[verse] D G A D How many roads must a man walk down, G D before you call him a man D G A D How many seas must a white dove sail, G A before she sleeps in the sand D G A D Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly, G D before they're forever banned [chorus] G A D G The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind A D The answer is blowin' in the wind [harmonica refrain] G A D G G A D [verse] D G A D Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist, G D before it is washed to the sea D G A D Yes, and how many years can some people exist, G A before they're allowed to be free D G A D Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head, G D and pretend that he just doesn't see [chorus] G A D G The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind A D The answer is blowin' in the wind [harmonica refrain] G A D G G A D [verse] D G A D Yes, and how many times must a man look up, G D before he can see the sky D G A D Yes, and how many ears must one man have, G A before he can hear people cry D G A D Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows, G D that too many people have died [chorus] G A D G The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind A D The answer is blowin' in the wind [harmonica outro] G A D G G A D