Notice: Undefined index: PATH_INFO in /var/www/chordiepro/chord.pere on line 794
All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
All Along The Watch Tower (a la Hendrix)
========================================
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed to tab by
Dave Crowson, London, UK. September 1994
(weirdguy@cix.compulink.co.uk)
(4/4 time, moderate rock, tune down 1/2 step)
The timings you'll have to get from the song as this tab
isn't written with the correct bar spacing in mind, nor does it
specify the timeperiod of the note..you'll just have to work that
out for yourself.
It's jus' a rough guide really ;-)
(Please note this was compiled as straight ASCII, so using proportional
fonts to view it won't make it look very nice)
Intro:
~~~~~~
|----------|------------12------|----*--*--*--*--------*-----------------|
|----------|----(4)---13--------|---14-14-14-14-------14-(14)-12---------|
|---REST---|---------/----------|-------------------------------11-/-13--|
|--x4 bars-|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
---------------------------------|---*---------*-----------------------|
---------------------------------|--11---11---11--------11-(11)--9-----|
-11---11---11---11-------9--11--|---------------------------------11--|
---------------------/11---------|-------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
There must be some kind a way
----____-----*------------*------|------------------------------------|-
----11/9----12------------12----|--------------____------------------|-
---------9----------------------|--------------11/9------------------|-
--------------------------------|-------------------9----------------|-
---------------------------------|----11-----------------9--9---7--7--|-
---------------------------------|--9---------------------------------|-
out-ta here____ said the jo-ker to the thief______
----------------------------------|--------___------------------------|-
---------------------_____--------|--------7-5------------------------|-
---------------___---4-6-4--------|------------4-------------2--------|-
----------___--4/6--------4---6---|--------------------------2--------|-
----------2-4---------------------|--4--------------------------------|-
----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-
There's too much con - fu- sion__
----------_____------_____-------|-----------_____--------------------|-
----------2-4-2------4-6-4-------|-----------5-7-5--------------------|-
--2-------------4/6--------6-----|-------6----------------------------|-
---------------------------------|--4---------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
I can't get no re - lief__
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------5----------------------|-
------_____-2--------------------|------------------------4-----------|-
------2-4-2-2----___-------------|--------------------4---------------|-
--2--------------4-2-------------|--4--------------2------------0-----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Busi-ness men they ah_______
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
------------------5/75----------|----------4-------------------------|-
-2---------------(4)-------------|----------5-------------4---2-------|-
-2---------4/6-------------------|-------6-------------4------2-------|-
---------------------------------|---4--------------2---------0-------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
ah drink my wine_____________ plow men dig my earth____
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
----------------------5--5/75---|---------5-___----------------------|-
--2------------------(4)-4/64---|---___---4-6-4----------------------|-
--2---------------4/6------------|---4-6-------------6----------------|-
--0------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
________ Uh ~~~~~~~~~~ None__ will Lev - el on____
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-------------------4/6--4--------|------------------------------------|-
------------___--4---------------|------------------------------------|-
------------4-6------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
_____the vine___________ Uh no-bod-y of it is worth
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--------------_____--------------|--------5---------------------------|-
--------------4-6-4-------4/64--|--------6---------4----2------------|-
--------------------7-4/6--------|-----6------6-----4-4--2------------|-
---------------------------------|--4------------2-------0------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Hey_______________Hey!_____(Guitar solo)_
----------------------9----------|---*--9----------*------------------|-
--------------------------12-----|--12------------12--12-9------9-----|-
---------------------------------|----------------12--12--------11----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
---*-----------------------------|--------------------*------*--------|-
---------------------------------|---------------12--14-----14-(14)-12|-
--11-----------------11/9--------|----9--11/13--------------14-(14)---|-
--------------------------11-----|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
~~~~~~~~ 1.5 1.5 1.5
--*--------------*-------*-------|----*-------------*-----------------|-
-14-------------14-----(14)------|---14------------14--14----12--14---|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
0.5
--*--------------------*---------|-9---*--9-----------9---------------|-
-12---12--------------------9---|----12----12-9----9---12--9---------|-
-------------------9--11---------|---------------12----------12-11-9--|-
------------/11------------------|----------------------------------11|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
~~~~~~~ No rea - son to get ex - cit -
---*-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--11-----9--------/18-----------|------------------------------------|-
----------------legato slide-----|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
- ed (uh) (heh) the thief he kind-ly spoke
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|--------(5-7-5)---------------------|-
-------------4-/--6----4--------|---------4------4-------------------|-
--------4/6----------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|---7--------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
There are many here a-mong
---------------------------------|-------_____------------------------|-
---------------------______------|-------5-7-5------------------------|-
----------------4/6--4--(0)------|-------------4---------4------------|-
------____---2-------------------|-------------------------4----------|-
------2--4-----------------------|--6---------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
us who feel that life__ is but a joke.
----0----------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-------2------_____--------------|------------------------------------|-
--------------4-6-4-___--4-------|------------------------------------|-
---------4/6--------4-6----------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|---------------------------------(9)|-
But uh But you and I we've been___________
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-___-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-7-9-------------------7---------|------------------------------------|-
--------------------------7------|------------------------------------|-
through that (but ah) and this is not our fate.
---------___---------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------7-5----___---5----------|-----5------------------------------|-
-------------6--4-6---4----------|-------------------4----------------|-
-------------------------6------|-----6-------------4----------------|-
---------------------------------|-4-------------2---------------0----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
So let us not talk false -
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--------------------5/75--------|-------5-----4----------------------|-
--2--------------4--4/64--------|---------------------4--------------|-
--2--___--2--4/6-----------------|----6-------------------2-----------|-
-----4-6-------------------------|--4---------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
- ly now the ho - urs get-tin' late.___
-5-------------------------------|---------_____----------------------|-
-5-7-5---___------------_____----|---------5-7-5----------------------|-
-_____---4-6------2-----4-6-4----|---------------4--------------------|-
--------------------4/6--------6-|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Ah hey
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-------4--6-----4---4------------|-6/9-9-9--9--9/11--11--11/13--------|-
---4/6---------------------------|------------------------------11----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--------*---9-9-9-9----9-9-9-----|---*--9------------------*----*-----|-
-------12------------------------|--12----(12)9-------9---------------|-
---------------------------------|---------------11-------11---11-----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
* ~~~~~~~~~
---*--------------*--------------|--9--------12------14----14---------|-
--------------------------9------|-----/14----------------------------|-
--11----(11)9----11--------------|------------------------------------|-
--------------11-----------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
* *
-14-(14)-12--14-14---14--12---12-|--*-----*------*---------------------|-
---------------------------14----|-14----(14)---14---------------14----|-
---------------------------------|--------------------------(13)-------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
(Slide guitar starts here
12-string norm. tuning w. echo plex)
--*----------*-------------------|------------------------------------|-
--14----14--14-----14-___--------|---15-(slide down to next bar)------|-
---------------------12-131-----|---15-(slide down to next bar)------|-
---------------------------------|---15-(slide down to next bar)------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--(from last bar) /2-------------|------------------------------------|-
------------------/2-------------|------------------------------------|-
------------------/2-------4-/---|-11-----------------------------11/-|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|--14---------------------------11--/|-
---------------------9/11--9-----|------------------------------------|-
-14------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|--14---------------------------11--/|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--14-------------------___-------|------------------------------------|-
----------------------9/11-------|--11/13---------11------------9-----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
--14-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
(end of slide guitar)
---------------------------------|--12---12/14----14/16----16/19------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-11-----------------------------|---9----9/11----11/13----13/16------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
.25
--19---------------------*------|-9---9------*----9----*-------------|-
------------------------------9--|--12--12--9----9--12-9--------------|-
--16--------------------11------|------------11--------11-11-9--9-11-|-
---------------------------------|-----------------------------11-----|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
(slowly) 0.25
---*--------------------*--------|-9-*-9-11-9----9-11-9----9-11-9-----|-
-----------------------12--------|--12-------9-12------9-12------9----|-
--11-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
0.25 0.25
--*-9--*--9-*-9------------------|--*-------9---*---9-----------------|-
-12---12-----9--12-9-------------|--12---------12---------------------|-
-----------11-------11--11-9-11--|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---*---11-----11---11------------|--11--9--9--9--9--9-----7--9--7--7--|-
--14-----------------------------|---9--9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--|-
---------------------------------|--------------------4/8-------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
----5-----------------------------|---------11-9-9--------9--7--7--7--|-
----5-/8-8-8-8-/10-10-10-10-13--0|-------9-------------7--7--7--7--7--|-
-/6---/9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-14---|-----------------/8--8--8--8--8--8--|-
----------------------------------|--6/11------------------------------|-
----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
----5--5-------------------------|-----9---11-9--9--9----7--9-7--7----|-
----5--5--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|-----9----9-9--9--9----7--7-7--7----|-
-/6------------------------------|--------------------/8--------------|-
---------------------------------|-/11--------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
----5------------------------0---|--*-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-*-11-11-11-11-*-12-12-12-12-12|-
----5--8-8-8-8/10-10/13-x-x-0---|-12--------------14------------15---------------|-
-/6----9-9-9-9/11-11/14---------|------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-
All a long______ the watch
--*-14-14-14--*-16-16-16-16-*-16-|------------------------------------|-
-17----------19------------19----|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
tow - er prin-ces kept the view
---------------------------------|------___---------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------7-5----------4----------------|-
---------------------------------|----------4-----4------4------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------4----------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
While all the women came
---_______------_____------------|------------------------------------|-
---5-7---5------5/75------------|------------------------------------|-
---6-------___--4/64------------|-----9--9--x------------------------|-
-----------4/6-------------------|-----9--9--x-----9---9--------------|-
---------------------------------|--------------9---------9-----------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
and went (ta) bare feet ser-vants too
--5__----------------------------|--------___-------------------------|-
--5-7-7--7--------5/75----------|--------7-5-------------------------|-
------6--6--------4/64----------|-------------6--6-------4---4-------|-
------------4/6------------------|----------------------------4-------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
(ah) Well ah out - side in the cold
---------------------------------|---------__9------------------------|-
---------------------------------|---------7-7------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
-4--4--4--4---4------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
dis - tance__ uh a wild cat did growl___
---------------------------------|---___------------------------------|-
--------------0-------5/75------|---7-5------------------------------|-
--------------6-------4/64------|--------------4------4--------------|-
--------------7------------------|---------4/6-------------4----------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Two rid - ers were ap-proach-in'
---5__---------------------------|-----___----------------------------|-
---5-7--___-----5/75------------|-----7-5---___----------------------|-
--------4-6-----4/64------0-----|-----6-----4-6--4---------4---------|-
-------------6----------6--------|--------------------4--------4--4---|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
and the wind be-gan to howl
-----------------------------x---|------___---------------------------|-
-------------------5/75-----x---|------7-5---------------------------|-
--___-------___-4--4/64---------|------6----4---------4--------------|-
--4-2-___-2-4/6------------------|------------------4-----------------|-
------2-4------------------------|--------------2---------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Hey ! Ah
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--|--*--9-----9--9---9----9--------9-9-|-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--|-12---------------------------------|-
-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------|------------------------------------|-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
~~~~~~~~~~~
--*--9--9--9----9----9-----------|----*---11---11---11---11-----------|-
-12------------------------------|---14-------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
All a-long the watchtow-er
--*--11--12---11-------*---11----|----------*--9-9--9-----9----9------|-
-14---------------14--14---------|---------12-------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-
Have you
--9--9-9---9---9---9-------------|--*-11-11-11-11-11-11-*12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-
---------------------------------|-14------------------15--------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
ev - er ????? way out
--*-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16|-
-16---------------------19------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------------|-
* hold bend____________________________________
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-19-19--19-19--|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
Yeah yeah
0.5
* * hold bend_________________________________
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-19-19--19-19--|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
* hold bend__________________________ *
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19---19-19--|-
--------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------|-
--------------------------------------------|-
* hold bend____________________________________
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-19-19--19-19--|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
* hold bend_________________________ *
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19--19-19--|-
-------------------------------------------|-
-------------------------------------------|-
-------------------------------------------|-
-------------------------------------------|-
-------------------------------------------|-
* hold bend__________________________________ *
-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-19-19--19-19--|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
----------------------------------------------------|-
W -
*hold bend__*___________*_________
-21-21-21-21--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
-all a long the watch tow
*hold bend
-21-21-21-21--19-19-19-19--21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-|
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
---------------------------------------------------|-
- er.
* *
-21-21-21-21--21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21--------|--19----19--|
---------------------------------------------------|--19--------|
---------------------------------------------------|------------|
---------------------------------------------------|------------|
---------------------------------------------------|------------|
---------------------------------------------------|------------|
Key :
* = Full Bend note (number above the * is amount of bend i.e 1 or 1.5 or.5)
Note: if a note appears in brackets after a bend then that signifies a
release of that note.
~~~ = Vibrato
/ = Slide up to note
= slide down to note
( ) = release note
____= pull off/hammer on
x = muffled percussive tone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Crowson =%^) |"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.
Oracle Consultant | I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to
(since 1983) | move, to get down off this featherbed of civilisation
Amoco Exploration UK. | and to find the globe granite underneath and strewn
"My views not Amoex's" | with cutting flints" : Robert Louis Stevenson
Replies : igotan@ombomb.demon.co.uk or weirdguy@cix.compulink.co.uk
Title: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (Bob Dylan)
Am G F G Am (play it forever)
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Buisness men they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None would ever compromise
Nobody of this world
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I we've been through that
And this is not our place
So let us stop talking falsely now
The hour's getting late
All along the watchtower
Princess kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.xguitar.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
