Blowing In The Wind Chords

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Blowing In The Wind by Peter Paul and Mary is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords Bb, C, F, Dm, Dm7(9-), Bbm, Bbm7 and C5(9). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro Bb  C  F  Dm  Bb  C  F 

F          Bb           F 
How many roads must a man walk down 
             Bb         C 
Before they call him a man? 
F          Bb           F 
How many seas must a white dove sail 
Dm7(9-)     Bb         C 
Before she sleeps in the sand? 
F          Bb           F 
How many times must the cannon balls fly 
             Bb         C 
Before they're forever banned? 

Bb              C         F     Dm7(9-)   Dm 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
   Bbm  Bbm7   C5(9)            F 
The answer is blowin' in the wind. 

F          Bb           F 
How many years must a mountain exist 
             Bb            C 
Before it is washed to the sea? 
F          Bb           F 
How many years can some people exist 
Dm7(9-)          Bb            C 
Before they're allowed to be free? 
F          Bb         F 
How many times can a man turn his head 
                    Bb           C 
And pretend that he just doesn't see? 

Bb              C         F     Dm7(9-)   Dm 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
   Bbm  Bbm7   C5(9)            F 
The answer is blowin' in the wind. 

F         Bb           F 
How many times must a man look up 
              Bb       C 
Before he can see the sky? 
F          Bb           F 
How many ears must one man have 
Dm7(9-)       Bb          C 
Before he can hear people cry? 
F          Bb            F 
How many deaths will it take till he knows 
               Bb           C 
That too many people have died? 

Bb              C         F     Dm7(9-)   Dm 
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind 
   Bbm  Bbm7   C5(9)            F 
The answer is blowin' in the wind 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante