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by David Bowie

  • Changes was written by English singer-songwriter - David Bowie
  • Recorded: June-July, 1971
  • Released: Jan 7, 1972
  • Album: Hunky Dory
  • Music: C Major in 4/4 time at 114 - 116 bpm (𝅘𝅥)
  • Time Signatures: Several timing changes occur throughout the song which are all listed - 2/4, 3/4 4/4.
  • Chords: C, Cmaj7, Db6, Dbmaj7, D, Dm7, Eb7, Ebm7, Em, Em7, F, Fmaj7, G, G7, G11, G13, Am, Bbsus2
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note
C Major Cmaj7 Db6 Dbmaj7 D Major Dm7 Dm7 Eb7 Ebm7 Em Em7 Em7 F Major F Major G major G7 G11 Am Am Bbadd9
C Major Cmaj7 Db6 Dbmaj7 D Major Dm7 Dm7 Eb7 Ebm7 Em Em7 Em7 F Major F Major G major G7 G11 Am Am Bbadd9

Changes

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            Cmaj7   Db6    Dm7    Eb7     F     D     F     D     F
Intro: 4/4 |      |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |
                                    Oh yeah

 C                            Em7
1. Still don't know what I was   wait-ing for
          F                 G  
   And my time was run-ning wild
              F
   A mil-lion dead-end streets and
 C                          Em7
   Ev'-ry time I thought I'd   got it made
                 Fmaj7            G13
   It seemed the taste was not so sweet
        C         Dm7       Em7     Ebm7
   So I turned my-self to | face me -    |
       Dm7                         G7
   But I've nev-er caught a glimpse
           Cmaj7        Dm7     Em7      Ebm7
   How the oth-ers must see the fak - er
                Dm7                 G7           F 
   I'm much too fast to take that | test   -                |
                                       (Ch-ch-ch-ch-chan-ges)                       

        C        Em       Am
Chorus: Turn and face the stran-ger
                       C
        Ch - ch - chan - ges
      F       Am                         D
        Don't want to be a rich-er [2/4] man [4/4]
      G7               F
        Ch - ch - ch - ch - chan-ges
        C        Em       Am
        Turn and face the stran-ger
                  C
        Ch - ch - chan-ges
       F     Am                                    D
        Just gon-na have to be a  dif'-frent [2/4] man
        Am    G    Bbsus2  F
  [3/4] Time  may  change  me
            Am  G      G11    C          C
        But I   can't  trace  time | 4/4    | 
            D     F     D     F 
        ||     |     |     |     ||
 
  C                     Em7
2. I watch the rip-ples change their size
       F                G                 F
   But ne-ver leave the stream of warm im-per-man-ence and
 C                   Em7
   So the days float through my eyes
       Fmaj7                   G13
   But still the days seem the same
             C        Dm7          Em7     Ebm7
   And these child-ren    that you spit on
           Dm7                    G7
   As they    try to change their worlds
          Cmaj7        Dm7       Em7   Ebm7
   Are im-mune to your   con-sul-ta-ti-ons
                   Dm7                           G7          F
   They're quite a-ware of what they're go-ing | through  -             |
                                                   (Ch-ch-ch-ch-chan-ges)

        C        Em       Am
Chorus: Turn and face the stran-ger
                       C
        Ch - ch - chan - ges
      F                    Am                D
        Don't tell them to grow up and [2/4] out of it [4/4]
      G7               F
        Ch - ch - ch - ch - chan-ges
        C        Em       Am
        Turn and face the stran-ger
                  C
        Ch - ch - chan-ges
       F                           Am                     D
        Where's your shame, you've left us up to our [2/4]necks in it
        Am    G    Bbsus2  F
  [3/4] Time  may  change  me
            Am   G      G11        C         Dm7  Em7
        But you  can't  trace |4/4 time /    /    /   |
 
        F                          C             F     C
Bridge: Strange fas-cin-a-tion fas-cin-a-ting me    |     |
        F                       G13      G7       F
        Chan-ges are tak-ng the pace I'm go-ing | through  -           |
                                                    (Ch-ch-ch-ch-chan-ges) 

        C        Em
Chorus: Turn and face the strange
                       C
        Ch - ch - chan - ges
       F            Am                   D
        Oh look out    you rock'n' [2/4] rol-lers [4/4]
     G7                F
        Ch - ch - ch - ch - chan-ges
        C        Em       Am
        Turn and face the stran-ger
                      C
        Ch - ch - chan-ges
        F            Am                         D
        Pret-ty soon now you're gon-na get [2/4]old-er
        Am    G    Bbsus2  F
  [3/4] Time  may  change  me
            Am  G      G11   C
        But I   can't  trace time, I said that 
        Am    G    Bbsus2  F
        Time  may  change  me
            Am  G      G11    C 
        But I   can't  trace  time
 
Outro:   Dm7   Em7   Eb7   Dm7   Dbmaj7   Cmaj7
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