[Intro]
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[Strophe]
E         G#m          C#m    B          A 
I'm gonna make a change, for once in my life 
E                     G#m   C#m 
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference 
       B       A 
Gonna make it right 
   E               G#m    C#m            B 
As I, turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat 
A 
This wind is blowin' my mind 
           E            G#m             C#m 
I see the kids in the street, with not enough to eat 
B         A 
Who am I, to be blind? Pretending not to see their needs
[Pont]
F#m                  G#m 
A summer's disregard, a broken bottle top 
A                G#m 
And a one man's soul 
F#m                           G#m 
They follow each other on the wind ya' know 
             A             B 
'Cause they got nowhere to go 
B 
That's why I want you to know
[Refrain]
E    G#m               A          B 
I'm starting with the man in the mirror 
E    G#m            A         B 
I'm asking him to change his ways 
E        G#m               A           Bb 
And no message could have been any clearer 
         B 
If you wanna make the world a better place 
                                          E   G#m   C#m   B   A 
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change 
  
Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah
[Strophe]
E            G#m     C#m         B 
I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love 
A 
It's time that I realize 
                E           G#m          C#m        B 
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan 
              A 
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?
[Pont]
F#m                      G#m 
A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart 
A                  G#m 
And a washed-out dream 
      F#m                       G#m 
They follow the pattern of the wind, ya' see 
           A                B 
Cause they got no where to be 
                             E 
That's why I'm starting with me
[Refrain]
E    G#m               A          B 
I'm starting with the man in the mirror 
E    G#m            A         B 
I'm asking him to change his ways 
E        G#m               A           Bb 
And no message could have been any clearer 
         B 
If you wanna make the world a better place 
                                          E 
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change 
E    G#m               A          B 
I'm starting with the man in the mirror 
E    G#m            A         B 
I'm asking him to change his ways 
E        G#m               A           Bb 
And no message could have been any clearer 
         B 
If you wanna make the world a better place 
                                          F 
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change 
F     Am              Bb          C 
I'm starting with the man in the mirror 
F     Am            Bb         C 
I'm asking him to change his ways 
F         Am               Bb        C 
And no message could have been any clearer 
         C 
If you wanna make the world a better place 
C 
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change 
C 
You gotta get it right, while you got the time 
C7                          F 
You can't close your, your mind 
     Am         Bb        C        F        Am  Bb  C 
That man, that man, that man, that man, oh yeah
[Outro]
F         Am               Bb        B 
And no message could have been any clearer 
         C 
If you wanna make the world a better place 
                                           F  Am  Dm  C  Bb 
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change