Verse
D Bm G D
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
D Em G A
And admit that the waters around you have grown
D Bm G D
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
D Em A
If your time to you is worth savin'
A A7 A6 A
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
D G A D
For the times, they are a-changin'
[Verse 2]
D Bm G D
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
D Em G A
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
D Bm G D
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
D Em A
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
A A7 A6 A
For the loser now will be later to win
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 3]
D Bm G D
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
D Em G A
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
D Bm G D
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
D Em A
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
A A7 A6 A
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 4]
D Bm G D
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
D Em G A
And don't criticize what you can't understand
D Bm G D
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
D Em A
Your old road is rapidly agin'
A A7 A6 A
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 5]
D Bm G D
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
D Em G A
The slow one now will later be fast
D Bm G D
As the present now will later be past
D Em A
The order is rapidly fadin'
A A7 A6 A
And the first one now will later be last
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'