Everybody Oughta Make A Change Chords
by Eric Clapton
Everybody Oughta Make A Change by Eric Clapton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, D7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A riff
E |-------------------------------||
B |--3--------2-------------------||
G |--2--------2-------------------||
D |--0-----1--2-------------------||
A |--|-----|--|-------------------||
E |--|-----|--|-------------------||
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1 2 & 3 4
Intro
|A riff x8
verse 1
|A riff |A riff
Change in the weather, change in the sea,
|A riff |A riff
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.
|D |D |A riff |A riff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
|E |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later
|D |A riff |A riff
We're going down in that lonesome ground.
|A riff |A riff
verse 2
|A riff |A riff
I changed suits, I changed shirts,
|A riff |A riff
I changed, baby, just to get shed of the dirt.
|D |D |A riff |A riff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
|E |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later
|D |A riff |A riff
We're going down in that lonesome ground.
|A riff |A riff
verse 3
|A riff |A riff
I changed honey, I changed money,
|A riff |A riff
I changed people, just to keep from being funny.
|D |D |A riff |A riff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
|E |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later
|D |A riff |A riff
We're going down in that lonesome ground.
Solo
|D7 |D7 |A |A
|D7 |D7 |A |A
|D7 |D7 |A |A
|E7 |D7 |NC
|A riff x4
verse 4
|A riff |A riff
Change in the weather, change in the sea,
|A riff |A riff
Come back baby, you'll find a change in me.
|D |D |A riff |A riff
Everybody, we ought to change sometime,
|E |E (2 beats)
Because sooner or later
|D |A riff |A riff
We're going down in that lonesome ground.
|A riff (repeat to fade)