The Times They Are A-Changin Bob Dylan

The Times They Are A-Changin

Bob Dylan

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 6/8
Key: G
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
G     G             Em
 Come gather 'round people
    C/G      G
Wherever you roam
                     Em
And admit that the waters
      C/G              D
Around   you have grown
      G                Em
And accept it that soon
                  C/G           G
You'll be drenched   to the bone
                Am
If your time to you
         D
Is worth savin'

[Chorus]
         D                C/G
Then you better start swimmin'
          G/B              D
Or you'll sink like a stone
        G               D   G
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
G Em C/G G     G           Em
          Come writers and critics

[Verse 2]
    C/G                  G
Who prophesize with your pen
                   Em
And keep your eyes wide
                C/G          D
The chance won't   come again
    G                   Em
And don't speak too soon
               C/G             G
For the wheel's   still in spin
                          Am
And there's no tellin' who
          D
That it's namin'

[Chorus]
        D     C/G
For the loser now
        G/B         D
Will be later to win
        G     C/G       D   G    Em
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
| C/G G | - D | C/G G/B | D - |
| -   - |

[Verse 3]
     G         Em
Come senators, congressmen
C/G             G
Please heed the call
                   Em
Don't stand in the doorway
           C/G           D
Don't block   up the hall
    G                Em
For he that gets hurt
          C/G               G
Will be he   who has stalled
                        Am
There's a battle outside
         D
And it's ragin'

[Chorus]
      D               C/G
It'll soon shake your windows
    G/B              D
And rattle your walls
        G     C/G       D   G
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
D C/G G/B D G     G           Em
             Come mothers and fathers

[Verse 4]
       C/G     G
Throughout the land
               Em
And don't criticize
              C/G          D
What you can't   understand
     G                  Em
Your sons and your daughters
          C/G            G
Are beyond   your command
Your old road is
Am      D
Rapidly agin'

[Chorus]
           D          C/G
Please get out of the new one
       G/B                 D
If you can't lend your hand
        G     C/G       D   G
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
                | G Em | C/G G   |
| - D | C/G G/B | D -  | G   C/G |
| D G | -   -   | -

[Verse 5]
    G               Em
The line it is drawn
    C/G             G
The curse it is cast
             Em
The slow one now
     C/G          D
Will later be fast
       G       Em
As the present now
     C/G          G
Will later be past
The order is
Am      D
Rapidly fadin'

[Chorus]
        D         C/G
And the first one now
     G/B          D
Will later be last
        G     C/G       D   G
For the times they are achangin'.

[Outro]
                         G |
| Em C/G | G - |

Bars

[Verse 1]
| G -  | -   G  | Em C/G | G   - |
| - Em | C/G D  | G  Em  | C/G G |
| - -  | -   Am | D  -   |

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around   you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched   to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'

[Chorus]
                    | D C/G |
| G/B D | G - | D G |

Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
                    | G  Em |
| C/G G | - - | - G | Em

Come writers and critics

[Verse 2]
                           C/G |
| G   - | - Em | C/G D | G Em  |
| C/G G | - -  | Am  D | -

Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't   come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's   still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'

[Chorus]
                            D  |
| C/G G/B | D G | C/G D | G Em |

For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
| C/G G | - D | C/G G/B | D - |
| -   - |

[Verse 3]
         | G Em | C/G G   | - - |
| Em C/G | D G  | Em  C/G | G - |
| -  Am  | D -  |

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block   up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he   who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it's ragin'

[Chorus]
              | D C/G | G/B D |
| G C/G | D G |

It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
             | D C/G | G/B D |
| G - | G Em |

Come mothers and fathers

[Verse 4]
               | C/G G   | - - |
| Em C/G | D G | Em  C/G | G - |
| -  Am  | D - |

Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't   understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond   your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'

[Chorus]
              | D C/G | G/B D |
| G C/G | D G |

Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are achangin'.

[Interlude]
                | G Em | C/G G   |
| - D | C/G G/B | D -  | G   C/G |
| D G | -   -   | -

[Verse 5]
                     G | Em C/G |
| G   - | - Em | C/G D | G  Em  |
| C/G G | - -  | Am  D | - 

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'

[Chorus]
                            D |
| C/G G/B | D G | C/G D | G

And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are achangin'.

[Outro]
                         G |
| Em C/G | G - |

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