The Times They Are A-Changin Chords' by Keb Mo
Tempo:
113.45 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] the world.
Come [Em] gather [C] around people [D] wherever you [G] roam.
And admit [C] that the waters around you have [D] grown.
[Em] And accept it that [Am] soon [D] you'll be drenched to the [G] bone.
If your time [C] to you is worth [G] saving,
[D]
[G] Then you better start swimming or [C] you'll sink [D] like a stone.
[Em] For the times they [A] are [Am] [G] a [D] [G]
-changin'.
[C] [D]
[Em] Come writers [Am] and critics [D] who prophesize [G] with your pen.
And keep your eyes wide open, [Am] the chance won't [D] come again.
And [Em] don't speak too [Am] soon, for [D] the wheels still [G] in spin.
And there's no telling [C] who that [G] is naming.
[D] [C] For the loser [G] now will [C] be later to [D] win.
For [Em] the times [Am] they are [D] a [D] [G]-changin'.
Come [C] [G]
[D] [G] [Em] Senators,
[Am] Congressmen, [D] please heed [G] the call.
Don't stand in [C] the doorway, [A] don't block up the [D] hall.
[Em] For he [C] that gets hurt
[D] will be the one who [G] has stalled.
There's a battle [C] outside and it's [G] raging.
[D]
[C] It'll soon shake [G] your windows [C] and rattle [D] your walls.
[Em] For the times [Am] they are [G] a [D] [G]-changin'.
[C] [D]
[G] Come [Em] mothers and [C] fathers throughout [D] the [G] land.
And don't criticize [C] what you can't [D] understand.
[B] [Em] Your sons [C] and your daughters [D] are beyond your command.
[G] Your old road is rapidly [D] aging.
[C] Please get out of the [G] new one if you [C] can't lend a [D] hand.
For the [G] times they are a [D] [G]-changin'.
[A]
[E] [G] [Em] The line it has drawn [Am] [G] and the curse it has cast.
The slow one [C] now will later [Em] [D] be fast.
And [Em] the prison [Am] now will [D] later be [G] past.
And the order is [C] rapidly [D] fading.
[C] And the first one [G] now [C] will later be [D] last.
[Em] For the times [G] they are a [D] [G]-changin'.
[C] [A]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
[D] [G] the world.
Come [Em] gather [C] around people [D] wherever you [G] roam.
And admit [C] that the waters around you have [D] grown.
[Em] And accept it that [Am] soon [D] you'll be drenched to the [G] bone.
If your time [C] to you is worth [G] saving,
[D]
[G] Then you better start swimming or [C] you'll sink [D] like a stone.
[Em] For the times they [A] are [Am] [G] a [D] [G]
-changin'.
[C] [D]
[Em] Come writers [Am] and critics [D] who prophesize [G] with your pen.
And keep your eyes wide open, [Am] the chance won't [D] come again.
And [Em] don't speak too [Am] soon, for [D] the wheels still [G] in spin.
And there's no telling [C] who that [G] is naming.
[D] [C] For the loser [G] now will [C] be later to [D] win.
For [Em] the times [Am] they are [D] a [D] [G]-changin'.
Come [C] [G]
[D] [G] [Em] Senators,
[Am] Congressmen, [D] please heed [G] the call.
Don't stand in [C] the doorway, [A] don't block up the [D] hall.
[Em] For he [C] that gets hurt
[D] will be the one who [G] has stalled.
There's a battle [C] outside and it's [G] raging.
[D]
[C] It'll soon shake [G] your windows [C] and rattle [D] your walls.
[Em] For the times [Am] they are [G] a [D] [G]-changin'.
[C] [D]
[G] Come [Em] mothers and [C] fathers throughout [D] the [G] land.
And don't criticize [C] what you can't [D] understand.
[B] [Em] Your sons [C] and your daughters [D] are beyond your command.
[G] Your old road is rapidly [D] aging.
[C] Please get out of the [G] new one if you [C] can't lend a [D] hand.
For the [G] times they are a [D] [G]-changin'.
[A]
[E] [G] [Em] The line it has drawn [Am] [G] and the curse it has cast.
The slow one [C] now will later [Em] [D] be fast.
And [Em] the prison [Am] now will [D] later be [G] past.
And the order is [C] rapidly [D] fading.
[C] And the first one [G] now [C] will later be [D] last.
[Em] For the times [G] they are a [D] [G]-changin'.
[C] [A]
[D]
[G] [C]
Key:
D
G
C
Em
Am
D
G
C
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ the world.
_ _ Come [Em] gather [C] around people [D] wherever you [G] roam. _
And admit [C] that the waters around you have [D] grown.
_ [Em] And accept it that [Am] soon [D] you'll be drenched to the [G] bone.
If your time [C] to you is worth [G] saving,
_ [D] _
[G] Then you better start swimming or [C] you'll sink [D] like a stone.
_ [Em] For the times they [A] are [Am] _ [G] a [D] _ _ _ [G]
-changin'. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Come writers [Am] and critics [D] who prophesize [G] with your pen.
And keep your eyes wide open, [Am] the chance won't [D] come again.
And [Em] don't speak too [Am] soon, for [D] the wheels still [G] in spin.
And there's no telling [C] who that [G] is naming.
_ [D] _ _ [C] For the loser [G] now will [C] be later to [D] win.
_ _ For [Em] the times [Am] they are [D] a _ [D] _ _ [G]-changin'.
Come _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] Senators, _
[Am] Congressmen, [D] please heed [G] the call. _
Don't stand in [C] the doorway, _ [A] don't block up the [D] hall.
_ [Em] For he [C] that gets hurt _
[D] will be the one who [G] has stalled.
There's a battle [C] outside and it's [G] raging.
_ [D] _ _
[C] It'll soon shake [G] your windows [C] and rattle [D] your walls.
_ [Em] For the times [Am] they are [G] a _ [D] _ _ [G]-changin'. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ Come [Em] mothers and [C] fathers _ throughout [D] the [G] land. _
And don't criticize _ [C] what you can't [D] understand.
_ [B] [Em] Your sons [C] and your daughters [D] are beyond your command.
[G] _ Your old road is rapidly [D] aging. _ _
_ [C] Please get out of the [G] new one if you [C] can't lend a [D] hand.
_ For the [G] times they are a [D] _ _ _ [G]-changin'.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] The line it has drawn [Am] _ [G] and the curse it has cast. _
The slow one [C] now will later [Em] [D] be fast.
And [Em] the prison [Am] now will [D] later be [G] past. _
And the order is [C] rapidly [D] fading. _ _
_ [C] And the first one [G] now _ [C] will later be [D] _ last. _ _
_ [Em] For the times [G] they are a [D] _ _ _ [G]-changin'. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ the world.
_ _ Come [Em] gather [C] around people [D] wherever you [G] roam. _
And admit [C] that the waters around you have [D] grown.
_ [Em] And accept it that [Am] soon [D] you'll be drenched to the [G] bone.
If your time [C] to you is worth [G] saving,
_ [D] _
[G] Then you better start swimming or [C] you'll sink [D] like a stone.
_ [Em] For the times they [A] are [Am] _ [G] a [D] _ _ _ [G]
-changin'. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Come writers [Am] and critics [D] who prophesize [G] with your pen.
And keep your eyes wide open, [Am] the chance won't [D] come again.
And [Em] don't speak too [Am] soon, for [D] the wheels still [G] in spin.
And there's no telling [C] who that [G] is naming.
_ [D] _ _ [C] For the loser [G] now will [C] be later to [D] win.
_ _ For [Em] the times [Am] they are [D] a _ [D] _ _ [G]-changin'.
Come _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] Senators, _
[Am] Congressmen, [D] please heed [G] the call. _
Don't stand in [C] the doorway, _ [A] don't block up the [D] hall.
_ [Em] For he [C] that gets hurt _
[D] will be the one who [G] has stalled.
There's a battle [C] outside and it's [G] raging.
_ [D] _ _
[C] It'll soon shake [G] your windows [C] and rattle [D] your walls.
_ [Em] For the times [Am] they are [G] a _ [D] _ _ [G]-changin'. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ Come [Em] mothers and [C] fathers _ throughout [D] the [G] land. _
And don't criticize _ [C] what you can't [D] understand.
_ [B] [Em] Your sons [C] and your daughters [D] are beyond your command.
[G] _ Your old road is rapidly [D] aging. _ _
_ [C] Please get out of the [G] new one if you [C] can't lend a [D] hand.
_ For the [G] times they are a [D] _ _ _ [G]-changin'.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] The line it has drawn [Am] _ [G] and the curse it has cast. _
The slow one [C] now will later [Em] [D] be fast.
And [Em] the prison [Am] now will [D] later be [G] past. _
And the order is [C] rapidly [D] fading. _ _
_ [C] And the first one [G] now _ [C] will later be [D] _ last. _ _
_ [Em] For the times [G] they are a [D] _ _ _ [G]-changin'. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _