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