Intro: G Verse 1: G Em Come gather ’round people C G Wherever you roam G 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 G Am D If your time to you is worth savin’ C G D Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone G C D G For the times they are a-changin’
Instrumental: G Em C G Verse 2: G Em Come writers and critics C G Who prophesize with your pen G 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 G Am D And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’ C G D For the loser now will be later to win G C D G For the times they are a-changin’ Instrumental: G Em C G G D C G D Verse 3: G Em Come senators, congressmen C G Please heed the call G 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 G Am D There a battle outside ragin’ C G D Well, soon shake your windows and rattle your walls G C D G For the times they are a-changin’ Instrumental: G Em C G G Em C D Verse 4: G Em Come mothers and fathers C G Throughout the land G 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 G Am D Your old road is rapidly fadin’ C G D Please get out a new one if you can’t lend a hand G C D G For the times they are a-changin’ Instrumental: G Em C G G Em C D Verse 5: G Em The line it is drawn C G The curse it is cast G Em The slow one now C D Will later be fast G Em As the present now C G Will later be past G Am D The order is rapidly fadin’ C G D And the first one now will later be last G C D G For the times they are a-changin’ Outro: Em C G