Year: 1995 - Album: Greatest Hits: HIStory, Vol. 1
Written by Michael Jackson
Intro: G D/F# Em7 D/F# C9 G D/F# Em7 I'm gonna make a change, D/F# Csus2 for once im my life G D/F# It's gonna feel real good, Em7 D/F# gonna make a diference Csus2 Gonna make it right... G D/F# As I, turn up the collar on Em7 D/F# my favorite winter coat Csus2 This wind is blowing my mind G D/F# I see the kids in the streets, Em7 with not enought to eat D/F# Csus2 Who am I to be blind? Pretending not to see their needs Am7 Dsus4/B A summer disregard, Csus2 a broken bottle top Dsus4/B And a one man soul Am7 Dsus4/B They follow each other on the wind ya' know C C/D 'Cause they got nowhere to go That's why I want you to knowG D/F# Em D/F# I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love C It's time that I realize G D/F# Em D/F# That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan C C/D Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone? Am7 Dsus4/B Csus2 A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart Dsus4/B And a washed-out dream Am7 Dsus4/B They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see Csus2 'Cause they got no place to be C/D That's why I'm starting with me Chorus Repeat G Dsus4/B Csus2 C/D I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways G Dsus4/B C C#dim And no message could have been any clearer C5+/D If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself, and then make that... G# CHANGE!G Dsus4/B Csus2 C/D I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways G Dsus4/B C C#dim And no message could have been any clearer D4 If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself, and then make a change G D/F# Em D/F# C C/D (Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah)