The Times They Are A-Changin - Bob Dylan
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Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Drop D, D A D G B E
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The Times They Are A-Changin' (Alternate) - Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Alternate Version, recorded October 23, 1963
From: "Love and Theft" (Bonus CD of Limited Edition)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Drop D (+ capo 3rd fret)
A beautiful version in a different key and tuning. Dylan is obviously
experimenting here as he uses a different chord sequence in every
chorus. Listen to it here: https://vimeo.com/661019767 (Password: Times)
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capo: 3rd fret
play: D
key: F
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Special Voicings
D-A-D-G
D 0-0-0-2
0-0-0-2
Bm x-2-4-4
G 5-x-0-0
A x-0-2-2
A6 x-0-4-2
A7 x-0-5-2
A/E x-x-2-2
A/C# x-4-2-2
Em x-x-2-0
Dsus4 0-0-0-0
D * 0-0-4-x
D6 0-0-0-4
-B-e
-3-x (first verse)
-3-2 (later)
-3-x
-0-x
-2-x
-2-x
-2-x
-2-x
-2-x
-0-0
-3-x
-3-x
-3-x
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[Intro]
| | % | % |
[Verse 1]
Come gather 'r
ound people
|
Wherever you r
| % |
oam
And admit that
the waters
Around you hav
e grown
And ac-cept it
that soon
You'll be dren
|
ched to the bo
| % |
ne
If your time t
o you is worth
| | |
savin'
Then you bette
r start swimmi
n' or you'll s
ink like a sto
ne
For the times
*
they are a-ch
| | % | % | % |
an - gin'
[Verse 2]
Come writers a
nd critics
Who prophesize
| | % |
with your pen
And keep your
eyes wide
The chance won
't come again
And don't sp
eak too soon
For the wheel'
|
s still in spi
| % |
n
And there's no
tellin' who t
|
hat it's namin
| |
'
For the loser
now will be la
ter to win
[ ]
(For ...)
For the times
*
they are a-ch
| | % | % | % | % |
an - gin'
[Verse 3]
Come senators,
congressmen
Please heed th
| | % |
e call
Don't stand in
the doorway
Don't block up
[
the hall (F
]
or ...)
For he that ge
ts hurt
Will be he who
| | % |
has stalled
The battle out
| | |
side ragin'
Will soon shak
e your windows
and vibrate y
our walls
For the times
*
they are a-cha
| | % | % | % |
n - gin'
[Verse 4]
Come mothers a
nd fathers
Throughout the
| | % |
land
And don't crit
icize
What you can't
understand
[ ]
(Your ...)
Your sons and
your daughters
Are beyond you
| | % |
r command
Your old road
|
is rapidly agi
| |
n'
Please get out
of the new on
e if you can't
lend your han
[ ]
d (For ...)
For the times
*
they are a-ch
| | % | % | % |
an - gin'
[Verse 5]
The line it is
drawn
And the curse
| | % |
it is cast
The slow one n
ow
Will later be
| | |
fast (As .
..)
As the present
now
Will later be
| | % |
past
The order is r
| | |
apidly fadin'
And the first
one now will l
/
ater be last
For the times
they are a-cha
| |
n - gin'
(ritardando)