{Intro} [Ab9 Gb9 F7]

{Verse} [Bb] I was born by the river, in a little tent, [Cm7] [Gm] Oh and, just like that river, I’ve, been running, ever since.

{Chorus} [Bb] [Cm7] [Eb7] [D7] It’s been a long… a long time coming, but I know, oh-oh-oh, [Gm] [Bb] A change is gonna come, oh, yes it will.

      [Bb]

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die, [Cm7] [Gm] ‘Cos I don’t know what’s out there, beyond the sky.

{Chorus}

[Bb] I go to the movie and I go downtown, [Cm7] [Gm] Somebody keep telling me; don’t, hang around.

{Chorus}

{Bridge} [Cm7] [Bb6] Then I go to my brother, [Cm7] [Gm] And I say brother, help me please. [Cm7] [Gm] But he winds up, knockin’ me, [C9] [F7] Back down on my knees, oh…

       [Bb]

There been times when I thought, I couldn’t last for long, [Cm7] [Gm] But now I think I’m able to, carry on.

{Chorus}