The times they are a-changing (intro) (midi) (sample)

G Em C G

1. Come gather 'round people wherever you roam,

G Am C D

and admit that the waters around you have grown,

G Em C G

and accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone,

G Am D

if your time to you is worth savin'.

D G D

Then you better start swimmin', or you'll sink like a stone,

G C D G - Em - C - G

for the times, they are a-changin'.

G Em C G

2. Come writers and critics who prophecize 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 tellin' who that it's namin'.

D G D

For the loser now will be later to win,

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for the times they are a-changin'.

G Em C G

3. Come senators, congressmen, 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 ragin'.

D G D

It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls,

G C D G - Em - C - D - G

for the times they are a-changin'.

G Em C G

4. 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 are beyond your command,

G Am D

your old road is rapidly agin'.

D G D

Please, get out of the new one, if you can't lend a hand,

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for the times they are a-changin'.

G Em C G

5. The line, it is drawn, the curse it 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

the order is rapidly fadin'.

D G D

And the first one now, will later be last,

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for the times they are a-changin'.

(Bob Dylan)