Verse 1GEmCG
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
GAmCD
And admit that the waters around you have grown
GEmCG
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
GAmD
If your time to you is worth savin'
DD7D6D
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
GCDG
For the times, they are a-changin'
Verse 2GEmCG
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
GAmCD
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
GEmCG
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
GAmD
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
DD7D6D
For the loser now will be later to win
GCDG
For the times they are a-changin'
Verse 3GEmCG
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
GAmCD
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
GEmCG
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
GAmD
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
DD7D6D
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
GCDG
For the times they are a-changin'
Verse 4GEmCG
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
GAmCD
And don't criticize what you can't understand
GEmCG
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
GAmD
Your old road is rapidly agin'
DD7D6D
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
GCDG
For the times they are a-changin'
Verse 5]
GEmCG
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
GAmCD
The slow one now will later be fast
GEmCG
As the present now will later be past
GAmD
The order is rapidly fadin'
DD7D6D
And the first one now will later be last
GCDG
For the times they are a-changin
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.