The Times They Are A‐Changin’

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Key of G · Chords: I IV V ii vi

Intro

G G

Verse 1

     G             Em     C            G
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
    G              Am     D               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     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               D G
For the times, they are a-changin'
G

Verse 2

(Jason Isbell)
     G           Em          C                    G
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
    G              Am              D          D
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
    G               Em           C                G
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
            G          Am            D     D
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
        D         D7      D6       D
For the loser now will be later to win
        G              D G
For the times they are a-changin'
G

Verse 3

(Rosanne Cash)
     G         Em          C               G
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
      G            Am             D            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     D
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
           D          D7          D6          D
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
        G              D G
For the times they are a-changin'
G

Verse 4

(The War and Treaty)
     G           Em      C              G
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
    G     Am                 D     D
And don't criticize what you can't understand
     G             Em            C           G
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
     G           Am      D     D
Your old road is rapidly ageing
       D              D7             D6           D
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
        G              D G
For the times they are a-changin'

Verse 5

    G          Em        C           G
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
    G        Am       D        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 fadin'
        D         D7       D6       D
And the first one now will later be last
        G              D G
For the times they are a-changin'

Verse 6

     G             Em     C            G
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
    G              Am     D               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     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               D G
For the times, they are a-changin'

Outro

G Em C G
        G               D G
For the times, they are a-changin'
G Em C G
        G               D G
For the times, they are a-changin'