James Taylor – The Times They Are A Changin (Guitar)

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[Intro] |G |G - C/G |G |G - C/G | [Verse 1]
     G             Em
Come gather 'round people

    C       |G     |G - C/G |
Wherever you roam

      G            Am
And admit that the waters

 C              D
Around you have grown

      G            Em
And accept it that soon

          C              |G     |G - C/G |
You'll be drenched to the bone

        G       Am          |D     |D     |
If your time to you is worth savin'

         D            D/C                D/B     D/C D
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone

        G     Am         D  (G)
For the times they are a-changin'
[Interlude] |G |G - C/G |G |G - C/G | [Verse 2]
     G           Em
Come writers and critics

    C                    |G   |C/G |
Who prophesize with your pen

    G              Am
And keep your eyes wide

           C           D
The chance won't come again

    G               Em
And don't speak too soon

        C                |G  |G - C/G |
For the wheel's still in spin

            G          Am            Dsus4
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'

         D    D/C          D/B D/C  D
For the loser now will be  later to win

        G     Am         D   (G)
For the times they are a-changin'
[Modulation] | G | Em | A | A | [Verse 3]
     D         Bm
Come senators, congressmen

G               | D | D - Dsus2 |
Please heed the call

      D            Em
Don't stand in the doorway

D/F#  G            A
Don't block up the hall

    D            Bm
For he that gets hurt

     G             | D | D - Dsus2 |
Will be he who has stalled

    D      Em      A
The battle outside ragin'

     A               A/G         A/F# A/G    A
Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

        D     Em         A   D
For the times they are a-changin'
[Interlude] | D | D - Dsus2 | D | D - Dsus2 | [Verse 4]
     D           Bm
Come mothers and fathers

G             |D    |D - Dsus2 |
Throughout the land

    D          Em
And don't criticize

  D/F#   G          A
What you can't understand

     D             Bm
Your sons and your daughters

      G           |D | D - Dsus2 |
Are beyond your command

     D           Em      Asus4
Your old road is rapidly agin'

           A          A/G            A/F#     A/G    A
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand

        D     Em         A   D
For the times they are a-changin'
[Interlude] | D | D - Dsus2 | D | D - Dsus2 | [Verse 5]
    D          Bm
The line it is drawn

    G          |D     |D - Dsus2 |
The curse it is cast

    D        Em
The slow one now

D/F# G        A
Will later be fast

       D       Bm
As the present now

     G       |D    |D - Dsus2 |
Will later be past

    D        Em      Asus4
The order is rapidly fadin'

        A         A/G       A/F# A/G A
And the first one now will  later be last

        D     Bm         A   D
For the times they are a-changin'

        D     Em      D/F# G A D
For the times they are a-changin'