Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin': Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Times They Are A-Changin'" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

      G             Em        C         G
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
    G               Am      C               D
And admit that the waters around you have grown
       G            Em              C              G
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
         G       Am           D
If your time to you is worth savin'
          D            D7                 D6           D
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
         G          C       D  G
For the times, they are a-changin'

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'.
'Cause the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

D6

Guitar chord D6

D7

Guitar chord D7

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Times They Are A-Changin'" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan.

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