Blowin' in the wind Chords
by Janis Joplin
Blowin' in the wind by Janis Joplin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G A D
How many roads must a man walk down
G D
Before you call him a man?
G A D
How many seas must a white dove sail
G A
Before she sleeps in the sand?
D G A D
Yes,'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
G D
Before they're forever banned?
G A D Bm7
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
D G A D
Yes,'n' how many years can a mountain exist
G D
Before it's washed to the sea?
G A D
Yes,'n' how many years can some people exist
G A
Before they're allowed to be free?
D G A D
Yes,'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
G D
And pretending that he just doesn't see?
G A D Bm7
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
D G A D
Yes,'n' how many times must a man look up
G D
Before he can see the sky?
G A D
Yes,'n' how many ears must one man have
G A
Before he can hear people cry?
D G A D
Yes,'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
G D
That too many people have died?
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
G A D Bm7
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.