Based on Live Concert version recorded on October 12, 2012 at the Performing Arts Center
in New Jersey
Intro: G(for two measures) Em D
G Em C G
Come gather around people where ever you roam
G Am C D
and admit that the waters around you have grown
G Em C G
and except that too soon you'll be the drenched to the bone
G Am D
and your time to you is worth saving
D D7 G D
and you better start swimming or you will sink like a stone
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
G Em C G
come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen
G Am C D
and keep your eyes wide with the chance won't come again
G Em C G
and don't speak too soon for the wheels still in spin
G Am D
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
G Em C G
Come senators congressman please head the hall
G Am C D
don't stand in the doorway don't lock up the hall
G Em C G
for he gets hurt for 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
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 a new one and can't lend your hand
G C D G
for the times they are a changing
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