| G | Em |
| Come | gather ‘round | people |
| G | Em |
| And ad | mit that the | waters |
| C | D |
| A | round you have | grown |
| G | Em |
| And ac | cept it that | soon |
| C | G |
| You’ll be | drenched to the | bone |
| G | Am | D |
| If your | time to | you is worth | savin’ |
| D | D/C |
| Then you | better start | swimmin’ |
| G/B | D |
| Or you’ll | sink like a | stone |
| G | C | D | G |
| For the | times | they are a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em |
| Come | writers and | critics |
| Am | G |
| Who prophe | size with your | pen |
| G | Em |
| And | keep your eyes | wide |
| C | D |
| The chance | won’t come a | gain |
| G | Em |
| And | don’t speak too | soon |
| C | G |
| For the | wheel’s still in | spin |
| G | Am | D |
| And there’s | no tellin’ | who that it’s | namin’ |
| G/B | D |
| Will be | later to | win |
| G | C | D | G |
| For the | times | they are a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em |
| Come | senators, | congressmen |
| Am | G |
| Please heed the | call |
| G | Em |
| Don’t | stand in the | doorway |
| C | D |
| Don’t | block up the | hall |
| G | Em |
| For | he that gets | hurt |
| C | G |
| Will be | he who has | stalled |
| G | Am |
| There’s a | battle | outside |
| D | D/C |
| It’ll | soon shake your | windows |
| G/B | D |
| And | rattle your | walls |
| G | C | D | G |
| For the | times | they are a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em |
| Come | mothers and | fathers |
| C | D |
| What you | can’t under | stand |
| G | Em |
| Your | sons and your | daughters |
| C | G |
| Are be | yond your com | mand |
| G | Am | D |
| Your | old road is | rapidly | agin’ |
| D | D/C |
| Please get | out of the | new one |
| G/B | D |
| If you | can’t lend your | hand |
| G | C | D | G |
| For the | times | they are a- | chan | gin’ |
| G | Em |
| The | line it is | drawn |
| Am | G |
| The | curse it is | cast |
| G | Am | D |
| The | order is | rapidly | fadin’ |
| D | D/C |
| And the | first one | now |
| D | D/C |
| Please get | out of the | new one |
| G/B | D |
| If you | can’t lend your | hand |
| D | D/C |
| It’ll | soon shake your | windows |
| G/B | D |
| And | rattle your | walls |
| G/B | D |
| Will be | later to | win |
| D | D/C |
| Then you | better start | swimmin’ |
| G/B | D |
| Or you’ll | sink like a | stone |
| G | C | D | G |
| For the | times | they are a- | chan | gin’ |