C  D  G

[Verse]
         C            G
How many roads must a man walk down
            C        G
Before he's called a man?
         C             G
How many seas must the white dove sail
          C             D
Before he sleeps in the sand?

[Verse]
G        C              G
How many times must the cannon-balls fly
                  C    D
Before they're forever banned?
    C         D         G              Em
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
    C         D              G      C  D  G
The answer is blowin' in the wind

[Verse]
         C           G
How many years can a mountain exist
            C             G
Before it's washed in the sea?
         C              G
How many years can some people exist
                 C           D
Before they're allowed to be free?

[Verse]
G        C           G
How many times can a man turn his head
                    C            D
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
    C         D         G              Em
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
    C         D              G      C  D  G
The answer is blowin' in the wind

[Verse]
         C           G
How many times can a man look up
              C       G
Before he can see the sky?
         C         G
How many ears must one man have
              C           D
Before he can hear people cry?

[Verse]
    G        C              G
And how many deaths will it take till he knows
              C           D
That too many people have died?
    C         D         G              Em
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
    C         D              G
The answer is blowin' in the wind
    C         D         G              Em
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
    C         D              G
The answer is blowin' in the wind