Do We Need A Change chords by Arthur Conley

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Verse 1
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Em 
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C 
The Black Man
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C 
is in the Ghetto
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People on the outside say
they like it that way
Children are suffering crime
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G 
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Inflation is here to stay
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C 
Roaches calling from the sidewalk
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Rats pleasing the landlord
Children are crying for more grips
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G 
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Mama's screaming, that's all you get
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Do we need a change?
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For the price we pay
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Living in starvation
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From day to day
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Music is playing in the background
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Rockin' blues is the only sound
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C 
Rent is due and daddy flew away
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C 
F 
Do we need a change
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for the price we pay?
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C 
Living's in starvation
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G 
from day to day
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C 
Soldiers  are back from Vietnam
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Fightin' for our country,
didn't give a damn
Old man on the corner,
holler, help me find
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C 
Mama and children in the welfare land
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We need a change
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For the price we pay
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Livin' in starvation
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Em 
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From day to day
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Can't buy no meat,
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G 
cos the price is too high
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Sister is a junkie, my mama,
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mama gonna die
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F 
Do we need a change
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for the price we pay?
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C 
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Bb 
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Living this starvation from day to day
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Oh, oh, oh, oh you