Bob Dylan - The times they are a-changin
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Capo: 3
Tuning: 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://www.dropbox.com/s/fla7ctvxmu5jxwj/TheTimes_Alternate.mp3
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capo: 3rd fret
play: D
key: F
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Special Voicings
D-A-D-G-B-e
D 0-0-0-2-3-x [first verse]
0-0-0-2-3-2 [later]
Bm x-2-4-4-3-x
G 5-x-0-0-0-x
A x-0-2-2-2-x
A6 x-0-4-2-2-x
A7 x-0-5-2-2-x
A/E x-x-2-2-2-x
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-x
Em x-x-2-0-0-0
Dsus4 0-0-0-0-3-x
D * 0-0-4-x-3-x
D6 0-0-0-4-3-x
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INTRO
| D | % | % |
VERSE 1
Come Dgather 'round Bmpeople
G | D | % |
Wherever you roam
And adDmit that the Bmwaters
AGround you have Agrown
A6And A7ac-Dcept it that Bmsoon
G | D | % |
You'll be drenched to the bone
D Em | A A6 | A7 |
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you A7better start Gswimmin' or you'll Bmsink like a Astone
D Dsus4 D * A A6 A7 | D | % | % | % |
For the times they are a-chan - gin'
VERSE 2
Come Dwriters and Bmcritics
G | D | % |
Who prophesize with your pen
And Dkeep your eyes Bmwide
The chance Gwon't come aAgain
A6AndA7 Ddon't speak too Bmsoon
G | D | % |
For the wheel's still in spin
D Em | A A6 | A7 |
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the lA7oser A6now will be Glater to Awin A6 [For ...]
A7 D Dsus4 D * A A6 A7 | D | % | % | % | % |
For the times they are a-chan - gin'
VERSE 3
Come Dsenators, Bmcongressmen
G | D | % |
Please heed the call
Don't Dstand in the Bmdoorway
Don't Gblock up the AhallA6 [For ...]
A7For Dhe that gets Bmhurt
G | D | % |
Will be he who has stalled
D Em | A A6 | A7 |
The battle outside ragin'
Will A7soon shake your A6windows and A/Evibrate your walls
D D6 D * A A6 A7 | D | % | % | % |
For the times they are a-chan - gin'
VERSE 4
Come Dmothers and Bmfathers
G | D | % |
Throughout the land
And Ddon't critiBmcize
What you Gcan't understAand A6 [Your ...]
A7Your Dsons and your Bmdaughters
G | D | % |
Are beyond your command
D Em | A A6 | A7 |
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get A7out of the A6new one if you Bmcan't lend your AhanA6d [For ...]
A7 D Dsus4 D * A A6 A7 | D | % | % | % |
For the times they are a-chan - gin'
VERSE 5
The Dline it is Bmdrawn
G | D | % |
And the curse it is cast
The Dslow one Bmnow
G | A A6 | A7 |
Will later be fast [As ...]
A7As the Dpresent Bmnow
G | D | % |
Will later be past
D Em | A A6 | A7 |
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the A7first one A6now will A/Elater be A/C#last
D A A6 A7 | D | D
For the times they are a-chan - gin'
[ritardando]