Verse
A F#m D A
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
A Bm D E
And admit that the waters around you have grown
A F#m D A
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
A Bm E
If your time to you is worth savin'
E E7 E6 E
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
A D E A
For the times, they are a-changin'
[Verse 2]
A F#m D A
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
A Bm D E
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
A F#m D A
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
A Bm E
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
E E7 E6 E
For the loser now will be later to win
A D E A
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 3]
A F#m D A
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
A Bm D E
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
A F#m D A
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
A Bm E
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
E E7 E6 E
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
A D E A
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 4]
A F#m D A
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
A Bm D E
And don't criticize what you can't understand
A F#m D A
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
A Bm E
Your old road is rapidly agin'
E E7 E6 E
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
A D E A
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 5]
A F#m D A
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
A Bm D E
The slow one now will later be fast
A F#m D A
As the present now will later be past
A Bm E
The order is rapidly fadin'
E E7 E6 E
And the first one now will later be last
A D E A
For the times they are a-changin'