The Times They Are A-changin Chords & Tabs
The Times They Are A-changin Chords
Tabbed By Ryan Quigley
Drop D Tuning
Capo 1st Fret
These are the chords played relative to the capo.
D Bm G Em A A/G A/F#
E|--2----2----3----0----0----0----0--|
B|--3----3----3----0----2----2----2--|
G|--2----4----4----0----2----2----2--|
D|--0----4----5----3----2----2----2--|
A|--0----2----5----3----0----X----X--|
D|--0----X----5----3----x----5----4--|
Intro:
[Strum D for 6 bars]
D Bm
Come gather 'round people
G D
Wherever you roam
D Em
And admit that the waters
G A
Around you have grown
D Bm
And accept it that soon
G D
You'll be drenched to the bone.
D Em
If your time to you
A
Is worth savin'
A A/G
Then you better start swimmin'
A/F# A
Or you'll sink like a stone
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'.
D G A D D D D
[---------Harmonica---------]
D Bm
Come writers and critics
G D
Who prophesize with your pen
D Em
And keep your eyes wide
G A
The chance won't come again
D Bm
And don't speak too soon
G D
For the wheel's still in spin
D Em
And there's no tellin' who
A
That it's namin'.
A A/G
For the loser now
A/F# A
Will be later to win
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'.
D G A D D
[Harmonica Interlude]
A A/G A/F# A A A A
[Harmonica Interlude]
D Bm
Come senators, congressmen
G D
Please heed the call
D Em
Don't stand in the doorway
G A
Don't block up the hall
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D Bm
For he that gets hurt
G D
Will be he who has stalled
D Em
There's a battle outside
A
And it is ragin'.
A A/G
It'll soon shake your windows
A/F# A
And rattle your walls
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'.
D G A D D D D
[---------Harmonica---------]
D Bm
Come mothers and fathers
G D
Throughout the land
D Em
And don't criticize
G A
What you can't understand
D Bm
Your sons and your daughters
G D
Are beyond your command
D
Your old road is
Em A
Rapidly agin'.
A A/G
Please get out of the new one
A/F# A
If you can't lend your hand
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'.
D G A D D
[---------Harmonica---------]
A A/G A/F# A A
[---------Harmonica---------]
D G A D D D D
[---------Harmonica---------]
D Bm
The line it is drawn
G D
The curse it is cast
D Em
The slow one now
G A
Will later be fast
D Bm
As the present now
G D
Will later be past
D
The order is
Em A
Rapidly fadin'.
A A/G
And the first one now
A/F# A
Will later be last
D G A D
For the times they are a-changin'.
D G A D D
[---------Harmonica---------]
A A/G A/F# A A
[---------Harmonica---------]
D G A D
[---------Harmonica---------]