Key: G
Introduction:
G
Come gather 'round people
C9 G
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Am D
Around you have grown
G
And expect that it soon
C9 G
You'll be drenched to the bone.
Am
If your time to you
D
Is worth savin'
D C9
Well you better start swimmin'
G/B D
Or you'll sink like a stone
G C9 G/B D G
For the times they are a-changin'.
G
Come writers and critics
C9 G
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
Am D
The chance won't come again
G
And don't speak too soon
C9 G
For the wheel's still in spin
Am
And there's no tellin' who
D
That it's namin'.
D C9
For the loser now
G/B D
Will be later to win
G C9 G/B D G
For the times they are a-changin'.
G
Come senators, congressmen
C9 G
Please heed the call
G
Don't stand in the doorway
Am D
Don't block up the hall
G
For he who gets hurt
C9 G
Will be he who has stalled
Am
There's a battle outside
D
And it's ragin'.
D C9
It'll soon shake your windows
G/B D
And rattle your walls
G C9 G/B D G
For the times they are a-changin'.
G
Come mothers and fathers
C9 G
Throughout the land
G
And don't criticize
Am D
What you can't understand
G
Your sons and your daughters
C9 G
Are beyond your command
G
And your old road is
Am D
Rapidly fadin'.
D C9
Please get out of the new one
G/B D
If you can't lend your hand
G C9 G/B D G
For the times they are a-changin'.
G
The line it is drawn
C9 G
The curse it is cast
G
The slow one now
Am D
Will later be fast
G
As the present now
C9 G
Will soon be the past
G
And the order is
Am D
Rapidly fadin'.
D C9
And the first one now
G/B D
Will later be last
D C9
Please get out of the new one
G/B D
If you can't lend your hand
D C9
Ah, you better start swimmin'
G/B D
Or you'll sink like a stone
D C9
For the loser now
G/B D
Will be later to win
G C9 G/B D G
For the times they are a-changin'.