All Along The Watchtower
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Note: This is from the 40,000 Headmen Tour. Our four-piece band can play with
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 for
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 indicate
that 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)
C# B C# D#m C# B A#
(Bass and Organ)
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 C# B C#
There must be some way out of here.”
D#m C# B C#
Said the joker-to-the-thief.
D#m C# B C#
There’s too much confusion, yeah-yeah
D#m C# B A#
I can’t get-no relief
D#m C# B C#
Businessmen, they drink my wine
D#m C# B C#
Plowmen dig my earth
D#m C# B C#
None were level o--n the line
D#m C# B A#
Nobody’s of-any worth
[Solo]
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B C#
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B A#
(guitar stops)
[Verse 2]
D#m C# B C#
No reason to get excited
D#m C# B C#
The thief he kindly spoke
D#m C# B C#
There-are-many-here among us now
D#m C# B A#
Who-feel-that-life is but a joke
D#m C B A#
But-you-and-I-we’ve been through that
D#m C# B C#
And-this-is not our fate
D#m C# B C#
So-let-us not talk falsely now
D#m C# B C#
For the hour, the hour-is-getting-late
[Solo]
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B C#
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B A#
(guitar stops)
[Verse 2]
D#m C# B C#
All-along the watchtower
D#m C# B C#
Princess kept-a-view
D#m C# B C#
While-all-the-women came-and-went
D#m C# B A#
Barefoot servants too
D#m C# B C#
Outside in the cold distance
D#m C# B C#
A wildcat did growl-owl
D#m C# B C#
Three riders were approaching
D#m C# B A#
And the wind began to howl
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# B
organ/bass hold on B
Lead Guitar and drums finish
How to play All Along The Watchtower
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.