The Times They Are A Changin Chords by James Taylor

The Times They Are A Changin Chords

by James Taylor

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Key: G Intro: G |G - C/G |G |G - C/G : Verse 1: G Em Come gather 'round people C |G |G - C/G | Wherever you roam G Am And admit that the waters C D Around you have grown G Em And accept it that soon C |G |G - C/G | You'll be drenched to the bone G Am |D |D | If your time to you is worth savin' D D/C D/B D/C D Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone G Am D (G) For the times they are a-changin'
Interlude:G |G - C/G |G |G - C/G : Verse 2: G Em Come writers and critics C |G |C/G | Who prophesize with your pen G Am And keep your eyes wide C D The chance won't come again G Em And don't speak too soon C |G |G - C/G | For the wheel's still in spin G Am Dsus4 And there's no tellin' who that it's namin' D D/C D/B D/C D For the loser now will be later to win G Am D (G) For the times they are a-changin' Modulation: G | Em | A | A : Verse 3: D Bm Come senators, congressmen G | D | D - Dsus2 | Please heed the call D Em Don't stand in the doorway D/F# G A Don't block up the hall D Bm For he that gets hurt G | D | D - Dsus2 | Will be he who has stalled D Em A The battle outside ragin' A A/G A/F# A/G A Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls D Em A D For the times they are a-changin' Interlude: D | D - Dsus2 | D | D - Dsus2 : Verse 4: D Bm Come mothers and fathers G |D |D - Dsus2 | Throughout the land D Em And don't criticize D/F# G A What you can't understand D Bm Your sons and your daughters G |D | D - Dsus2 | Are beyond your command D Em Asus4 Your old road is rapidly agin' A A/G A/F# A/G A Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand D Em A D For the times they are a-changin' Interlude: D | D - Dsus2 | D | D - Dsus2 : Verse 5: D Bm The line it is drawn G |D |D - Dsus2 | The curse it is cast D Em The slow one now D/F# G A Will later be fast D Bm As the present now G |D |D - Dsus2 | Will later be past D Em Asus4 The order is rapidly fadin' A A/G A/F# A/G A And the first one now will later be last D Bm A D For the times they are a-changin' D Em D/F# G A D For the times they are a-changin

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Published: November 3, 2025
Last Updated: November 3, 2025