| INTRO: | dm | D2 | dm | D2 |
| VERSE 1: | dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many roads must a man walk down |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | Before you call him a man? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many seas must a white dove sail |
| dm | G | A2 | A2 | | Before she sleeps in the sand? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many times must the cannonballs fly |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | Before they're forever banned? |
| CHORUS: | G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind |
| G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer is blowin' in the wind |
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| VERSE 2: | dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many years must a mountain exist |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | Before it is washed to the sea? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many years can some people exist |
| dm | G | A2 | A2 | | Before they're allowed to be free? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many times can a man turn his head |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | And pretend that he just doesn't see? |
| CHORUS: | G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind |
| G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer is blowin' in the wind |
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| VERSE 3: | dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many times must a man look up |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | Before he can see the sky? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many ears must one man have |
| dm | G | A2 | A2 | | Before he can hear people cry? |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | How many deaths will it take till he knows |
| dm | G | dm | D2 | | That too many people have died? |
| CHORUS: | G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind |
| G | A2,7 | dm | D2 | | The answer is blowin' in the wind |
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