A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke

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  S1:
  I was born by the river in a little tent 

  Oh, and just like the river, I've been runnin' ever since
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  R1:
  It's been a long, a long time comin', but I know  

  A change gonna come, oh, yes it will
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  S2:
  It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die 

  'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
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  R1:
  It's been a long, a long time comin', but I know  

  A change gonna come, oh, yes it will
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  S3:
  I go to the movie and I go downtown 

  Somebody keep telling me don't hang around
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  R1:
  It's been a long, a long time comin', but I know  

  A change gonna come, oh, yes it will
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  B1:
  Then I go to my brother 

  And I say, "Brother, help me please" 

  But he winds up knockin' me 

  Back down on my knees
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  S4:
  There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long 

  But now I think I'm able to carry on
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  R1:
  It's been a long, a long time comin', but I know  

  A change gonna come, oh, yes it will