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The Times They Are A-Changin'

Mason Jennings
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
A/F#
E|--2----2----3----0----0----0----0--|
B|--3----3----3----0----2----2----2--|
G|--2----4----4----0----2----2----2--|
D|--0----4----5----3----2----2----2--|
A|--0----2----5----3----0----X----X--|
D|--0----X----5----3----x----5----4--|
 Come gather  'round people
 Wherever  you roam
 And admit  that the waters
 Around  you have grown
 And accept  it that soon
 You'll be drenched  to the bone.
 If your time  to you
 Is worth savin'
 Then you better  start swimmin'
 Or you'll sink  like a stone
 For the times they  are a-changin'.
---------Harmonica---------
 Come writers  and critics
 Who prophesize  with your pen
 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  tellin' who
 That it's namin'.
 For the loser now
 Will be later  to win
 For the times  they are  a-changin'.
ica  Interlude]
ica  Interlude]
 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
 There's a battle  outside
 And it is ragin'.
 It'll soon shake  your windows
 And rattle  your walls
 For the times  they are  a-changin'.
---------Harmonica---------
 Come mothers  and fathers
Throughout  the land
 And don't  criticize
 What you can't  understand
 Your sons  and your daughters
 Are beyond  your command
 Your old  road is
Rapidly  agin'.
 Please get  out of the new  one
 If you can't  lend your hand
 For the times  they are  a-changin'.
---------Harmonica---------
---------Harmonica---------
---------Harmonica---------
 The line  it is drawn
 The curse  it is cast
 The slow  one now
 Will later  be fast
 As the present now
 Will later  be past
 The order  is
Rapidly fadin'.
 And the first  one now
 Will later  be last
 For the times  they are  a-changin'.
---------Harmonica---------
---------Harmonica---------
---------Harmonica---------

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Readable chord sheet for The Times They Are A-Changin' by Mason Jennings

[D]    [Bm]   [G]    [Em]   [A]   [A/G]  [A/F#]
E|--2----2----3----0----0----0----0--|
B|--3----3----3----0----2----2----2--|
G|--2----4----4----0----2----2----2--|
D|--0----4----5----3----2----2----2--|
A|--0----2----5----3----0----X----X--|
D|--0----X----5----3----x----5----4--|

[Strum D for 6 bars]

Come [D]gather 'round [Bm]people
Wher[G]ever you [D]roam
And ad[D]mit that the [Em]waters
A[G]round you have [A]grown
And ac[D]cept it that [Bm]soon
You'll be [G]drenched to the [D]bone.
If your [D]time to [Em]you
Is worth [A]savin'
Then you [A]better start [A/G]swimmin'
Or you'll [A/F#]sink like a [A]stone
For the [D]times [G]they are a-[A]chang[D]in'.

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]      [D]      [D]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

Come [D]writers and [Bm]critics

Who prophe[G]size with your [D]pen

And [D]keep your eyes [Em]wide

The chance [G]won't come [A]again

And don't [D]speak too [Bm]soon

For the [G]wheel's still in [D]spin

And there's [D]no tellin' [Em]who

That it's [A]namin'.

For the [A]loser [A/G]now

Will be [A/F#]later to [A]win

For the [D]times they [G]are a-[A]chang[D]in'.

[D][Harmon[G]ica Int[A]erlude][D]       [D]

[A][Harmon[A/G]ica Int[A/F#]erlude][A]       [A]              [A]                     [A]

Come [D]senators, [Bm]congressmen

Please [G]heed the [D]call

Don't [D]stand in the [Em]doorway

Don't [G]block up the [A]hall

For [D]he that gets [Bm]hurt

Will be [G]he who has [D]stalled

There's a [D]battle out[Em]side

And it is [A]ragin'.

It'll soon [A]shake your [A/G]windows

And [A/F#]rattle your [A]walls

For the [D]times they [G]are a-[A]chang[D]in'.

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]      [D]      [D]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

Come [D]mothers and [Bm]fathers

[G]Throughout the [D]land

And [D]don't criti[Em]cize

What you [G]can't under[A]stand

Your [D]sons and your [Bm]daughters

Are bey[G]ond your com[D]mand

Your [D]old road is

[Em]Rapidly ag[A]in'.

Please [A]get out of the [A/G]new one

If you [A/F#]can't lend your [A]hand

For the [D]times they [G]are a-[A]chang[D]in'.

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

[A]      [A/G]    [A/F#]   [A]      [A]
[---------Harmonica---------]

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]      [D]      [D]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

The [D]line it is [Bm]drawn

The [G]curse it is [D]cast

The [D]slow one [Em]now

Will [G]later be [A]fast

As the [D]present [Bm]now

Will [G]later be [D]past

The [D]order is

[Em]Rapidly [A]fadin'.

And the [A]first one [A/G]now

Will [A/F#]later be [A]last

For the [D]times they [G]are a-[A]chang[D]in'.

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

[A]      [A/G]    [A/F#]   [A]      [A]
[---------Harmonica---------]

[D]      [G]      [A]      [D]
[---------Harmonica---------]

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