Chords for Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind

Tempo:
92.9 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

G

C

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sam Cooke  - Blowing in the Wind chords
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[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] Oh [C] he's called [D] man, [G] tell me [C] how many seas [G] must a white [C] dove sail, [G]
[C] for his speech [D] can be sad.
[G] Tell me [C] how many times [G] must a cannon [C] ball [G] fly, [C] above every [D] river land.
[C] Oh the answer [D] my friend, [G] blow in [Em] the wind, [C] the answer [D] blow in [G] the wind.
[Eb] How [Ab]
[Dbm] many times [Ab] must a man [Db] look up, [Ab]
[Db] before he sees [Eb] the sky.
Tell [Ab] me [Db] how many years [Ab] must a one [Db] man have, [Ab]
before [Db] he can hear [Eb] people cry.
What I want to [Ab] know is, [Db] [Ab] is [Db] there no [Ab] love, for too [Db] many people [Eb] have died.
[Abm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm] [Db] The answer [Eb] blow in [Ab] the wind.
[E] [A]
[D] How many times [A] can a mountain [D] exist, [A]
[D] before it's washed [E] down to the sea.
[A] Tell me how [D] many years [A] can some [D] people exist, [A]
[D] before they're allowed [E] to be free.
What I want to [A] know is [D] how many times [A] can a man [D] turn his head, [A]
[D] pretending that he just [E] doesn't see.
[D] Oh the answer [E] my friend, [A] blow in the wind, [Gbm] the [D] answer [E] blow in [A] the wind.
Oh [D] it's blow in the [E] wind, [A] it's somewhere in [Gbm] the wind, [D] the answer [E] is blow in the [A] wind.
[D] Oh the answer is [Dm] blow [E] in [A] the wind.
[D] [A] [Ab] [A]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
C
3211
Ab
134211114
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
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To learn Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Lou Adler, Lloyd Price, Luigi Creatore, The Magnificent Montague, Agnes Cooke-Hoskins - Legend chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: D, A, D, E, A, C, G and C. Ease into the song by practicing at 46 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 93 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: D Major.

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[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] Oh [C] he's called [D] _ man, [G] tell me [C] how many seas [G] must a white [C] dove sail, [G] _
[C] for his speech [D] can be sad.
_ [G] Tell me [C] how many times [G] must a cannon [C] ball [G] fly, [C] above every [D] river land.
[C] Oh the answer [D] my friend, [G] blow in [Em] the wind, [C] the answer [D] blow in [G] the wind.
[Eb] How _ [Ab] _
[Dbm] many times [Ab] must a man [Db] look up, [Ab] _
[Db] before he sees [Eb] the sky.
Tell [Ab] me [Db] how many years [Ab] must a one [Db] man have, [Ab]
before [Db] he can hear [Eb] people cry.
What I want to [Ab] know is, _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] is [Db] there no [Ab] love, for too [Db] many people [Eb] have died.
_ [Abm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] The answer [Eb] blow in [Ab] the wind.
[E] _ _ [A] _
[D] How many times [A] can a mountain [D] exist, [A] _
[D] before it's washed [E] down to the sea.
_ [A] Tell me how [D] many years [A] can some [D] people exist, [A] _
[D] before they're allowed [E] to be free.
What I want to [A] know is [D] how many times [A] can a man [D] turn his head, [A] _
[D] pretending that he just [E] doesn't see.
_ [D] Oh the answer [E] my friend, [A] blow in the wind, [Gbm] the [D] answer [E] blow in [A] the wind.
_ Oh [D] it's blow in the [E] wind, [A] it's somewhere in [Gbm] the wind, [D] the answer [E] is blow in the [A] wind.
_ [D] Oh the answer is [Dm] blow [E] in [A] the wind.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _

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