All Along The Watchtower — Dave Mason
Chords and lyrics for All Along The Watchtower by Dave Mason (key of B).
Verse 1
[Note: This is from the 40,000 Headmen Tour. Our four-piece band can play w
ith
either keyboard or rhythm with an organ pedal. I use an organ pedal and it
works well. At the end of each solo, the lead guitar stops, leaving space f
or
the vocalist at the beginning of each verse. The lead then picks up on the
[C#]at the end of the first line of the verse. The dashes between words indicat
ethat the lyrics are sung quickly. This is definitely faster-paced than
Hendrix's version and the bass really gallops on this one.
In the last three lines the first C# is struck twice.]
Intro
(Guitar) (Drums)
(Bass[C#] and[B] [C#][D#m][C#]Organ)[A#][B]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
Verse 1
[D#m] There [C#]must be some [B]way out of [C#]here.”
[D#m] Said the [C#][B][C#]joker-to-the-thief.
[D#m] There’s too [C#]much [B]confusion, [C#]yeah-yeah
[D#m] I can’t [C#]get-no [B]relief[A#]
[D#m] [C#]Businessmen, they drink[B] my [C#]wine
[D#m] Plowmen [C#]dig my [B]earth[C#]
[D#m] None were [C#]level o--n [B]the line[C#]
[D#m] Nobody’s [C#]of-any [B]worth[A#]
Solo
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m][C#](guitar [B][C#][D#m]stops)[A#][B][C#]
Verse 2
[D#m] No [C#]reason to get [B]excited[C#]
[D#m] The [C#]thief he kindly [B]spoke[C#]
[D#m] [C#]There-are-many-here among us [B]now[C#]
[D#m] [C#]Who-feel-that-life is but a [B]joke[A#]
[D#m] [C]But-you-and-I-we’ve [B]been through that[A#]
[D#m] [C#]And-this-is not our [B]fate[C#]
[D#m] [C#]So-let-us not talk [B]falsely now[C#]
For the [D#m]hour, the [C#][B]hour-is-getting-late[C#]
Solo
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m][C#](guitar [B][C#][D#m]stops)[A#][B][C#]
Verse 2
[D#m] All-along [C#]the [B]watchtower[C#]
[D#m] [C#]Princess [B]kept-a-view[C#]
[D#m] [C#]While-all-the-women [B]came-and-went[C#]
[D#m] Barefoot [C#]servants [B]too[A#]
[D#m] [C#]Outside in the cold [B]distance[C#]
[D#m] A [C#]wildcat did [B]growl-owl[C#]
[D#m] Three [C#]riders were [B]approaching[C#]
And the [D#m]wind [C#]began to [B]howl[A#]
[D#m][C#]All-along-the-watchtower-
[B]All-along-the-watchtower-
[C#][D#m]All-along-the-watchtower-
[C#]All-along-the-watchtower-
[B][C#]All-along-the-watchtower-yeah
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [A#]
[D#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [B] [C#]
[D#m] [C#] [B]
[C#] [D#m] [C#] [B]
[C#] [D#m] [C#] [B]
[C#][D#m][C#]organ/bass [B]hold on B
Lead Guitar and drums finish
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