[Intro]
A  Amaj7  Bm Dm
 
F#m
(vamp)x4
F#m7                                    B9
x2
 
[Verse 1]
F#m7                                                   B9
In the streets of New York City every man can feel the cold, 
F#m7                                            B9
and I don't want no pity,  but I want my story told. 
              F#m7                                           B9
And the lights    shine down on me, they shine on the little boy, 
F#m7                                                   B9
is this the way to make him pay being born in a world of joy? 
 
        A                                  Amaj7
But like me,he don't know where he'll go wrong, 
                     Bm7
he won't cry so many tears 
          Dm
till he finds out why he don't belong  
      A                              Amaj7
like me, there's no room for us out there, 
                            Bm7
you can lose your hope and pride, 
          Dm                                     F#m7
when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share. 
 
   B9         F#m7        B9
Sometimes a man breaks down, 
          F#m7            B9
and the good things he is looking for 
          F#m7             B9
are crushed into the ground. 
 
[Chorus]
       F#m7                                               B9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?  
       F#m7                                               B9
Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change? 
 
F#m7                                                   B9
sax solo
 
[Verse 2]
       F#m7                                               B9
Don't you understand what I'm saying?  We need a god down here, 
       F#m7                                               B9
a man to lead us children, take us from the valley of fear. 
            F#m7                                         B9
Make the lights shine down on us, show us the road to go, 
       F#m7                                               B9
help us survive, make us arrive, teach us what we need to know. 
 
         A                                   Amaj7
But like me,   he don't know where he'll go wrong, 
                      Bm7
he won't cry so many tears 
          Dm
till he finds out why he don't belong 
      A                              Amaj7
like me, there's no room for us out there, 
                            Bm7
you can lose your hope and pride, 
          Dm                                     F#m7
when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share. 
 
   B9         F#m7        B9
Sometimes a man breaks down down down down down, 
           F#m7            B9
and the good things he is looking for 
          F#m7             B9
are crushed into the ground 
 
[Chorus 2]
       F#m7         B9              F#m7                  B9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?  
       F#m7         B9              F#m7                  B9
Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change? 
       F#m7         B9              F#m7                  B9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change? 
       F#m7         B9              Bm7                  F#m7
Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change?   BREAK
 
 
[CODA]
F#m7  B9 x4
(wah rhythm)      Yea-ee-yea-ee-yea-ee-yeah....
 
       F#m7                                               B9
Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?  
       F#m7                                               B9
Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change? 
 
repeat to fade