Blowin' in the Wind
Freewheelin’ version
Capo 7th fret (sounding key D major)
Capo 7th fret (sounding key D major)
G D I'm going down to Rose Marie's C G She never does me wrong. G D She puts it to me plain as day C G And gives it to me for a song. G G7 It's a wicked life but what the hell C Am [and] everybody's got to eat G D And I'm just the same as anyone else C Am When it comes to scratching for my meals *)
G C Goin' to Acapulco G F Goin' on the run.
Capo 6th fret (original key Bb major).
The Bbdim is only a faint approximation to the wealth of notes sounding at this point (and never twice the same, it seems). A chord like x12300 or x12202 captures that fairly well, but there are really no correct chords here!
The same goes for the other two chords basically tonic, fifth and a lot of blue notes.
This is a piano song, and he prefers to play these on the black keys, hence the original key is Ab major. On a guitar this suggests a capo on the 1st fret, with the following chords:
E B E B E B Tell me, I've got to know. E B Tell me, tell me before I go.
A Does that fire still burn? Does that flame still glow? E Or has it died out and melted like the snow. B E (E7) Tell me. Tell me.
Tell me, what are you focused upon? Tell me, will it come to me after you're gone? *)
Tell me now with a glance or a sigh. Shall I hold you close or let you go by? Tell me. Tell me.
C C Fmaj7 C Farewell Angeli - na Fmaj7 C The bells of the crown C Fmaj7 C Are being stolen by ban - dits Fmaj7 C I must follow the sound C The triangle tingles Fmaj7 C the music play slow C Am But farewell Angelina C Em/b The night is on fire F C Csus4 C And I must go. C There is no use in talkin' Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C and there's no need for blame There is nothing to prove, Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
Intro:
Intro:
The main text is the version recorded 16 Sept, 1974, released on the Bootleg Series 1-3. Some lyrical variations from the version from Sept 19, included for release on the original test pressing, have been indicated.