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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9 Version 10 Version 11--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blowin' in the Wind – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard As of December 2018, Dylan has performed this song in concert roughly 1,560 times (http://bobdylan-/songs/blowin-wind/) in very different arrangements. This probably is the reason why people disagree so violently about keys, chords, capo positions etc. Dylan changes all of these ever so often – it all depends on which version one is talking about. For this tab, I had a closer look at the studio version released on "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" in 1963 and tried to put down what I heard. This version is in D major, but Dylan is using a capo 7th fret here and is playing G, C and D shapes. capo: 7th fret play: G key: D For chords in original key, transpose this tab -5 to D. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL VOICINGS E-A-D-G-B-e G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 D/A x-0-0-2-3-2 C/B x-2(2)0-1-0 D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2 C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | [Verse 1] G C G/B D/A G How many roads must a man walk down G C G/B G Before you call him a man? G C G/B D/A G How many seas must a white dove sail G C G/B D/A Before she sleeps in the sand? G C G/B D/A G Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly G C G/B G Before they’re forever banned? [Chorus] C C/B D/A D/F# G C C/G The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind C C/B D/A | G | The answer is blowin’ in the wind [Interlude] | C C/B | D/A D/F# | G | C C/G | | C C/B | D/A | G | G | [Verse 2] G C G/B D/A G Yes, ’n’ how many years can a mountain exist G C G/B G Before it is washed to the sea? G C G/B D/A G Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist G C G/B D/A Before they’re allowed to be free? G C G/B D/A G Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head G C G/B G An’pretend he just doesn’t see? [Chorus] C C/B D/A D/F# G C C/G The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind C C/B D/A | G | The answer is blowin’ in the wind [Interlude] | C C/B | D/A | G | C C/G | | C C/B | D/A D/F# | G | % | [Verse 3] G C D G Yes, ’n’ how many ... times must a man look up G C G/B G Before he can see the sky? G C C/G D D/F# G Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have G C G/B | D/A D/F# | D/A D/F# | Before he can hear people cry? G C G/B D/A G Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows G C G/B G That too many people have died? [Chorus] C C/B D/A D/F# G C C/G The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind C C/B D/A | G | The answer is blowin’ in the wind [Coda] | C C/B | D/A | G | C C/G | | C C/B | D/A D/F# | G G