Verse
E C#m A E
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
E F#m A B
And admit that the waters around you have grown
E C#m A E
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
E F#m B
If your time to you is worth savin'
B B7 B6 B
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
E A B E
For the times, they are a-changin'
[Verse 2]
E C#m A E
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
E F#m A B
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
E C#m A E
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
E F#m B
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
B B7 B6 B
For the loser now will be later to win
E A B E
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 3]
E C#m A E
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
E F#m A B
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
E C#m A E
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
E F#m B
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
B B7 B6 B
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
E A B E
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 4]
E C#m A E
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
E F#m A B
And don't criticize what you can't understand
E C#m A E
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
E F#m B
Your old road is rapidly agin'
B B7 B6 B
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
E A B E
For the times they are a-changin'
[Verse 5]
E C#m A E
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
E F#m A B
The slow one now will later be fast
E C#m A E
As the present now will later be past
E F#m B
The order is rapidly fadin'
B B7 B6 B
And the first one now will later be last
E A B E
For the times they are a-changin'