Note: Based on Peter, Paul and Mommy too version of Children's Music Concert recorded in 1992.

Intro: G A D F#m Bm G A D


D        G            D             G                A
How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man

D        G         D       F#m  Bm   D      G          A
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand

D        G          D                  G              A
How many times must a cannon balls fly before they're forever banned


Chorus:

G          A         D          F#m    Bm
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

G          A          D
The answer is blowin' in the wind


D        G          D                G                     A
How many years must a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea

D        G         D    F#m    Bm    D              G          A 
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free

D        G               D             G                   A
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see


(chorus) 


D        G            D           G             A
How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky

D        G         D   F#m Bm   D         G        A
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry 

D        G           D                    G             A
How many deaths will it take til he knows that too many people have died


(chorus) (4x)