All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix Key
Cm
Scroll
3
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| x4 (if you only play the rhythm part)
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| or x2 (if you want to play the lead part
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----| as well)
Lead part:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----11-13-13-13-13---13--11----------------------------------11--|
G|-12-------------------------12-10vvv-8-10-8-10-10-10---10--8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------rb| b---------rb b---
Verse
Cm Bb Ab Bb
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb
"There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
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Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
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None will level on the line nobody offered his word."
Instrumental
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
Verse 2
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
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"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
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But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
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So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
Instrumental
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
Verse 3
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All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
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While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb
Outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl,
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Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
Verse
Ab Bb Cm
E|-4---6---8--|
B|-4---6---8--|
G|-5---7---8--|
D|-6---8---10-|
A|-6---8---10-|
E|-4---6---8--|
| *: let ring
E|b---| : bend until end of the dotted line
| rb: release the bend
| vvv: vibrato
Chords Used