Simon & Garfunkel - 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      F             Dm        A#         F
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
    F               Gm     A#               C
And admit that the waters around you have grown
       F            Dm              A#
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to
     F
the bone
         F       Gm           C
If your time to you is worth savin'
          C            C7                 C6
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink
         C
like a stone,
         F          A#       C  F
For the times, they are a-changin'

Come writers and critics
Who prophesise 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'
For 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 that 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
All over 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
And the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
The first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
For the times they are a-changin'


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

C6

Guitar chord C6

C7

Guitar chord C7

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 Simon & Garfunkel.