The Times They Are A - Changin Chords
by The Byrds
The Times They Are A - Changin by The Byrds is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Written by Bob Dylan. This is The Byrds' version.
G C G
Come gather round people where ever you roam
D
And admit that the waters around you have grown
G C G
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
D
If your time to you is worth savin^?
G C G C
Then you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
G D C G
For the times they are a changin
G C G
Come writers and critics who prophecies with your pen
D
And keep your eyes open the chance won't come again
G C G
And watch what you say for the wheel's still in spin
D
And there's no tellin who that it's namein
G C G C
For the loser now will be later to win
G D C G
For the times they are a changin
G C G
Come senators congressmen please heed the call
D
Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall
G C G
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
D
There's a battle outside and it's ragin
G C G C
Will rattle our windows and shake down your walls
G D C G
For the times they are a changin
G C G
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
D
And don't criticize what you can't understand
G C G
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
D
Your old road is rapidly agin
G C G C
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
G D C G D G
For the times they are a changin
Enjoy!