All Along The Watchtower (ver 5) by Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix Experience
All along
the Watchtower
(words & music by Bob Dylan)
Bass tab
Tuning: EADG
Tempo: 112 bpm
Key signature: Cbm
Intro: 00:01
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Verse1: 00:18
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There must be some kind way outta there,
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Say the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
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Na, I can't get no relief
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Business men, they ah, ah, drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
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Uh, None will level on the line, Uh
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Nobody of it is worth, Hey
Solo1: 00:52
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Verse2: 01:08
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No reason to get excited
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Uh, heh, 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,uh, but you and I, we've been through that, but, ah,
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And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now.
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The hour's gettin' late, ah, Hey!
Solo2: 01:42
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Interlude: 01:59
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Solo3: 02:16
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Verse3: 02:49
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Well, all along the watchtower
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Princes kept the view.
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While all the women came and went,
Bare feet servants too.
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Well, ah, oh, outside in the cold distance, uh,
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A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approaching
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And the wind began to howl,
Hey,
Outro: 03:23
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all along the watchtower
They say come in
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Have you ever?
Don't be way out here.
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Yeah..........
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Ah Babe,
All along the watchtower...
End: 03:58
Tablature Legend ----------------
| S slap
| . full stop
| P pop
| x mute note
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| g grace note
| ~ vibrato
| ^ brush up
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