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