The Times They Are A Changin chords by James Taylor

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

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