Verso 1
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There's an old friend that
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I once heard say
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Something that touched
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my heart
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And it began this way
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Verso 2
Bb
I was born by the river
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In a little tent
Gm
And just like the river
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I've been runnin ever since
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He said it's been a long
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time comin'
Gm
But I know my change is gonna come
Eb
Oh yeah
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Verso 3
Bb
He said it's been too
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hard livin'
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But I'm afraid to die
I might not be if I knew
Gm
What was up there
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Beyond the sky
It's been a long,
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a long time comin'
Gm
But I know my change
has got to come
Bb
Oh yeah
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Verso 4
Gm Cm
I went, I went to my brother
And I asked him, brother
Gm Cm
Could you help me, please?
He said, good sister
Gm
I'd like to but I'm not able
C
And when I, when I looked around
I was right back down
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Down on my bended knees
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Yes I was, oh
Verso 5
Bb
There've been times
Gm
that I thought
Bb
I thought that I would
Gm Cm
n't last for long
Gm
But somehow right now I believe
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That I'm able, I'm able to carry on
Verso 6
Bb
I tell you that it's been along
Eb
And oh it's been an uphill journey
D
All the way
Gm
But I know, I know, I know
Bb
I know
Verso 7
Eb
my change is gonna come
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Sometimes I had to cry all night long
Yes I did
Bb
Sometimes
Eb
I had to give up right
Verso 8
Eb
For what I knew was wrong
Bb
Yes it's been an uphill journey
Eb
It's sure's been a long way comin
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Yes it has
Verso 9
Bb
It's been real hard
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Every step of the way
But I believe, I believe
Bb
This evenin' my change is come
Verso 10
Yeah I tell you that My change
is come
There's an old friend
I once heard say
Something that touched my heart
And it began this way
I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been runnin' ever since
He said it's been a long time comin'
But I know my change is gonna come
Oh, yeah
He said it's been too hard livin'
But I'm afraid to die
I might not be if I knew
What was up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time comin'
But I know my change has got to come
Oh, yeah
I went, I went to my brother
And I asked him, "Brother
Could you help me, please?"
He said, "Good sister
I'd like to but I'm not able"
And when I, when I looked around
I was right back down
Down on my bended knees
Yes I was, oh
There've been times that I thought
I thought that I wouldn't last for long
But somehow right now I believe
That I'm able, I'm able to carry on
I tell you that it's been along
And oh it's been an uphill journey
All the way
But I know, I know, I know
I know my change is gonna come
Sometimes I had to cry all night long
Yes, I did
Sometimes I had to give up right
For what I knew was wrong
Yes, it's been an uphill journey
It's sure's been a long way comin'
Yes it has
It's been real hard
Every step of the way
But I believe, I believe
This evenin' my change is come
Yeah, I tell you that
My change is come