Blowin In The Wind Chords

by Joan Baez
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author chamelia21 [a] 60.
3 contributors total, last edit on Jun 30, 2018

Chords

G
C
Em
D
G/F#

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Blowin' in the Wind - written by Big Bad Bobby Dylan
This version was performed by Joan Baez at Woodstock '69 (I use a capo on the second fret).
 
 
[Verse]
 G        C           G         Em
How many roads must a man walk down
 G          C          D
Before you 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 cannonballs fly
 G             C         D
Before they're forever banned?
 
 
[Chorus]
 C             D          G/F#           Em
The answer my friends is blowing in the wind
 C             D             G
The answer is blowing in the wind
 
 
[Verse]
 G         C           G        Em
How many years can a mountain exist
 G            C            D
Before it's washed to the sea?
 G         C               G      Em
How many years must some people exist
 G               C             D
Before they're allowed to be free?
     G         C          G            Em
And how many times can a man turn his head
       G              C           D
And pretend that he just doesn't see? (the answer)
 
 
[Chorus]
 C             D          G/F#          Em
The answer my friends is blowing in the wind
 C             D              G
The answer is blowing in the wind
 
 
[Verse]
 G         C          G       Em
How many times can a man look up
 G         C        D
Before he sees 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
And how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
      G         C           D
That too many people have died?
 
 
[Chorus]
 C             D          G/F#           Em
The answer my friends is blowing in the wind
 C             D              Em
The answer is blowing in the wind
 C               D            G/F#          Em
Oh the answer my friends is blowing in the wind
 C             D              C       G  C  G (quick-change ending)
The answer is blowing in the wind.............
 
 
That's it, y'all!  This is the first tab I've even done, so go easy on me!
Any questions or comments email: chamelia21@hotmail.com
 
Thanks! ALICIA
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16 comments
LiamS92
Uhh... Bob Dylan didn't make it 'too', he wrote and recorded it before anyone else! Great tab btw :)
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kjkj130
I think is is Capo III (not II)
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Sapphire Strat
This is a great tab sounds just like Dylan and Baez's version. 5 stars. Only thing I can point out is that you can use G instead of G/F# and still get the same sound and an easier transition. But great tab!!!!!!!!!!! 5++++
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