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  14 <h1 class="songtitle">A Change Is Gonna Come</h1>
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  16 <p>Written by Sam Cooke <br />
  17 Performed live by Bob Dylan at the 70th anniversary celebration show at the Apollo Theatre, NY <br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
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  23 <p>Capo 1st fret (sounding key C# major) </p>
  24 <p>See tab for chord shapes </p>
  25 <p>The song is played higher up on the neck, and instead of the first-position version below, you can use a capo on the 6th fret and the alternative chords further down on the page. The intro can actually be played fairly comfortably on a single guitar an octave lower than played, as notated:</p>
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  28 <pre class="tab">
  29              C       /b        Am      /g        F Em/b Dm7 Am7   Bb9-5   Ab11+5
  30   :   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  31 -h5---3---|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
  32 ----------|3h5---3---1---0---|-3---1-----------|-------------1---|-0---1-----------|
  33 --5-------|----------0-------|-2-------2---0---|-----0---2---2---|-1-------3-------|
  34 ----------|--5-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-3---2---0---2---|-0-------4-------|
  35 ----------|--3-------2-------|-0---------------|-0---2---3---3---|-1-------3-------|
  36 ----------|------------------|---------3-------|-1---------------|---------4-------|
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  39 G7 .
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  41 <pre class="verse">
  42       C
  43 I was born by the river, in a little tent,
  44 Dm                                     Am
  45  just like the river I've been running   ever since
  46 (G/b)            C                 Dm            F   E7
  47      It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
  48   Am                              C    .   Csus4  C
  49 A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
  50
  51
  52 It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
  53 I don't know what's up there beyond the sky,
  54 It's been a long time coming, but I know
  55 A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
  56
  57 I go to the movie and I go downtown
  58 Somebody always tellin' me: don't hang around
  59 It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
  60 A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
  61 </pre>
  62 <pre class="bridge">Dm
  63   Now I go
  64           Am
  65 to see my brother
  66       Dm
  67 I say brother,
  68            Am
  69 help me please
  70        Dm
  71 But he wind up
  72            Am
  73 a-knocking me
  74 D7              G11   G7
  75 back down on my knees</pre>
  76 <pre class="verse">
  77 There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
  78 Now I think I'm able to carry on
  79 It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
  80 A change is gonna come, oh yes it will</pre>
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  82 <p>Version with capo on the 6th fret: </p>
  83 <pre class="verse">
  84       G
  85 I was born by the river, in a little tent,
  86 Am                                     Em
  87  just like the river I've been running   ever since
  88             G                 Am            C   B7
  89 It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
  90   Em                              G
  91 A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
  92
  93 . . .
  94 </pre>
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  96 <pre class="bridge">
  97       Am
  98 Now I go
  99           Em
 100 to see my brother
 101       Am
 102 I say brother,
 103         Em
 104 help me please
 105        Am
 106 But he wind up
 107            Em
 108 a-knocking me
 109 A7              D11   D7
 110 back down on my knees</pre>
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