[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        Dm7
How many seas must a white dove sail
F           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   
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
   Bbm  Bbm7   C9            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        Dm7
How many years can some people exist
F               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   
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
   Bbm  Bbm7   C9            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        Dm7
How many ears must one man have
F               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   
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
   Bbm  Bbm7   C9            F
The answer is blowin' in the wind.