All Along The Watchtower Chords

by Bob Dylan
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C#m
Capo: 2nd fret
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Chords

Bm
A
G
Am
F

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All Along the Watchtower chords
Bob Dylan  1967
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower
 
Capo II *
 
Bm A G A 4x
 
Bm             A        G          A Bm         A            G    A Bm
"There must be some way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
         A           G     A Bm        A        G    A Bm
"There's too much confusion,   I can't get no relief.
        A         G            A Bm       A      G    A Bm
Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
              A        G   A Bm          A            G    A Bm
None of them along the line,   know what any of it is worth.
 
Bm A G A 2x
 
 Bm        A        G     A Bm              A      G    A Bm
"No reason to get excited,"   the thief, he kindly spoke,
           A          G   A Bm                 A             G    A Bm
"There are many here among    us who feel that life is but a joke.
            A        G                A Bm             A       G    A Bm
But you and I, we've been through that,    and this is not our fate,
          A        G          A Bm             A       G     A Bm
So let us not talk falsely now,    the hour is getting late."
 
Bm A G A 2x
 
Bm   A        G          A Bm         A        G    A Bm
All along the watchtower,     princes kept the view 
                    A        G   A Bm         A         G   A Bm
While all the women came and went,   barefoot servants, too.
        A      G      A Bm          A   G     A Bm
Outside in the distance   a wildcat did growl,
           A      G        A Bm           A      G   A Bm
two riders were approaching,   the wind began to howl.
 
Bm A G A . . . .
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo IV
 
Bm = Am
A  = G
G  = F
 
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4 comments
alphahokie
for the acoustic guitar, this is the easiest way to play, sing and keep a nice strumming rhythm. Thank you!
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ianpatrickatkinson
Just curious do you mean that the chord shapes with the capo on the second fret should be Am,G,A,G then loop forever?
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