Otis Redding – A Change Is Gonna Come (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE: OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL) Words and Music by Sam Cooke Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=66
 4/4                                                2/4
 Gtr I
   W          W          H    E E E E   Q  Q  H      +H
G|----------|----------|------7-5-----|------------|--------||
D|----------|----------|----------8-6-|-4--3--1----|-(1)----||
A|----------|----------|--------------|------------|--------||
E|----------|----------|--------------|------------|--------||

 [Verse 1]
 Q=84
 12/8
   H.      H.        H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      H.
G|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|----------------4---|-1-------1----1-----|---------------|
E|-4-------4-------|-4-------4----4---4-|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-----|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   Q.     H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|-----------------|---------------||
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|-1-------1-------|-4-------4-----||

 [Verse 2]
   H.      H.        H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      H.
G|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|----------------4---|-1-------1----1-----|---------------|
E|-4-------4-------|-4-------4----4---4-|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-----|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   Q.
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   e e e
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------------||
A|-----------------|----------------------||
E|-1-------1-------|-4-------4----4-4-4---||

 [Bridge]
   H.      H.        H.      Q.   e e e
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1-------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-------4----4-4-4-|

   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   e e e
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|----------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1---|

   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   e e e
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|--------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1-|

   H.      H.        Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|-1----1----1----1-----||
A|-1-------1-------|----------------------||
E|-----------------|----------------------||

 [Verse 3]
   H    E E H    E E   H    E E Q.   E E E   H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|------1-3------1-3-|------1-3------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-1-------1-------|---------------|
E|-4--------4--------|-4--------4----4-4-4-|-----------------|-1-------1-----|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   Q.
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   e e e
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------------||
A|-----------------|----------------------||
E|-1-------1-------|-4-------4----4-4-4---||

 [Bridge]
   H.      H.        H.      Q.   e e e
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1-------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-------4----4-4-4-|

   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   e e e
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|----------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1---|

   H.      Q.   E E E   H.      H.
G|--------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------|-----------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|-----------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-------|

   H.      H.        Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|-1----1----1----1-----||
A|-1-------1-------|----------------------||
E|-----------------|----------------------||

 [Verse 4]
   h    E E h    E E   h    E E E Q  E E E   H.      H.        H.      H.
G|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|------1-3------1-3-|------1-3------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-1-------1-------|---------------|
E|-4--------4--------|-4--------4------4-4-|-----------------|-1-------1-----|

   H.      H.        H.      Q.   Q.     Q.   +Q   E Q.   Q.     H.      H.
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------||
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|------------------3----|-4-------3-----||
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|-1----(1)--1-4---------|---------------||

 [Outro]
     Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     H.      H.       4x Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.
G||----------------------|------------------||----------------------*|
D||o---------------------|-----------------o||----------------------*|
A||o----------------3----|-4-------3-------o||----------------3-----*|
E||--1----1--1-4---------|------------------||-1----1--1-4----------*|
************************************** Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | +() - note tied to previous | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************