Tone [Gm]
Verse 1:
[C] You've got to change your evil [Gm7] ways.[C] …[Gm7] ba..[C] by.
[Gm7] before [C] I stop [Gm7] loving [C] you.
[C] You've go to [Gm7] change…[C] ba..[Gm7] by.
[Gm7] And every [C] word that I [Gm7] say, is [C] true.
[C] You've got me [Gm7] running and [C] hiding,
all [Gm7] over town.
[C] You've got me [Gm7] sneaking and [C] peeping,
and [Gm7] running you [C] down.
[C] This can't go [D] on…
[D] Lord knows you got to [Gm7] change… [C] ba..[Gm7] by.
Verse 2:
[C] When I come [Gm7] home…[C] ba..[Gm7] by.
[Gm7] My house is [C] dark and my [Gm7] pots are [C] cold.
[C] You're hanging [Gm7] round…[C] ba..[Gm7] by.[C]
[Gm7] With Jean and [C] Joan and [Gm7] who knows [C] who.
[C] I'm getting [Gm7] tired of [C] waiting and
[Gm7] fooling a[C] round,
[C] I'll find some[Gm7] body, who [C] won't make me
[Gm7] feel like a [C] clown…[C] this cant go [D] on…
[D] Lord knows you got to [Gm7] change.[C] . [Gm7] [C] [Gm7] [C] [Gm7] [C]
Verse 3:
[C] When I come [Gm7] running and [C] hiding [Gm7] all over [C] town,
[C] you've got me [Gm7] sneaking and [C] peeping,
and [Gm7] running you [C] down.
[C] This can't go [D] on…
[D] Lord knows you got to [Gm7] change…[C] ba..[Gm7] by.
Verse 4:
[C] When I come [Gm7] calling and [C] asking, all [Gm7] over [C] town,
[C] you've got me [Gm7] searching and [C] looking..[Gm7] you've made
the [C] rounds.
This can't go [D] on…
[D] Lord knows you got to [Gm7] change.[C] . [Gm7] [C] [Gm7] [C] [Gm7]