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All Along the Watchtower

All Along the Watchtower was written by Bob Dylan in 1967, famously covered by Jimi Hendrix in 1968. The song reflects Dylans disillusionment with conventional values and institutions, suggesting a quest for salvation and freedom in a chaotic and oppressive world. Dylan described the inspiration for the song as stemming from a sense of urgency and despair.

Key: Cm

Introduction:

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 "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.
 Cm        Bb         Ab        Bb     Cm        Bb      Ab      Bb 
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
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  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."

 Cm            Bb               Ab          Bb     Cm          Bb            Ab    Bb 
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
 Cm         Bb           Ab     Bb  Cm         Bb        Ab     Bb 
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
 Cm        Bb         Ab        Bb     Cm        Bb      Ab      Bb 
But you and I, we' ve been through that, and this is not our fate,
 Cm         Bb     Ab        Bb    Cm           Bb            Ab       Bb 
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

 Cm            Bb               Ab          Bb     Cm          Bb            Ab    Bb 
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
 Cm         Bb           Ab     Bb  Cm         Bb        Ab     Bb 
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,
 Cm          Bb           Ab     Bb       Cm            Bb          Ab       Bb 
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.

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