Chords
All Along The Watchtower

All Along the Watchtower was originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967. It is widely known through the cover by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968. The lyrics reflect Dylans unease with the political and social climate of the time, using biblical metaphors and references to express a search for liberation and truth.

Key: Am

Introduction:  Am   G   F   G   Am   G   F   G   Am   G   F   G   Am   G   F   G  

 Am              G         F            G 
 There must be some way out of here
 Am         G             F          G 
 Said the joker to the thief
 Am            G        F       G 
 There' s too much confusion
 Am        G         F      G 
 I can' t get no relief
 Am         G         F             G 
 Business men they drink my wine
 Am        G       F       G 
 Plowmen dig my earth
 Am        G      F              G 
 None of them along the line
 Am          G             F      G 
 Know what any of it is worth

 Am          G         F     G 
 No reason to get excited
 Am            G        F       G 
 The thief he kindly spoke
 Am          G           F         G 
 There are many here among us
 Am              G              F       G 
 Who feel that life is but a joke
 Am            G        F                  G 
 But you and I we' ve been through that
 Am           G         F        G 
 And this is not our fate
 Am          G         F            G 
 So let us not talk falsely now
 Am           G         F        G 
 The hour is getting late

 Am     G         F        G 
 All along the watchtower
 Am           G          F        G 
 The princes kept the view
 Am              G      F             G 
 While all the women came and went,
 Am         G          F        G 
 Barefoot servants, too.
 Am        G       F       G 
 Outside in the distance
 Am       G        F     G 
 A wild cat did growl
 Am           G      F           G 
 Two riders were approaching
 Am          G        F     G 
 The wind began to howl