And here is the tabulature for the guitar chords you’ll need to play the song:
And I forgot to include D7 which you might not know so here it is:
D7 e|-----2--------l B|-----1--------l G|-----2--------l D|-----0--------l A|-----0--------l E|-----X--------l
Don’t worry if its tough at first to sing at the same time as playing! It takes a lot of practice. Get the strumming pattern and rhythm down really well as well as the chord changes, and also learn the lyrics. Once you are more familiar with them, it will come a lot easier.
A good rule of thumb is to always start slow and take it in baby steps – just make sure you aren’t making any mistakes while practicing – so you don’t learn the wrong habits! For example, only strum a chord once instead of using the strumming pattern while you first start to sing with the song, just to get the timing right.
And the lyrics:
Lyrics: G Em C G
Come gather ’round people wherever you roam G Am C D
And admit that the waters around you have grown G Em C G
And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone G Am D
If your time to you is worth savin’ D D7 G D
Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone, G C D G
For the times, they are a chang – in’
Come writers and critics who prophecize 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’
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don’t criticize what you don’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 a hand
For the times they are a-changin’
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’s ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’
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’
Enjoy and leave any comments or questions below.
-Steve