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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Blowin' in the Wind</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan (<a class="url" href="http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/who/w/wyattlorre.html">not Lorre Wyatt</a>)<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> (1963), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits/index.htm">Greatest Hits I</a> (1967) and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), and in live versions on <a class="recordlink" href="../15_beforetheflood/index.htm">Before the Flood</a> (1975), <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">Budokan</a> (1978) <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a> (2002), and <a href="../44_bs7_ndh/index.htm" class="recordlink">No direction home</a> (2005) <br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21
  22 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Freewheelin'</em> version</h2>
  23
  24 <p>Capo 7th fret (sounding key D major)</p>
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  26 <pre class="chordcharts">
  27 Chords:
  28 G     320003
  29 C     x32010
  30 C/b   x20010
  31 D/a   x00232
  32 D/f#  200232
  33 </pre>
  34
  35 <pre class="verse">
  36 G        C     /b     D/a      G
  37 How many roads must a man walk down
  38 G          C    /b    G
  39 Before you call him a man?
  40          G        C    /b     D/a        G
  41 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
  42 G          C      /b     D(/a and f#)
  43 Before she sleeps in the sand?
  44          G        C     /b       D/a          G
  45 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
  46   G            C  /b   G
  47 Before they're forever banned?
  48     C   /b     D/a        G              C
  49 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  50     C   /b    D/a            G
  51 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  52 </pre>
  53
  54 <pre class="verse">
  55 How many years can a mountain exist
  56 Before it's washed to the sea?
  57 Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
  58 Before they're allowed to be free?
  59 Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
  60 Pretending he just doesn't see?
  61 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  62 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  63 </pre>
  64
  65 <pre class="verse">
  66 How many times must a man look up
  67 Before he can see the sky?
  68 Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
  69 Before he can hear people cry?
  70 Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
  71 That too many people have died?
  72 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  73 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  74 </pre>
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  76 <hr />
  77
  78 <h2 class="songversion"><em>No Direction Home </em>version (1963) </h2>
  79 <p>Recorded live
  80 at New York Town Hall, Dec 4, 1963</p>
  81 <pre class="verse">
  82 C        F            G        C
  83 How many roads must a man walk down
  84   C        F               C    G
  85 Before you call him a man?
  86 C         F           G           C
  87  how many seas must a white dove sail
  88 C          F      C      G     G6 G7
  89 Before she sleeps in the sand?
  90 C             F         G            C
  91 How many times must the cannon balls fly
  92 C              F       C
  93 Before they're forever banned?
  94     F          G          C              F
  95 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  96     F         G              C
  97 The answer is blowin' in the wind.</pre>
  98 <hr />
  99
 100 <h2 class="songversion">Version from <a class="recordlink" href="../15_beforetheflood/index.htm">Before the Flood</a> (1974)</h2>
 101 <pre class="verse">
 102 G        C            G
 103 How many roads must a man walk down
 104 G          C          G
 105 Before you call him a man?
 106          G        C           G
 107 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
 108 G          C             D
 109 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 110          G        C              G
 111 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
 112   G            C       G
 113 Before they're forever banned?
 114     C          D          G              C
 115 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 116     C         D              G
 117 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 118 </pre>
 119
 120 <hr />
 121
 122 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 version</h2>
 123
 124 <p>(duet with Joan Baez)</p>
 125
 126 <pre class="verse">
 127 G        C            G
 128 How many roads must a man walk down
 129 G          C          G
 130 Before you call him a man?
 131          G        C           G
 132 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
 133 G          Am            D
 134 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 135          G        C              G
 136 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
 137   G            C       G
 138 Before they're forever banned?
 139     C          D          G              C
 140 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 141     C         D              G
 142 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 143 </pre>
 144
 145 <hr />
 146
 147 <h2 class="songversion">Version from <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">Budokan</a> (1978)</h2>
 148
 149 <pre class="verse">
 150 D         G/d   D                 G/d
 151  How many roads   must a man walk down
 152 D           G/d        D     G/d
 153  Before you call him a man?
 154 D         G/d  D                  G/d
 155  How many seas  must a white dove sail
 156 D           G/d    D      A
 157  Before she sleeps in the sand?
 158 D         G/d   D                      G/d
 159  How many times  must the cannon balls fly
 160 D               G/d     D
 161  Before they're forever banned?
 162     Em         A          D       A/c#   Bm
 163 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 164     G         A              D      G/d    D    G/d
 165 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 166 </pre>
 167
 168 <hr />
 169
 170 <h2 class="songversion">Current version (2002)</h2>
 171
 172 <p>Submitted by Patrik Winkvist</p>
 173 <pre class="verse">
 174 C        F            C   Csus4 C    Csus2
 175 How many roads must a man walk down
 176   C       F               C   Csus4  C
 177 Before you call him a man?
 178 C         F                      C    Csus4 C
 179  how many seas must a white dove sail
 180   C        F             G     (C/g  G7)
 181 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 182 C             F                     C
 183 How many times must the cannon balls fly
 184   C               F    C
 185 Before they're forever banned?
 186     F          G          C              F
 187 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 188     F         G              C
 189 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 190 </pre>
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