All Along The Watchtower Chords

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1) this has chords for the entire song and none of the others do. Also includes the Fm change (someone mentioned in comments which is correct if you want to pick up the bass change there).

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Cm
Capo:	no capo

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2 contributors total, last edit on Jan 29, 2019

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[Intro]
Bb Cm Bb Ab  x4
 
[Verse 1]
Bb Cm               Bb              Ab         Bb Cm        Bb            Ab
   "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief
Bb Cm                  Bb     Ab Bb Cm         Bb       Fm
    "There's too much confusion,      I can't get no relief
Bb Cm         Bb         Ab         Bb Cm        Bb     Ab
     Businessmen, they drink my wine,   plowmen dig my earth
Bb Cm           Bb   Ab          Bb Cm       Bb        Ab
     None will level on the line,     nobody of it is worth"
 
[Solo]
Bb Cm Bb Ab x4
 
[Verse 2]
Bb Cm          Bb        Ab   Bb Cm              Bb          Ab
    "No reason to get excited,"   the thief, he kindly spoke
Bb Cm           Bb          Ab    Bb Cm             Bb            Fm
    "There are many here among us,   who feel that life is but a joke
Bb Cm           Bb        Ab             Bb Cm           Bb       Ab
    But you and I, we've been through that,  and this is not our fate
Bb Cm         Bb        Ab        Bb Cm            Bb      Ab
    So let us not talk falsely now,    the hour's getting late" hey
 
[Solo]
Bb Cm Bb Ab x16
 
[Verse 3]
Bb Cm    Bb       Ab      Bb Cm          Bb       Ab
   All along the watchtower,   princess kept the view
Bb Cm               Bb   Ab         Bb Cm         Bb        Fm
    While all the women came and went,  barefoot servants, too, well
Bb Cm      Bb           Ab     Bb Cm      Bb       Ab
   Outside in the cold distance,    a wildcat did growl
Bb Cm            Bb            Ab Bb         Cm     Bb     Ab
     Two riders were approaching,   and the wind began to howl, hey
 
[Solo]
Bb Cm Bb Ab    (repeat fade)
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All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix

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I thought Jimi was always in half step down tuning?