[Intro] 
AAmaj7Bm Dm
F#m (vamp)x4
F#m7B9 x2
 [Verse 1] 
F#m7B9 In the streets of New York City every man can feel the cold,
F#m7B9 and I don't want no pity, but I want my story told.
F#m7B9 And the lights shine down on me, they shine on the little boy,
F#m7B9 is this the way to make him pay being born in a world of joy?
AAmaj7 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
AAmaj7 like me, there's no room for us out there,
Bm7 you can lose your hope and pride,
DmF#m7 when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share.
B9F#m7B9 Sometimes a man breaks down,
F#m7B9 and the good things he is looking for
F#m7B9 are crushed into the ground.
 [Chorus] 
F#m7B9 Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
F#m7B9 Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change?
 
F#m7B9 sax solo
 [Verse 2] 
F#m7B9 Don't you understand what I'm saying? We need a god down here,
F#m7B9 a man to lead us children, take us from the valley of fear.
F#m7B9 Make the lights shine down on us, show us the road to go,
F#m7B9 help us survive, make us arrive, teach us what we need to know.
 
AAmaj7 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
AAmaj7 like me, there's no room for us out there,
Bm7 you can lose your hope and pride,
DmF#m7 when it comes to broken dreams you'll get your share.
B9F#m7B9 Sometimes a man breaks down down down down down,
F#m7B9 and the good things he is looking for
F#m7B9 are crushed into the ground
 [Chorus 2] 
F#m7B9F#m7B9 Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
F#m7B9F#m7B9 Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change?
F#m7B9F#m7B9 Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
F#m7B9Bm7F#m7 Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change? BREAK
 [CODA] 
F#m7B9 x4 (wah rhythm) Yea-ee-yea-ee-yea-ee-yeah....
 
F#m7B9 Get on up, look around, can't you feel the wind of change?
F#m7B9 Get on up, taste the air, can't you see the wind of change?