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

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C#][D]
I'm [G]tired of

[Verse 1]
working for nothing
and being treated [D]like a snob
I'm tired [G]of having to be a maid
and now I want a [D]real, job
I'm [F#m]tired of my man
giv[Em]ing up his best years
[D]An [F#m]d still he doesn't have nothing
[A]I'd [E]rather drown [Em]in my own tears
[Bm]I'm tired, I[A]'m tired, I'm [F#m]tired,
I'm tired
[Em]According to [E]faith, [Em]things bette[D]r change
Be[G]fore it's too late
I'm tired [D]of my father
being impressed
Coming home and raising sand
[G]I'm tired of my mother sitting
home dipping slow,
[D]telling us about the boogeyman

[Verse 2]
You know [F#m]I,
I've heard that song so much,
[E]even when [D]I dance

[Verse 3]
[F#m]I use all the soul I can,
[E]I may not get another chance

[Verse 4]
[Bm]I'm tired, I'm t[A]ired,
I'm so [F#m]tired, I'm so [E]tired

[Verse 5]
[E]But you [D]know, according to faith,
things better change

[Verse 6]
But before it's, [D]before it's too late

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