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  18
  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Blowin' in the Wind</h1>
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  21
  22 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan (<a class="url" href="http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/who/w/wyattlorre.html">not Lorre Wyatt</a>)<br />
  23 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 />
  24 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  25
  26 <hr />
  27
  28 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Freewheelin'</em> version</h2>
  29
  30 <p>Capo 7th fret (sounding key D major)</p>
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  32 <pre>
  33 Chords:
  34 G     320003
  35 C     x32010
  36 C/b   x20010
  37 D/a   x00232
  38 D/f#  200232
  39 </pre>
  40
  41 <pre class="verse">
  42 G        C     /b     D/a      G
  43 How many roads must a man walk down
  44 G          C    /b    G
  45 Before you call him a man?
  46          G        C    /b     D/a        G
  47 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
  48 G          C      /b     D(/a and f#)
  49 Before she sleeps in the sand?
  50          G        C     /b       D/a          G
  51 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
  52   G            C  /b   G
  53 Before they're forever banned?
  54     C   /b     D/a        G              C
  55 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  56     C   /b    D/a            G
  57 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  58
  59 How many years can a mountain exist
  60 Before it's washed to the sea?
  61 Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
  62 Before they're allowed to be free?
  63 Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
  64 Pretending he just doesn't see?
  65 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  66 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  67
  68 How many times must a man look up
  69 Before he can see the sky?
  70 Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
  71 Before he can hear people cry?
  72 Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
  73 That too many people have died?
  74 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  75 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
  76 </pre>
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  78 <hr />
  79
  80 <h2 class="songversion"><em>No Direction Home </em>version (1963) </h2>
  81 <p>Recorded live
  82 at New York Town Hall, Dec 4, 1963</p>
  83 <pre class="verse">
  84 C        F            G        C
  85 How many roads must a man walk down
  86   C        F               C    G
  87 Before you call him a man?
  88 C         F           G           C
  89  how many seas must a white dove sail
  90 C          F      C      G     G6 G7
  91 Before she sleeps in the sand?
  92 C             F         G            C
  93 How many times must the cannon balls fly
  94 C              F       C
  95 Before they're forever banned?
  96     F          G          C              F
  97 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
  98     F         G              C
  99 The answer is blowin' in the wind.</pre>
 100 <hr />
 101
 102 <h2 class="songversion">Version from <a class="recordlink" href="../15_beforetheflood/index.htm">Before the Flood</a> (1974)</h2>
 103 <pre class="verse">
 104 G        C            G
 105 How many roads must a man walk down
 106 G          C          G
 107 Before you call him a man?
 108          G        C           G
 109 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
 110 G          C             D
 111 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 112          G        C              G
 113 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
 114   G            C       G
 115 Before they're forever banned?
 116     C          D          G              C
 117 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 118     C         D              G
 119 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 120 </pre>
 121
 122 <hr />
 123
 124 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 version</h2>
 125
 126 <p>(duet with Joan Baez)</p>
 127
 128 <pre class="verse">
 129 G        C            G
 130 How many roads must a man walk down
 131 G          C          G
 132 Before you call him a man?
 133          G        C           G
 134 Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
 135 G          Am            D
 136 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 137          G        C              G
 138 Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
 139   G            C       G
 140 Before they're forever banned?
 141     C          D          G              C
 142 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 143     C         D              G
 144 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 145 </pre>
 146
 147 <hr />
 148
 149 <h2 class="songversion">Version from <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">Budokan</a> (1978)</h2>
 150
 151 <pre class="verse">
 152 D         G/d   D                 G/d
 153  How many roads   must a man walk down
 154 D           G/d        D     G/d
 155  Before you call him a man?
 156 D         G/d  D                  G/d
 157  How many seas  must a white dove sail
 158 D           G/d    D      A
 159  Before she sleeps in the sand?
 160 D         G/d   D                      G/d
 161  How many times  must the cannon balls fly
 162 D               G/d     D
 163  Before they're forever banned?
 164     Em         A          D       A/c#   Bm
 165 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 166     G         A              D      G/d    D    G/d
 167 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 168 </pre>
 169
 170 <hr />
 171
 172 <h2 class="songversion">Current version (2002)</h2>
 173
 174 <p>Submitted by Patrik Winkvist</p>
 175 <pre class="verse">
 176 C        F            C   Csus4 C    Csus2
 177 How many roads must a man walk down
 178   C       F               C   Csus4  C
 179 Before you call him a man?
 180 C         F                      C    Csus4 C
 181  how many seas must a white dove sail
 182   C        F             G     (C/g  G7)
 183 Before she sleeps in the sand?
 184 C             F                     C
 185 How many times must the cannon balls fly
 186   C               F    C
 187 Before they're forever banned?
 188     F          G          C              F
 189 The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
 190     F         G              C
 191 The answer is blowin' in the wind.
 192 </pre>
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