Change The World Eric Clapton

Change the World
As sung by Eric Clapton Written by Tommy Sims, Gordon

Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick.
This version released 1996
Transcribed by Mark W. Black
High Hat|All
Intro
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<A/B \ \ \ |
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

If I could reach the stars, pull one down for you.
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |
Verse 1
Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth.

|>A7 \ D/A \ |<A57 \ \ \ |\ \ D/A \ |< A7 \ \ \ |
Then this love I have inside, is everything it seems
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<G#7 \ \ \ |
But for now I find, ‘s only in my dreams
|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

I can cha - nge the world. I would be the sunlight in your universe,
Chorus 1
|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

You would think my love was really some thing good,
some thing good, Oh,
|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

Baby, if I could cha - nge
Break
|\ \ \ \ |>E \ A/E \ |<em \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

the world.
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

If I could be king, even for a day.
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ Ab |
Verse 2
I'd take you as my queen. I'd have no other way.

|>A7 \ D/A \ |<A57 \ \ \ |\ \ D/A \ |<A7 \ \ \ |
And our love would rule, this kingdom we have made.
|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<G#7 \ \ \ |
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin for the day
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Change the World, page 2
|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

cha-nge the- - - change the world. I would be the sunlight in your universe,
|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

Chorus 2

|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

Baby, if I could cha - nge the world.
if I could, yeah, cha - nge
|>E \ A/E \ |A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

Baby, if I could cha - nge
(Gnarly Acoustic Guitar Solo – 8 measures)

|\ \ \ \ |>E \ A/E \ |<G \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |
Solo
the world.
|>E \ A/E \ |<G \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |< G#7 \ \ \ |
|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

cha-nge the- - - change the world. I would be the sunlight in your universe,
|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

Chorus 3
|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

Baby, if I could change the world, baby
if I could, yeah, change the world baby
|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

if I could change the world, baby
if I could, yeah, change the world baby
(2beats)
|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G |Esus/F# |G6 |
if I could cha - nge the world.
(Gnarly Acoustic, Bass, and Organ only)

Outro
|>E \ A/E \ |<G \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E (and hold)
Key: E | Meter: 4/4 | Tempo: quarter = 96 | Strum = SKIP Piano Rhythm Pattern: B-RL

Change the World, page 3
Legend: reading a chord chart

Unless otherwise indicated, chords start at the beginning of the measure.
|- indicates a new measure with the previous chord continuing.
|- just like with written music, the bar at the end of a line is the same bar as the beginning of the next line. These are
not 2 measures but the end of one measure and the beginning of the next.
\ - indicates individual beats of a measure when needed. So if a chord lasts for less than a full measure, the slash mark
(\) will indicate the different beats of the measure and the written chord name will also take up one of those
beats. Thus |A \ \ E | would mean to play an A for 3 beats and an E for the 4th beat. Note: normally, in jazz
and pop notation, beat slashes face forward (/). We’re reversing the direction to separate this from the forward
slash (/) used for indicating a changing bass note (see below)
<- indicates the chord comes in ½ beat earlier than written. Thus |A \ \ <E |would mean to play an A for 2 and a
half beats and E would start on the ‘and’ of beat 3.
>- indicates the chord comes in ½ beat later than written. Thus |A \ \ E>| would mean to play an A for 3 and a
half beats and E would start on the ‘and’ of beat 4.
/X - indicates a specific bass note, rather than a chord type, usually while the previous chord is playing; i.e., E /F#
/G# A - would mean play the E chord, then F# and G# as single bass notes during the E chord (in the right
hand of a piano or bass strings of the guitar or on the bass, for example).
Chords and measures bars are almost exactly over the words where they occur, so you should be able to follow the
words and thus know where the chords change.
Single notes
Harmony
BGV
Attention
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A Rehearsal Letters

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Change the World

As sung by Eric Clapton Written by Tommy Sims, Gordon

|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth.

|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

|\ \ \ \ |>E \ A/E \ |<em \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

|>E \ A/E \ |<E57 \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E \ \ \ |

I'd take you as my queen. I'd have no other way.

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|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

You would think my love was really some thing good,

|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

|>E \ A/E \ |A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

(Gnarly Acoustic Guitar Solo – 8 measures)

|f#m7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 \ \ \ |

|d# Ø7 \ G#7 \ |c#m7 cm bm9 \ |

|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

|A \ E2/G# \ |\ e O/G f#m7 \ |

(Gnarly Acoustic, Bass, and Organ only)

|>E \ A/E \ |<G \ \ \ |\ \ A/E \ |<E (and hold)

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Legend: reading a chord chart

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