| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| Come | gat | her ’round | peop | le wher | ever | you | roam |
| G | Am | C | D | ||||
| And ad | mit | that the | wat | ers a | round | you have | grown |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| And ac | cept | it that | soon | you’ll be | dren | ched to the | bone |
| G | Am | D | ||||
| If your | time | to | you | is worth | sav | in’ |
| D | D7 | |||
| Then you | bet | ter start | swim | min’ |
| D6 | D | ||
| or you’ll | sink | like a | stone, |
| G | C | D | G | |||
| For the | times, | they | are | a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| Come | wri | ters and | crit | ics who prophe | size | with your | pen |
| G | Am | C | D | ||||
| And | keep | your eyes | wide | the chance | won’t | come a | gain |
| 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 | nam | in’ |
| D | D7 | D6 | D | ||||
| For the | loser | now | will be | later | to | win |
| G | C | D | G | |||
| For the | tim | es they | are | a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| Come | sen | ators, | con | gressmen | please | heed the | call |
| G | Am | C | D | ||||
| Don’t | stand | in the | door | way, don’t | block | up the | hall |
| G | Em | C | G | |||||
| For | he | that gets | hurt | will be | he | who has | stal | led |
| G | Am | D | ||||
| There’s a | bat | tle out | side | and it’s | rag | in’ |
| D | D7 | D6 | D | ||||
| It’ll | soon | shake your | win | dows and | ratt | le your | walls |
| G | C | D | G | |||
| For the | times | they | are | a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| Come | mot | hers and | fat | hers | throu | ghout the | land |
| G | Am | C | D | ||||
| And | don’t | criti | cize | what you | can’t | under | stand |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| Your | sons | and your | daug | hters are be | yond | your com | mand |
| G | Am | D | |||
| Your | old | road is | rap | idly | agin’ |
| D | D7 | D6 | D | ||||
| Please | get | out of the | new | one if you | can’t | lend a | hand |
| G | C | D | G | |||
| For the | times | they | are | a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| The | line | it is | drawn | the | curse | it is | cast |
| G | Am | C | D | ||||
| The | slow | one | now | will | lat | er be | fast |
| G | Em | C | G | ||||
| As the | pres | ent | now | will | lat | er be | past |
| G | Am | D | ||||
| The | or | der is | rap | idly | fad | in’ |
| D | D7 | D6 | D | ||||
| And the | first | one | now | will | later | be | last |
| G | C | D | G | |||
| For the | times | they | are | a- | chan | gin’ |