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Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
A×
A7×
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              D              G                   A             D                           
How many roads must a man walk down        
     D           G             A7        
Before you call him a man?        
           D                 G                A             D        
Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail        
                  Em               A7        
Before she sleeps in the sand?        
               D              G                     A             D                          
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly        
                       G          A7        
Before they're forever banned?        
 
   
       G                A7          D                G        
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.        
       Em             A7             D        
The answer is blowin' in the wind.      
      
        
D              G                 A            D        
How many years can a mountain exist        
                 G                 A7        
Before it is washed to the sea?        
   D              G                 A            D        
How many years can some people exist        
                      Em              A7        
Before they're allowed to be free.        
                D               G              A                  D        
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head        
                               G               A7     
And pretend that he just doesn't see?      
 
 
  
       G                A7          D                G        
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.        
      Em             A7              D        
The answer is blowin' in the wind.    
 
 
        
D              G                 A            D        
How many times must a man look up       
                     G          A7        
Before he can see the sky?        
           D                G                A            D                                
Yes, and how many ears must one man have     
                      Em            A7       
Before he can hear people cry?        
               D               G               A                  D        
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows        
                      G                 A7        
That too many people have died?       
 
 
   
      G                A7          D                 G        
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.        
      Em              A7             D        
The answer is blowin' in the wind.    
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · A · A7 · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.