“A CHANGE IS GONNA COME” - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

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*.SOUNDCLOUDS.*

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*CLIPS*

*LIVE*

(fall 2010)

https://youtu.be/mSr95DQkWvo

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*CHORDS*

(VERSES 1 – 3:)

(Bbmajor)

(reference note: F G Bb)

(Bb)

(i was born by the river)

(Gm) (F)

(in a little tent)

(Cm7)

(oh and just like that river)

(Gm)

(ever since)

(Bb)

(long)

(Cm7)

(long time comin)

(D#7) (D7)

(know…)

(Gm)

(a change is gonna come)

(Bb)

(yes it will)

BRIDGE:

(Cm7) (Bb6)

(go to my brother)

(Cm7) (Gm)

(brother help me please)

(Cm7) (Gm)

(winds up knocking me)

(C9) (F7)

(back down on my knees)

*VERSE 4*

there have been times when i thought
i couldn’t last for long
but now i think i’m able to carry on

it’s been a long time comin
but i know
a change is gonna come

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*LYRICS*

VERSE 1:

i was born by the river…in a little tent…
oh…and just like the river i’ve been running ever since…
it’s been a long…a long time coming…
but i know a change gon’ come…oh yes it will…

VERSE 2:

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gon’ come, oh yes it will

VERSE 3:

i go to the movie and i go downtown…
(backing vox droop: goin doooown! (going oce! gold twice!)
Somebody keep telling me don’t hang around
It’s been a long, a long time coming
but i know a change gon’ come…oh yes it will…

VERSE 4:

then i go to my brother… (which ‘brother’ may i ask?)
and i say, “brother, help me please”
but he winds up knockin’ me,,,
back down on my knees…

VERSE 5:

there been times that i thought i couldn’t last for long…
but now i think i’m able to carry on…

(you are? good to hear…)

it’s been a long, a long time coming…
but i know a change gon’ come…oh yes it will…

(“into “what’s going on?”)

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“BEHIND THE MUSIC”

(off 1964 sam cooke album “ain’t that good news”)

(“A Change Is Gonna Come” is a song by american recording artist ‘Sam Cooke;, released on 22 december 1964 by ‘RCA Victor’)

Produced by Hugo & Luigi and arranged and conducted by René Hall, the song was the B-side to “Shake”.

The song concerns African-Americans and contains the refrain, “It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.”

(the song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke’s life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites only motel in louisiana)

(cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him, and he recorded the song for its first release on his final album, Ain’t That Good News)

Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, “A Change Is Gonna Come” became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement.

The song is widely considered Cooke’s best composition and has been voted among the best songs ever released by various publications.

(in 2007, the song was selected for preservation in the library of congress, with the national recording registry deeming the song “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important”)

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