C  F  C
C  F  C

[Verse 1]
            C
Well, I was born by a river, in a little old tent,
Dm                                     Am
   Oh and, just like that river, I've been, running ever since.
     C
It's been a long...
Dm                              E
   A long time coming, but I know,
Am                              C
 A change is gonna come

[Verse 2]
            C
And it's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die,
Dm                                      Am
   'Cause I don't know what's up there,    beyond the sky.
            C
It's been a long...
Dm                              E
   A long time coming, but I know,
Am                              C
 A change is gonna come

[Verse 3]
       C
Well I, go down to the movies, and I go downtown
Dm                                          Am
   But there's somebody telling me, I cannot hang around.
            C
It's been a long...
Dm                              E
   A long time coming, but I know,
Am
 A change is gonna come
       C
Oh, yes it is, now

[Bridge]
Dm              C
   So I go, I go to my brother,
Dm                                 Am
   I say, "Brother, can you help me please"
Dm                  Am
   He just winds up,   he just winds up knockin' me down,
D                     G
   Back down on, on my knees, oh...

[Verse 4]
                C
Oh, there's been times when I thought, I couldn't last too long,
Dm                       Am
   Somehow I was able to try to carry on.
                C
And it's been a long...
Dm                              E
   A long time coming, but I know,
Am
 A change is gonna come