Chords for How to play "The Times They Are Changing" | Bob Dylan Ukulele Lesson

Today we're gonna play and sing Bob Dylan's
The Times They Are a-Changin' all together.
You only need five chords for this song,
and it's an easy 3-4 strum pattern.
Hope you'll get your ukulele out, sing, and play along with this video.
Let's get into this right now. _
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_ _ [N] Hey, what's up everybody?
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Every week I put up tips and lesson videos,
and play-along jams just like this one.
The way this is gonna work is everything you need to follow along
will be right here on the screen.
Easy chords, lyrics for you to follow and strum along with.
You don't have to be concerned with nailing every chord.
Just sing along, join in with all your heart.
I look forward to making music with you.
Music of Bob Dylan is, of course, a huge ocean to explore.
Let me know in the comments section below
what tunes you would love me to teach you. _
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Quick review of the five easy chords,
and a great tip coming [G] right up_ G.
Next chord is E minor.
Then we're gonna [C] have C.
_ You'll also have an A [Am] minor,
which I recommend using your first finger for.
And [D] then you can drop the [G] rest of the fingers in for D major.
This song has a pretty quick change from G to E minor,
which can be tricky.
So I recommend this.
When you switch from G to E minor,
reach out your pinky and touch it right there
to the fourth fret of the third string.
But don't click away because I got a great tip
to [D] make it easier for you.
Very often, people are gripping their ukulele
by putting the neck all the way here
in the crease of the thumb,
which makes your fingers smaller. _
That, or the angle of their fingers,
are so much in this direction
that it's difficult for the pinky to reach.
So here's my suggestion.
Try approaching the G major with your thumb here,
about midway to the top of the neck,
and make sure that you have some space
between the neck and the fingers.
So if the thumb is at the back of the neck
and the fingers aren't angled too much
towards the headstock,
you'll find that the pinky can reach [Em] out
and touch that [G] string pretty easily.
It may take some repetition, of course.
So what you do is you do it once,
_ [Em] _ _ breathe, _ smile at your [G] hand, take a break.
The more you do this,
you'll find it really will become easier.
Remember that practice is just
guided repetition with kindness.
_ So in [D] time, you'll find
this gets easier and easier. _
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_ One final chord detail
for those of you who are following along
with the song sheet at Patreon.
When you get to the section
You better start swimming
or you'll sink like a stone.
You can play that just with one chord D.
But if you'd like to do something
a little more fancy,
you can simulate what a guitar player does.
This is what Bob Dylan did.
This is what it sounds like on a guitar.
Bass chord.
Bass chord.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Now if you're up for a challenge
and you have a low G string ukulele,
you can simulate this by doing the following.
You pluck the bass note, third string,
of the D chord. _
Then [E] open C string. _ _
See that makes a D7 chord.
The next bass note [Bm] is right here,
fourth string, third fret.
_ _ _ And I'm barring the rest of the chord.
And then the last bass note [G#] is
[D] the second fret of that fourth string.
_ Here it is in context.
You better [E] start swimming
[Bm] or you'll sink like [D] a stone.
[G] For the times
they are a-changin'.
And the chords are a-changin' too.
Let's get into the play-along jam right now.
Let's play along together.
You can use any of the three, four strums
I showed in the previous video.
I will also not be playing any harmonica solo for this.
So in between each verse
we'll just have three extra bars of G.
I'll count them out for you.
Follow along.
One, two, three, two, two, three.
Here we go.
Come gather round [Em]
people
[C] wherever you [G] _ roam.
_ _ And admit that [C] the waters
_ _ around you have [D] grown.
[G] And accept it [Em] that soon
[C] you'll be drenched
to [G] the bone. _ _ _ _
_ _ If your time
[Am] to you is worth [D] saving _ _ _ _
then you better start swimming
or you'll sink like a stone.
For [G] the times
they _ _ are [D] a-changin'.
[G] _ _ _
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Here we go.
Verse two.
Come writers [Em] and critics
_ [C] _ prophesize with [G] your pen
_ _ _ and keep [C] your eyes wide
the chance won't come [D] again. _
[G] And don't speak [Em] too soon
for [C] the wheel's still [G] in spin. _ _ _
There's no tellin'
[Am] _ who's that [D] it's _ _ _ namin'.
For the loser now
will [Bm] be later
[D] to win [G] for the times
_ they are [D] a _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ -changin'. _ _ _
Come senators,
[Em] _ _ [C] congressmen, please [G] heed the _ call. _ _
Don't stand in [C] the doorway
don't block up [D] the hall.
_ [G] For he that [Em] gets hurt
[C] is he who [G] has stalled. _ _ The battle
[Am] _ outside [D] is a _ _ _ _ -rangin'.
We'll soon [F#] shake your windows
[Bm] and rattle [D] your walls
[G] for the _ times
they are a [D]-changin'.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Come mothers
[Em] and fathers _ [C] throughout [G] the land
_ _ and don't [Em] criticize
what [C] you can't _ [D] _
understand.
Your [G] sons and [Em] your daughters
[C] are beyond your [G] command. _ _ _ _
Your old road [C] is rapidly
[D] _ _ _ agin'.
_ Please get out
the [F#] new one if [Bm] you can't
lend [D] a hand
[G] for the times
they are [D] a _ [G]-changin'. _ _
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_ The line it [Em] is drawn
[C] the curse it is [G] cast _ _
the [Em] slow one _ now
[C] will later [D] be fast
[G] as the present [Em] now
[C] will later [G] be _ _ past.
_ The order [Am] is rapidly [D] _ fading
_ _ and the first [F#] one now
will [Bm] later be [D] _ last
for [G] the _ times
they [D] are a _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
-changin'. _ _ _ _ _ _
One,
two, and the end.
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