Misc Musicals – Memphis - Change Dont Come Easy (Guitar)

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                      Yeah, I went to their church     and

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heard them people pray and chant    And you was right about one thing

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Huey, colored folk  sing like white people can't

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He told us to pray some, he told us to sway some, he told us the

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good Lord made us equal inside  He told us we were sinners, he told us we were

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winners, he told us to change or our spirits will die    But change don't come easy

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you gotta believe me, it ain't gonna happen over night

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Change don't come quickly, no not partic'ly, it takes time to

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make all the wrongs right he said 

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He said change don't come easy (Trio) No, don't come easy

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Change     never comes easy (Trio) Never comes easy

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I was taught to hate them, was taught to denigrate them, I was taught they're

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lesser in the good Lord's eyes.   Can't drink from the same fountain. I'll scream it from the

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mountain. I'm through with buyin' all their blasphemous lies. But change don't come easy

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you better believe me.  That is something that you just can't refute

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'Cause change don't come quickly, no not partic'ly, so get in there and

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put on that suit! 

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I said change don't come easy, yeah

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Change never comes easy

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My boy loves your sister. We both know that, mister

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This ain't no temporary phase, 'cause my boy is stupid

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He's been shot by cupid, so we gotta change our intolerant ways

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The Rev'rend helped me find my way to carry on and pray that there's a

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better day  So won't you come join me? You gotta come join me, join me

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as I testify,   Yeah, whoo gotta

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lectrify, lectrify,    gonna mystify, mystify

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We gonna glorify! Glorify!  you know I wanna

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prettify! Prettify! It's all about do or die, do or die

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Come on everbody justify! Justify   Hear my battle

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Cry! (Battle Cry)   As easy as apple pie

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one, two--- Change don't come easy