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Blowin'in the wind Lyrics Music

? Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, CBS'67

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n how many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned?

1962

a dove : to sail : a cannonball : to ban :

CHORUS

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n how many years can some people exist Before they're re allowed to be free? Yes, 'n how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he just doesn't see? ('n pretend)

to allow sb to do sth : to be allowed to do sth : to pretend :

CHORUS

How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n how many deaths will it take'till he knows That too many people have died?

to cry : till = until dead > he's dead : to die > he died / has died : death

CHORUS

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After the following exercise (pre-listening), we will listen to a famous song by Bob Dylan; 1. The first § is: 1

How many

roads

must

a man walk down

before

you call him a man?

Can you anticipate, complete the rest of the song, using the words from the list below: Structure (repeated in the song): Question-words.................Auxiliary....subject.....infinitive 1 2 3 4 seas must before she sleeps in the sand? 2 How many times must fly before ? 3 How many must before he can see the sky? 7 How many must one man before ? 8 How many 9 How many | will it take 'till he knows that too many people have died ? Words:

deaths ears times

a man a white dove the cannonballs

have look up sail

he can hear people cry they are forever banned

Same exercise (using the words below): 4 5 6

How many How many How many

can can can

before it's washed to the sea? before they're allowed to be free? pretending he just doesn't see?

Words: a man, a mountain, exist, exist, his head, some people, times, turn, years, years. 2. Listen to the song (following questions order 1 to 9) and check if you were right; Where is the answer to all these questions (9 x "How many ....? ") according to Bob Dylan: "The answer, my friend, is ..........................................................................."

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Mr Tambourine Man Lyrics Music

? Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, CBS'67

CHORUS

sleepy :

Hey! Mister Tambourine Man play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there's no place I'm goin' to. Hey! Mister Tambourine Man play a song for me In the jingle jangle mornin' I'll come following you

jingle jangle

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand, Vanished from my hand , left me blindly here to stand But still not sleepin' My weariness amazes me branded on my feet. I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreamin'

1964

sand : to vanish : to leave (left - left) : blind(ly) : weariness : < weary : to amaze : to brand :

REPEAT CHORUS

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip My toes too numb to step, waiting only for my boot heels To be wanderin' I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade, cast your dancin' spell my way I promise to go under it

to swirl : to strip : to grip : a toe : numb : a heel : a boot : to wander : to fade : a spell :

REPEAT CHORUS

Though you might hear laughin' spinnin' swingin' madly across the sun though : to spin : It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run to swing : And but for the sky there are no faces facin' mad(ly) : to aim : And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme to escape : To your tambourine in time, it is just a ragged clown behind "on the run" : I wouldn't pay in any mind, it's just a shadow you're but : except to face : Seein' that he's chasin'.

skipping : reel : ragged : "in any mind" :

REPEAT CHORUS

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Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves The haunted frightened trees out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand wavin' free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow. REPEAT CHORUS

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a ring : a leaf (-ves) : haunted : twisted : sorrow : the reach : < to reach : beneath : to wave : to circle : fate : to drive (o/-iven) : a wave :

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--------------------INDEX 1962..................................................................................................................................... ...1 1964..................................................................................................................................... ...3 Blowin'in the wind........................................................................................................... ........1 Bob Dylan............................................................................................. ..............................1, 3 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, CBS'67..................................................................... .................1, 3 Mr Tambourine Man................................................................................ ................................3

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