The Times They Are A-Changin'

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1. Come gather round people wherever you roam 
                       C       D 
   and admit that the waters around you have grown 
          G            Emi             C              G 
   and accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone 
                    Ami          D 
   if your time to you is worth saving 
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   then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone 
            G                 D  G 
   for the times they are a-changing. 
2. Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens 
   and keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again 
   and don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin 
   and there's no telling who that it's naming 
   but the loser now will be later to win 
   for the times they are a-changing. 
3. Come senators congressmen please heed the call 
   don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall 
   for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled 
   the battle outside ragging 
   will soon shake your windows and rattle your halls 
   for the times they are a-changing. 
4. Come mothers and fathers all over this land 
   and don't criticize what you can't understand 
   your sons and your daughters are beyond your command 
   your old role is rapidly aging 
   please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand 
   for the times they are a-changing. 
5. The line it is drawn the curse it is cast 
   the slow one now will later be fast 
   and the present now will later be past 
   the order is rapidly fading 
   and the first one now will later be last 
   for the times they are a-changing.