I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) chords by
James Brown
Marva Whitney

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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

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I'm tired of

Verse 1
working for nothing
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and being treated like a snob
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I'm tired of  having to be a maid
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and now I want a real, job
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I'm tired of my man
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giving up his best years
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An  d still he doesn't have nothing
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I'd rather drown in my own tears
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Gm Gm 3
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I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired,
I'm tired
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According to faith, things bet ter change
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Before it's too late
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I'm tired of  my father
being impressed
Coming home and raising sand
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I'm tired of my mother sitting
home dipping slow,
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telling us about the boogeyman

Verse 2

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You know I,

I've heard that song so much,

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even when I dance

Verse 3

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I use all the soul I can,

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I may not get another chance

Verse 4

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I'm tired, I'm tired,

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I'm so tired, I'm so tired

Verse 5

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But you know, according to faith,

things better change

Verse 6

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But before it's, before it's too late

Verse 7
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Ab Ab 4
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Oh, we can't let history repeat itself,
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we can't let it  take us
back a hundred years.
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As long as I can remember,
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we've always, always been in the arena.
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You can't judge a man
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by the color of his skin.
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It's what he  knows and
who he knows
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and where it's going and where it's been.
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As  long as a person can redo the arts,
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Ab Ab 4
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you gotta give him the credit for his smarts.
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A soul man, a soul man took his life.
Dr. King, he died for us.
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If I can re  member ten years ago, he was riding,
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he was riding in the rear of the bus.
You know I'm so tired,
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I can't take no more, y 'all.
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Oh, you know I'm so weary and scorned.
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I'm tired, I'm so tired,
I'm tired, I'm so tired.

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I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) chords by
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