
the times they are changin
Bob Dylan
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Tom : G
[Intro] G
G Em
Come gather 'round people
C G
Wherever you roam
Em
And admit that the waters
C D
Around you have grown
G Em
And accept it that soon
C G
You'll be drenched to the bone
Am
If your time to you
D
Is worth savin'
C9
Then you better start swimmin'
G/B D
Or you'll sink like a stone
G C D G
For the times they are a-changin'
( G Em C G )
G Em
Come writers and critics
C G
Who prophesize with your pen
Em
And keep your eyes wide
C D
The chance won't come again
G Em
And don't speak too soon
C G
For the wheel's still in spin
Am
And there's no tellin' who
D
That it's namin'
C9
For the loser now
G/B D
Will be later to win
G C D G
For the times they are a-changin'
( G Em C G )
( D C9 G/B D )
G Em
Come senators, congressmen
C G
Please heed the call
Em
Don't stand in the doorway
C D
Don't block up the hall
G Em
For he that gets hurt
C G
Will be he who has stalled
Am
The a battle outside
D
Ragin'
C9
Will soon shake your windows
G/B D
And rattle your walls
G C D G
For the times they are a-changin'
( G D C D G )
G Em
Come mothers and fathers
C G
Throughout the land
Em
And don't criticize
C D
What you can't understand
G Em
Your sons and your daughters
C G
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Am D
Rapidly agin'
C9
Please get out of the new one
G/B D
If you can't lend your hand
G C D G
For the times they are a-changin'
( G Em C G )
( D C9 G/B D )
( G C D G )
G Em
The line it is drawn
C G
The curse it is cast
Em
The slow one now
C D
Will later be fast
G Em
As the present now
C G
Will later be past
The order is
Am D
Rapidly fadin'
C9
And the first one now
G/B D
Will later be last
G C D G
For the times they are a-changin'
[Final] G Em C G
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