Blowing In The Wind Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays521

Blowing In The Wind by Dolly Parton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			C        F            C 
How many roads must a man walk down 

           F          G7 
Before you call him a man 

C                F           C          Am 
Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail 

C          F             G7 
Before she sleeps in the sand 


        C        F              C 
Yes and how many times must the cannon balls fly 

               F       G7 
Before they're forever banned 

    F         G7        C              Am 
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind 

    F         G7             C 
The answer is blowing in the wind 


         F            C 
How many times must a man look up 

              F       G7 
Before he can see the sky 

C                F         C       Am 
Yes and how many ears must one man have 

C             F           G7 
Before he can hear people cry 


        C        F              C 
Yes and how many deaths will it take till we know 

              F           G7 
That too many people have died 

    F         G7        C              Am 
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind 

    F         G7             C 
The answer is blowing in the wind 


         F           C 
How many years can a mountain exist 

            F             G7 
Before it's washed to the sea 

C                F         C           Am 
Yes and how many years can some people exist 

C              F             G7 
Before they're allowed to be free 


        C        F           C 
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head 

              F            G7 
Pretending he just doesn't see 

    F         G7        C              Am 
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind 

    F         G7             C 
The answer is blowing in the wind 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante