G G Em D
[Verse 1]
G Em C G
Come gather around people wherever you roam
G Am C D
and admit that the waters around you have grown
G Em C G
and accept that too soon you'll be drenched to the bone
G Am D
if your time to you is worth saving
D D7 G D
then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
[Verse 2]
G Em C G
come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen
G Am C D
and keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
G Em C G
and don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
G Am D
and there's no telling who that is naming
D D7 G D
for the loser now will be later to win
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
[Verse 3]
G Em C G
Come senators, congressman, please heed the call
G Am C D
don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
G Em C G
for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
G Am D
There's a battle outside and it's raging
D D7 G D
it will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
[Verse 4]
G Em C G
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
G Am C D
and don't criticize what you can't understand
G Em C G
your sons and your daughters beyond your command
G Am D
the old road is rapidly aging
D D7 G D
please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
[Verse 5]
G Em C G
The line is drawn, the curse is cast
G Am C D
the slow one now will later be fast
G Em C G
as the present now will later be past
G Am D
and the order is rapidly fading
D D7 G D
as the first one now will later be last
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
