| In 3/4 waltz time |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| Come | gather 'round | people wher- | ever you | roam |
| G | Am | C | D | |
| And ad- | mit that the | waters ar- | ound you have | grown, |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| And ac- | cept it that | soon you'll be | drenched to the | bone, |
| G | Am | D | |
| If your | time to | you is worth | saving, |
| D7 | Gmaj7 | D | |
| Then you'd | better start swimming or you'll | sink like a | stone, |
| G | C | D | G | |
| For the | times they | are a- | chang- | ing! |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| Come | writers and | critics who prophe- | size with your | pen, |
| G | Am | C | D | |
| And | keep your eyes | wide, the chance | won't come a- | gain. |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| And | don't speak too | soon, for the | wheel's still in | spin, |
| G | Am | D | |
| And there's no | telling | who that it's | naming. |
| D7 | Gmaj7 | D | |
| For the | loser now will be | later to | win, |
| G | C | D | G | |
| For the | times they | are a- | chang- | ing! |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| Come | senators, | congressmen, | please heed the | call, |
| G | Am | C | D | |
| Don't | stand in the | doorway, don't | block up the | hall. |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| For | he that gets | hurt will be | he who has | stalled, |
| G | Am | D | |
| There's a | battle out- | side and it's | raging. |
| D7 | Gmaj7 | D | |
| It'll | soon shake your windows and | rattle your | walls, |
| G | C | D | G | |
| For the | times they | are a- | chang- | ing! |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| Come | mothers and | fathers, through- | out the | land, |
| G | Am | C | D | |
| And | don't criti- | cize what you | can't under- | stand. |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| Your | sons and your | daughters are be- | yond your com- | mand, |
| G | Am | D | |
| Your | old road is | rapidly | aging. |
| D7 | Gmaj7 | D | |
| Please get | out of the new one if you | can't lend your | hand, |
| G | C | D | G | |
| For the | times they | are a- | chang- | ing! |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| The | line it is | drawn, the | curse it is | cast, |
| G | Am | C | D | |
| The | slow one | now will | later be | fast. |
| G | Em | C | G | |
| As the | present | now will | later be | past, |
| G | Am | D | |
| The | order is | rapidly | fading. |
| D7 | Gmaj7 | D | |
| And the | first one now will | later be | last, |
| G | C | D | G | |
| For the | times they | are a- | chang | ing! |