E                         C#m
 I still need these things   to believe in
E                     B
 that protect my heart from the rain.
A                   A#dim
 Oh, but something's     gone wrong.
E                    C#7
 The feeling is gone,

[Chorus]
    F#7  B7               E
And,   oh, Lord, I need a change.
A        A#dim                 E                E7
 I need a     change in the way that I′m living;
A        Am         E
 A different way to deal;
A               A#dim   E               C#7
 A change in the     way I perceive this   old world.
F#7   B7                       E     C#
   Oh,  I need something that′s real.

[Ending]
A                B                  E
 Oh, Lord, I need something to feel,
A   Am  E             B7   E  E7  E
 Oh,     something to feel.