“Blowin’ in the Wind” is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind” has been described as “impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind”.^[1]

In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

In 2009, the song was licensed for commercial use when The Co-operative Group used it as the soundtrack to a £10 million brand re-launch.^[2]

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Blowing In The Wind

[D] How many [G]roads must a [D]man walk down before they [G]call him a [A4 A]man? [D]How many [G]seas must a [D]white dove sail before she [C]sleeps in the [A4 A] sand? [D]How many [G]times must the [D]cannonballs fly before they’re [G]forever [A4]banned? The [G]answer, my [A]friend, is [D]blowing [F#]in the [Bm]wind. The [G]answer is [A]blowing in the [D]wind.

How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take ’til he knows that too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.