The Times They Are A-Changin’

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Verse 1

Come
G
gather 'round
Em
people wher
C
ever you
G
roam
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
If your
G
time to
Am
you is worth
D
savin'
Then you
D
better start
D7
swimmin' or you'll
D6
sink like a
D
stone,
For the
G
times, they
C
are a-
D
chan
G
gin'

Verse 2

Come
G
writers and
Em
critics who prophe
C
size with your
G
pen
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
And there's
G
no tellin'
Am
who that it's
D
namin'
For the l
D
oser now
D7
will be
D6
later to
D
win
For the
G
times they
C
are a-
D
chan
G
gin'

Verse 3

Come
G
senators,
Em
congressmen
C
please heed the
G
call
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
There's a
G
battle out
Am
side and it's
D
ragin'
It'll soo
D
n shake your w
D7
indows and
D6
rattle your
D
walls
For the
G
times they
C
are a-
D
chan
G
gin'

Verse 4

Come
G
mothers and
Em
fathers
C
throughout the
G
land
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
Your
G
old road is
Am
rapidly
D
agin'
Please ge
D
t out of the n
D7
ew one if you
D6
can't lend a
D
hand
For the
G
times they
C
are a-
D
chan
G
gin'

Verse 5

The
G
line it is
Em
drawn the
C
curse it is
G
cast
The
G
slow one
Am
now will
C
later be
D
fast
As the
G
present
Em
now will
C
later be
G
past
The
G
order is
Am
rapidly
D
fadin'
And the f
D
irst one n
D7
ow will
D6
later be
D
last
For the
G
times they
C
are a-
D
chan
G
gin'