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]