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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">The Times They Are A-Changin'</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../03_times/index.htm">The Times They Are A-changin'</a> (1964), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits/index.htm">Greatest Hits</a> (1967) and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), in alternate versions on <a class="recordlink" href="../34_bootleg/index.htm">Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991) and <a class="recordlink" href="../41_lat/index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (limited edition, 2001), and live on <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">At Budokan</a> (1978),
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a> (1995) and <a class="recordlink" href="../43_bs6/index.htm">Live 1964</a> (2004)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <p>Chords: </p>
  24 <pre class="chords">
  25 G     320033
  26 D2/c  x30230
  27 G/b   x20030
  28 </pre>
  29
  30 <p>The <em>Bootleg Series</em> version is the same as below, only played at
  31 the piano, and with pianistic instead of guitaristic chords in the
  32 descent at the end.<br />
  33 The <em><a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a></em> version is also the same as below, only with a
  34 capo on the 2nd fret.</p>
  35
  36 <hr />
  37
  38 <pre class="verse">
  39      G             Em
  40 Come gather 'round people
  41     C        G
  42 Wherever you roam
  43       G            Em
  44 And admit that the waters
  45  C              D
  46 Around you have grown
  47       G            Em
  48 And accept it that soon
  49           C               G
  50 You'll be drenched to the bone.
  51         G       Am           D
  52 If your time to you Is worth savin'
  53          D            D2/c
  54 Then you better start swimmin'
  55           G/b         D/a
  56 Or you'll sink like a stone
  57         G     C *)       D   G . .            *) Not played in the first verse
  58 For the times they are a-changin'.
  59
  60 G . . | Em . . | C . . | G . . | . . . | . . . | . . .
  61
  62 Come writers and critics
  63 Who prophesize with your pen
  64 And keep your eyes wide
  65 The chance won't come again
  66 And don't speak too soon
  67 For the wheel's still in spin
  68 And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'.
  69 'Cause the loser now
  70 Will be later to win
  71 For the times they are a-changin'.
  72
  73 Come senators, congressmen
  74 Please heed the call
  75 Don't stand in the doorway
  76 Don't block up the hall
  77 For he that gets hurt
  78 Will be he who has stalled
  79 The battle outside ragin'
  80 Will soon shake your windows *)
  81 And rattle your walls
  82 For the times they are a-changin'.
  83
  84 Come mothers and fathers
  85 Throughout the land
  86 And don't criticize
  87 What you can't understand
  88 Your sons and your daughters
  89 Are beyond your command
  90 Your old road is rapidly agin'.
  91 Please get out of the new one
  92 If you can't lend your hand
  93 For the times they are a-changin'.
  94
  95 The line it is drawn
  96 The curse it is cast
  97 The slow one now
  98 Will later be fast
  99 As the present now
 100 Will later be past
 101 The order is rapidly fadin'.
 102 And the first one now
 103 Will later be last
 104 For the times they are a-changin'.
 105 </pre>
 106
 107 <hr />
 108
 109 <p>*) The official lyrics have: </p>
 110
 111 <p>There's a battle outside and it is ragin'. <br />
 112 It'll soon shake your windows</p>
 113
 114 <hr />
 115
 116 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 117
 118 <p>Capo 5th fret (sounding key F major)</p>
 119
 120 <pre class="verse">
 121      C             Em
 122 Come gather 'round people
 123     F        C
 124 Wherever you roam
 125       C            Em
 126 And admit that the waters
 127  F              G
 128 Around you have grown
 129       C            Em
 130 And accept it that soon
 131           F               C
 132 You'll be drenched to the bone.
 133         C       Em
 134 If your time to you
 135          G
 136 Is worth savin'
 137          G
 138 Then you better start swimmin'
 139
 140 Or you'll sink like a stone
 141         C                G   C
 142 For the times they are a-changin'.
 143 </pre>
 144
 145 <hr />
 146
 147 <h2 class="songversion">Alternate studio version (Oct 1963)</h2>
 148
 149 <p>Released as a bonus track on the limited edition of <em>&ldquo;Love and Theft&rdquo; (2001)</em>.<br />
 150 This version combines two well-known Dylan features, the G-G6-G7
 151 figure and the high capo position, in a song that's usually played in
 152 G.</p>
 153
 154 <p>Capo 5th fret (sounding key F major)</p>
 155
 156 <p>The &ldquo;G-G6-G7&rdquo; figure in its two versions:</p>
 157 <pre class="tab">
 158   G       G6    G7                  G   G6  G7
 159   :   .   .     :   .   .           :   .   .
 160 |-3-------0---|(0)----------|     |-3---0---0---|
 161 |-0-------0---|-0-----------|     |-0---0---0---|
 162 |-0-------0---|-0-----------| and |-0---0---0---|
 163 |-0-------2---|-3-----------|     |-0---2---3---|
 164 |-2-------2---|-2-----------|     |-2---2---2---|
 165 |-3-------3---|-3-----------|     |-3---3---3---|
 166 </pre>
 167
 168 <hr />
 169
 170 <pre class="verse">
 171      C             Am
 172 Come gather 'round people
 173     F        C
 174 Wherever you roam
 175       C            Am
 176 And admit that the waters
 177  F              G      (G6 G7)
 178 Around you have grown
 179       C            Am
 180 And accept it that soon
 181           F               C
 182 You'll be drenched to the bone.
 183         C       Dm
 184 If your time to you
 185          G . G6 G7
 186 Is worth savin'
 187                       F
 188 Then you better start swimmin'
 189           Am          G
 190 Or you'll sink like a stone
 191         C     Csus4 C     G G6 G7 C
 192 For the times they  are a-chan - gin'.
 193 </pre>
 194
 195 <hr />
 196
 197 <p>Alternatives for the next to last lines (&ldquo;then you better...--...like a stone&rdquo;):</p>
 198 <pre class="verse">
 199 G7 . . | G6 . . | F . . | G G6 G7 | (verses 2 and 4)
 200
 201 G7 . . | G6 . . | G(6) . . | G . . | (last verse; G6=322000, G(6)=320000)
 202 </pre>
 203
 204 <p>Alternative for the last line (3rd verse):</p>
 205 <pre class="verse">
 206 C . . | F C G | G G6 G7| C
 207 </pre>
 208
 209 <p>Lyrically the only change is that he sings &ldquo;vibrate your walls&rdquo;
 210 instead of &ldquo;rattle your walls&rdquo; in the third verse.</p>
 211
 212 <hr />
 213
 214 <h2 class="songversion">Live version from Drammenshallen, July 10, 1981</h2>
 215
 216 <p>This is a very special version, not only because it was on the first
 217 bootleg I ever got, or because it was a one-off opener during that
 218 tour, or because of the delightful error in the second verse, or
 219 because it was played not far from where I stayed at the time (not
 220 that I had the slightest idea, just a kid acting smart at the time) --
 221 but for all these reasons taken together.</p>
 222
 223 <p>Chords:</p>
 224 <pre class="chords">
 225 G6         xx9780
 226 G6(/a)     x09080  (or x09780)
 227 Em7(/a)    x09980
 228 Bm7(7a)    x07777
 229 Am7        x05555
 230 </pre>
 231
 232 <pre class="verse">
 233 G6  .  .   | Bm7/a .  .    | Am7  .  .  | .  .  . |
 234 G   .  .   | .     .  C/g  | .    .  .  | .  .  . |
 235
 236      G             Em
 237 Come gather 'round people
 238     C        G
 239 Wherever you roam
 240   G            Em
 241 Admit that the waters
 242  C              Am
 243 Around you have grown
 244   G            Em
 245 Accept it that soon
 246           C               G
 247 You'll be drenched to the bone.
 248         G       Em           Am
 249 If your time to you Is worth savin'
 250          G6/a         Em7/a
 251 Then you better start swimmin'
 252           Bm7/a       Am7
 253 Or you'll sink like a stone
 254         G6/a  Em7/a      Bm7/a Am7
 255 For the times they are a-changin'.
 256
 257      G           Em
 258 Come writers and critics
 259           C              G        C/g
 260 Who prophesize with your pen
 261     G              Em
 262 And keep your eyes wide
 263            C
 264 The chance won't come again
 265     G               Em
 266 And don't speak too soon
 267         C                G      C/g
 268 For the wheel's still in spin
 269             G6/a       Em7/a         Bm7
 270 And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'.
 271         G6/a  Em7/a   *)                             *) For these two chords, Dylan goes
 272 For the loser now                                       one fret too high...
 273         Bm7/a    Am7
 274 Will be later to win
 275         G     C       /b Am  G
 276 For the times they are a-changin'.
 277
 278      G6          Em7/a
 279 Come mothers and fathers
 280        Bm7/a     Am7
 281 Throughout the land
 282     G6/a       Em7/a
 283 And don't criticize
 284          Bm7/a      Am7
 285 What you can't understand
 286      G6/a          Em7/a
 287 Your sons and your daughters
 288       Bm7/a        Am7
 289 Are beyond your command
 290      G           C       Am
 291 Your old road is rapidly agin'.
 292     G          Em
 293 Get out of the new one
 294        C            Am
 295 If you can't lend a hand
 296         G     C          Am  G    C/g          G    C/g
 297 For the times they are a-changin'.
 298
 299      G6/a      Em7/a
 300 Come senators, congressmen
 301 Bm7/a           Am7
 302 Please heed the call
 303       G            Em
 304 Don't stand in the doorway
 305       C            Am
 306 Don't block up the hall
 307 G            Em
 308 He that gets hurt
 309         C          G
 310 Will be he who has stalled
 311           G         Em            Am
 312 There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
 313         G6/a            Em7/a
 314 It will soon shake your windows
 315     Bm7/a       Am7
 316 And rattle your walls
 317         G6/a  Em7/a      Bm7/a  Am7
 318 For the times they are a-changin'.
 319
 320 [Harmonica solo, while the band sneaks in]
 321
 322 G  Em    C   G
 323 G  Em    C
 324 G  Em    C   G
 325 G  Em    Am
 326 G  Em    C   Am
 327 G  C C/b Am  G
 328
 329     G6/a       Em7/a
 330 The line it is drawn
 331     Bm7/a           Am7
 332 And the curse it is cast
 333     G6/a     Em7/a
 334 The slow one now
 335      Bm7/a    Am7
 336 Will later be fast
 337        G6/a    Em7/a
 338 As the present now
 339      Bm7/a    Am7
 340 Will later be past
 341     G6/a     Em7/a   Bm7/a    Am7
 342 The order is rapidly fadin'.
 343         G6/a      Em7/a
 344 And the first one now
 345      Bm7/a    Am7
 346 Will later be last
 347         G6/a  Em7/a      Bm7/a  Am7
 348 For the times they are a-changin'.
 349
 350 [instrumental verse as above, this time with full band]
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