Blowin In The Wind
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Blowin' in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
As of May 2024, Dylan has performed this song in concert roughly 1,585
times (http://bobdylan.com/songs/blowin-wind/) in very different arrangements.
This probably is the reason why people disagree so violently about keys,
chords, capo positions etc. Dylan changes all of these ever so often –
it all depends on which version one is talking about.
For this tab, I had a closer look at the studio version released on "The
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" in 1963 and tried to put down what I heard. This
version is in D major, but Dylan is using a capo 7th fret here and is
playing G, C and D shapes.
capo: 7th fret
play: G
key: D
For chords in original key, transpose this tab -5 to D.
SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
D/A x-0-0-2-3-2
C/B x-2(2)0-1-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
Intro
Verse 1
How many
roads
must a
man walk do
wn
Be
fore you
call
him a
man?
How many
seas
must a
white dove sa
il
Be
fore she
sleeps
in the
sand?
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o; how
many tim
es must the ca
nnonballs fly
Be
fore they&rsq
uo;
re fo
rever banned?
Chorus
The
an
swer, my
frien
d, is
blowin’ i
n the
wind
The
an
swer is
blowin’ in
the wind
Interlude
Verse 2
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o; how
many
years can a
mountain exist
Be
fore it is
washed
to the
sea?
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o; how
many yea
rs can so
me people exist
Be
fore they&rsqu
o;re al
lowed
to be free?
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o; how
many
times can a man
turn his head
An&rsq
uo;prete
nd he
just do
esn’t see?
Chorus
The
an
swer, my
frien
d, is
blowin’ in
the w
ind
The
an
swer is
blowin’ in
the wind
Interlude
Verse 3
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsquo
; how many ... t
imes must
a man look up
Be
fore he can
se
e the
sky?
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o;
how man
y ea
rs mus
t one man have
Be
fore he can
hear
people c
ry?
Yes, &rsq
uo;n&rsqu
o; how
many dea
ths will it t
ake till he knows
That
too many
people have d
ied?
Chorus
The
an
swer, my
frien
d, is
blowin’ i
n the
wind
The
an
swer is
blowin’ in
the wind
[Coda]
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