The Times They Are A’Changin’
Bob Dylan
Come [G] gather 'round [Em] people wher-[C]ever you [G] roam [G]
And ad-[G]mit that the [Am] waters a-[C]round you have [D] grown
And ac-[G]cept it that [Em] soon you'll be [C] drenched to the [G] bone [G]
If your [G] time to [Am] you is worth [D] savin' [D]
Then you [D] better start [D7] swimmin' or you'll [Gmaj7] sink like a [D] stone,
For the [G] times, [C] they are a-[D]chang-[G]in' [G] [G] [G]
Come [G] writers and [Em] critics who prophe-[C]size with your [G] pen [G]
And [G] keep your eyes [Am] wide the chance [C] won’t come a-[D]gain
And [G] don’t speak too [Em] soon for the [C] wheel’s still in [G] spin [G]
And there’s [G] no tellin’ [Am] who that it’s [D] namin’ [D]
For the [D] loser [D7] now will be [Gmaj7] later to [D] win
For the [G] times, [C] they are a-[D]chang-[G]in' [G] [G] [G]
Come [G] senators, [Em] congressmen, [C] please heed the [G] call [G]
Don’t [G] stand in the [Am] doorway, don’t [C] block up the [D] hall
For [G] he that gets [Em] hurt will be [C] he who has [G] stalled [G]
The [G] battle [Am] outside [D] ragin’ [D]
Will [D] soon shake your [D7] windows and [Gmaj7] vibrate your [D] walls
For the [G] times, [C] they are a-[D]chang-[G]in' [G] [G] [G]
Come [G] mothers and [Em] fathers [C] throughout the [G] land [G]
And [G] don’t criti-[Am]cize what you [C] can’t under-[D]stand
Your [G] sons and your [Em] daughters are be-[C]yond your com-[G]mand [G]
Your [G] old road is [Am] rapidly [D] agin’ [D]
Please [D] get out of the [D7] new one if you [Gmaj7] can’t lend your [D] hand
For the [G] times, [C] they are a-[D]chang-[G]in' [G] [G] [G]
The [G] line it is [Em] drawn and the [C] curse it is [G] cast [G]
The [G] slow one [Am] now will [C] later be [D] fast
As the [G] present [Em] now will [C] later be [G] past [G]
The [G] order is [Am] rapidly [D] fadin’ [D]
And the [D] first one [D7] now will [Gmaj7] later be [D] last
For the [G] times, [C] they are a-[D]chang-[G]in'[G]
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