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{title: Blowin' in the wind} {artist: Bob Dylan} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 89} {key: D} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [D]how many [G]roads [D/F#]must a [A/E]man walk [D]down be[D]fore you [G]call [D/F#]him a [D]man? [D]how many [G]seas [D/F#]must a [A/E]white dove [D]sail be[D]fore she [G]sleeps [D/F#]in the [A/E]sand? yes, 'n' [D]how many [G]times [D/F#]must the [A/E]cannon balls [D]fly be[D]fore they're [G]for[D/F#]ever [D]banned? {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} the [G]ans[D/F#]wer, my [A/E]friend, is [D]blowin' in the [G]wind the [G]ans[D/F#]wer is [A/E]blowin' in the [D]wind [G] [D/F#] [A/E] [D] [G] [G] [D/F#] [A/E] [D] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [D]how many [G]years [D/F#]can a [A/E]mountain ex[D]ist be[D]fore it is [G]washed [D/F#]to the [D]sea? yes, 'n' [D]how many [G]years [D/F#]can some [A/E]people ex[D]ist be[D]fore they're al[G]lowed [D/F#]to be [A/E]free? yes, 'n' [D]how many [G]times [D/F#]can a [A/E]man turn his [D]head, and pre[D]tend that he [G]just [D/F#]doesn't [D]see? {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [D]how many [G]times [D/F#]must a [A/E]man look [D]up be[D]fore he can [G]see [D/F#] the [D]sky? yes, 'n' [D]how many [G]ears must [A/E]one man [D]have be[D]fore he can [G]hear [D/F#]people [A/E]cry? yes, 'n' [D]how many [G]deaths [D/F#]will it [A/E]take till he [D]knows that [D]too many [G]people have [D]died? {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 3}