C Am F C
Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam
C Dm F G7
And admit that the waters around you have grown
C Am F C
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
C Am G G7
If your time to you Is worth saving, then you
F C F G7
better start swimming Or you'll sink like a stone
C Am G7 G7 C
For the times they are a-cha -- --ang -- in'.
C Am F C
Come writers and critics, who prophesize with your pen
C Dm F G7
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
C Am F C
And don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin
C Am G G7
And there's no telling who that it's naming . .
F C F G7
for the loser now will be later to win
C Am G7 G7 C
For the times they are a-cha -- --ang -- in'.
C Am F C
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
C Dm F G7
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
C Am F C
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
C Am G G7
There's a battle outside and it's raging . .
F C F G7
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
C Am G7 G7 C
For the times they are a-cha -- --ang -- in'.
C Am F C
Come mothers and fathers, throughout the land
C Dm F G7
And don't criticize what you can't understand
C Am F C
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
C Am G G7
Your old road is rapidly aging . .
F C F G7
please get out the new one if you can't lend your hand
C Am G7 G7 C
For the times they are a-cha -- --ang -- in'.
C Am F C
The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast.
C Dm F G7
The slow one now will later be fast
C Am F C
As the present now will later be past.
C Am G G7
The order is rapidly fading
F C F G7
And the first one now will later be last
C Am G7 G7 C
For the times they are a-cha -- --ang -- in'.
