The Times They Are A-Changin'

Words and Music by Bob Dylan

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Come gather 'round people whereer you roam
G Am C D
And admit that the waters around you hae grown
G Em C G
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
G Am D
!" your time to you is worth sain'
D D# G D
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sin$ li$e a stone%
G C D G
&or the times% they are a chang - in'
Come writers and critics who propheci'e with your pen
And $eep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't spea$ too soon "or the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
&or the loser now will be later to win
&or the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and "athers throughout the land
And don't critici'e what you don't understand
(our sons and your daughters are beyond your command
(our old road is rapidly agin'
)lease get out o" the new one i" you can't lend a hand
&or the times they are a-changin'
Come senators% congressmen please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway% don't bloc$ up the hall
&or he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
!t'll soon sha$e your windows and rattle your walls
&or the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be "ast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly "adin'
And the "irst one now will later be last
&or the times they are a-changin'