Blowin In The Wind chords
by Bob DylanKey: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 86 bpm
Standard Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Chords: D, G, Em, A7
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Blowin In The Wind
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D D
Intro: 4/4 | | |
D G D
1. How many roads must a man walk down
D G D
Be-fore you call him a man?
D G D
How many seas must a white dove sail
D Em A7
Be-fore she sleeps in the sand?
D G D
Yes, and how ma-ny times must the can-non balls fly
D G D
Be-fore they're for-e-ver banned?
G A7 D G
The an-swer, my friend, is blo-win' in the wind
Em A7 D
The an-swer is blo-win' in the wind
G A7 D G Em A7 D D
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D G D
2. Yes, and how ma-ny years can a moun-tain e-xist
D G D
Be-fore it is washed to the sea?
D G D
Yes, and how ma-ny years can some peo-ple e-xist
D Em A7
Be-fore they're al-lowed to be free?
D G D
Yes, and how ma-ny times can a man turn his head
D G D
And pre-tend that he just doe-sn't see?
G A7 D G
The an-swer, my friend, is blo-win' in the wind
Em A7 D
The an-swer is blo-win' in the wind
G A7 D G Em A7 D D
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D G D
3. Yes, and how ma-ny times must a man look up
D G D
Be-fore he can see the sky?
D G D
Yes, and how ma-ny ears must one man have
D Em A7
Be-fore he can hear peo-ple cry?
D G D
Yes, and how ma-ny deaths will it take 'til he knows
D G D
If too ma-ny peo-ple have died?
G A7 D G
The an-swer, my friend, is blo-win' in the wind
Em A7 D
The an-swer is blo-win' in the wind
G A7 D G Em A7 D D
Outro: | | | | | | | | |... Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: D Major - 2 sharps (F#, C#)
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Brightly
- Metronome: ♩ = 85
- Voice Range: C#4 - D4
Song Details:
- Songwriter: Bob Dylan
- Lyrics Begin: How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?
- Featured Artist: Bob Dylan
Born: Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Profession: Singer-songwriter, painter, writer.
Instruments: Vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards - Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Recorded: April 24, 1962 – April 24, 1963
Released: May 27, 1963 - Single
Released: August 13, 1963 - Genre: Folk, Protest song - poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom.
- Covers: Peter, Paul and Mary (had a hit with the song in 1963), Joan Baez, The Seekers, The Hollies, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Presley, and many more.
- Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Melody: based on the traditional gospel song No More Auction Block - an old slave song that expresses the longing for freedom and the resistance to slavery (see lyrics below).
No More Auction Block
No More Auction Block Lyrics
No more auction block for me
No more, no more
No more auction block for me
Many thousands gone
No more driver's lash for me
No more, no more
No more driver's lash for me
Many thousands gone
No more whip lash for me
No more, no more
No more pint of salt for me
Many thousands gone
No more auction block for me
No more, no more
No more auction block for me
Many thousands gone
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