All Along The Watchtower Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Capo:	4th fret

Author Daveo [a] 213.

2 contributors total, last edit on May 19, 2016

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                         All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: Dave McGinn
Email:
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Tip: Transpose this tab down 4 steps, so you can play in A.
     Then put on a capo 4th fret to get back to the original key.
     Most of Dylan's live versions are in A anyway.
 
 
All Along The Watchtower
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C#m           B      A          B    C#m        B            A    B
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
C#m     B         A           B  C#m     B      A    B
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
C#m     B      A        B  C#m         B            A     B
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
 
C#m  B A  B C#m  B A  B C#m  B A  B C#m  B A  B C#m
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
C#m     B      A        B  C#m         B            A     B
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
C#m     B      A        B  C#m         B            A     B
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
C#m     B      A        B  C#m         B            A     B
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
C#m          B      A     B  C#m     B      A      B
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
 
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Yeh, I was just lookin around and the only chords on this site are the Hendrix version
or wrong, so I thought I'd just type it up, since it's easy. I don't know if the lyrics
are right, I just copied and pasted them :)
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All Along The Watchtower – Bob Dylan

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[10/07/2007 - 01:09 am] by macfan90 : | dylans version blows away hendrix that over rated guitarist with the rather lousy songs Hey buddy, **** you. Hendrix is a genius guitarist with some rather amazing songs? You got any amazing songs for us? Thought not, because you really can't comprehend how much you suck.

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Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix are both awesome. You can't compare them 'cause their styles are so different, but it doesn't make one gather then the other.

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nice tab, glad it was made as i actually prefer this version to the hendrix version and thought it would all be hendrix tabs. plus learnin bob dylan songs is much more realistic than Hendrix :P gd work man