G              C                G              Em 
How many roads must a man walk down 
     G            C              G    D 
Before they call him a man? 
    G             C                G             Em 
How many seas must a white dove sail 
     G            C                D 
Before she sleeps in the sand? 

    G             C                   G              Em 
How many times must the cannon balls fly 
     G                C          D 
Before they're forever banned? 

        C                 D           G                  Em 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
        C                  D             G 
The answer is blowin' in the wind. 

    G              C                G            Em 
How many years must a mountain exist 
     G            C                   G    D 
Before it is washed to the sea? 
    G             C                      G        Em 
How many years can some people exist 
    G                 C                    D 
Before they're allowed to be free? 

    G              C              G                Em 
How many times can a man turn his head 
            G                 C                D 
And pretend that he just doesn't see? 

        C                 D           G                  Em 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
        C                  D             G 
The answer is blowin' in the wind. 

    G              C               G           Em 
How many times must a man look up 
     G          C               G        D 
Before he can see the sky? 
    G            C            G            Em 
How many ears must one man have 
    G                 C                D 
Before he can hear people cry? 

    G              C               G                Em 
How many deaths will it take till he knows 
         G               C                D 
That too many people have died? 

        C                 D           G                  Em 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
        C                  D             Em 
The answer is blowin' in the wind. 
        C                 D           G                  Em 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
        C                  D             C        G     (C  G) 
The answer is blowin' in the wind.....