The Times They Are A-Changin

[Intro] G

 G                  Em
Come gather 'round people
    C         G
Wherever you roam
                    Em
And admit that the waters
  C               D
Around you have grown
       G            Em
And accept it that soon
            C              G
You'll be drenched to the bone
                 Am
If your time to you
          D
Is worth savin'
                        D9/C
Then you better start swimmin'
                G/B        D/A
Or you'll sink like a stone
         G         C       D  G
For the times they are a-changin'

( G  Em  C  G )

       G           Em
Come writers and critics
      C                   G
Who prophesize with your pen
                    Em
And keep your eyes wide
            C           D
The chance won't come again
            G        Em
And don't speak too soon
          C                G
For the wheel's still in spin
                         Am
And there's no tellin' who
           D
That it's namin'
         D     D9/C
For the loser now
         G/B      D/A
Will be later to win
         G         C       D  G
For the times they are a-changin'

( G  Em  C  G )
( D  C  G  D )

      G         Em
Come senators, congressmen
  C              G
Please heed the call
                    Em
Don't stand in the doorway
        C           D
Don't block up the hall
     G            Em
For he that gets hurt
         C           G
Will be he who has stalled
             Am
The a battle outside
 D
Ragin'
                      D9/C
Were seen shake your windows
     G/B         D/A
And rattle your walls
         G         C       D  G
For the times they are a-changin'

( G  D  C  D  G )

      G           Em
Come mothers and fathers
       C        G
Throughout the land
                Em
And don't criticize
          C           D
What you can't understand
      G             Em
Your sons and your daughters
     C              G
Are beyond your command
              
Your old road is
 Am     D
Rapidly agin'.
                       D9/C
Please get out of the new one
        G/B             D/A
If you can't lend your hand
         G         C       D  G
For the times they are a-changin'

( G  Em  C  G )
( D  C  G  D )
( G  C  D  G )

     G           Em
The line it is drawn
     C           G
The curse it is cast
              Em
The slow one now
      C        D
Will later be fast
         G      Em
As the present now
      C        G
Will later be past
       
The order is
 Am      D
Rapidly fadin'.
                   D9/C
And the first one now
      G/B      D/A
Will later be last
         G         C       D  G
For the times they are a-changin'

[Final] G  Em  C  G