Change - Tracy Chapman

Tuning: F, E A D G B E

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Notes:
     The Dm* indicates to play a quick hammer-on/pull-off of the
     1st string, 3rd fret with pinky (listen to the recording).
     Also, the little riff (for a second guitar) during the chorus
     and end of the song is as follows:

[Riff]

e|--5-----5---
B|------3-----
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--5-----5---6-
------3-------
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--5---|
------|
------|
------|
------|
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[Intro]

*           (x2)


[Verse 1]

             
If you knew th

             
at you would d

ie today
            
You saw the fa

      
ce of God and 

love
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Verse 2]

             
If you knew th

            
at love can br

eak your heart
            
When you're do

              
wn so low, you

 
 cannot fall
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Chorus]

            
   How bad, ho

              
w good, does i

                 [
t need to get?
            
   How many lo

              
sses, how much

           [
 regret?
            
   What chain 

              
reaction would

             
 cause an effe

       [
ct?
            
   Makes you t

           
urn around, ma

kes you try to

 explain
            
   Makes you f

              
orgive and for

   
get, makes you

 change
         
         Makes

           
 you change
*        


[Verse 3]

             
If you knew th

             
at you would b

e alone
            
Knowing right,

     
 but being wro

ng
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Verse 4]

             
If you knew th

             
at you would f

ind a truth
            
That brings a 

           
pain, that can

't be soothed
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Chorus]

            
   How bad, ho

              
w good, does i

               
t need to get?
            
   How many lo

              
sses, how much

         
 regret?
            
   What chain 

              
reaction would

             
 cause an effe

     
ct?
            
   Makes you t

           
urn around, ma

kes you try to

 explain
            
   Makes you f

              
orgive and for

   
get, makes you

 change
         
         Makes

           
 you change
*        


[Bridge]

            
   Are you so 

              
upright, you c

        
an't be bent?
      
If it comes to

 blows,
            
   Are you so 

              
sure you won't

    
 be crawling?
             
If not for the

              
 good, why ris

  
k falling?
         
Why risk falli

ng?


[Verse 5]

             
If everything 

    
you think you 

know
            
Makes your lif

    
e unbearable
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Verse 6]

             
If you've brok

         
en every rule 

and vow
            
And hard times

         
 come to bring

 you down
             
Would you chan

             
ge?   Would yo

        
u change?


[Outro]

             
If you knew th

             
at you would d

           
ie today
             
If you saw the

             
 face of God a

          
nd love
             
Would you chan

             
ge?    Would y

         
ou change?
             
Would you chan

             
ge?    Would y

         
ou change?

             
If you saw the

             
 face of God a

          
nd love
             
If you saw the

             
 face of God a

          
nd love
             
Would you chan

             
ge?    Would y

         
ou change?

        
[Riff] x2

   

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