{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":810679,"song":"All Along The Watchtower","artist":"Jimi Hendrix","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11595298-all-along-the-watchtower-chords-by-jimi-hendrix/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/810679?type=chord","rating":4.66919,"votes":1338,"content":"of the chord progression and a simplified extract of the lead intro.  If you\r\nto play. Enjoy! Note that all the chords are to be played as bar chords, or\r\neven power chords (but that doesn't sound as good).\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\nRhythm part:\r\ne|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nB|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nG|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|\r\nD|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4 (if you only play the rhythm part) \r\nA|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| or x2 (if you want to play the lead part \r\nE|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|        as well)[/tab]\r\n[tab]             *             *\r\nLead part:\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----11-13-13-13-13---13--11----------------------------------11--|\r\nG|-12-------------------------12-10vvv-8-10-8-10-10-10---10--8-----|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n            b----------rb                      b---------rb    b---[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n \"There must be some kind of way out of here,\"  said the joker to the thief,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n \"There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\ne|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nB|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nG|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|\r\nD|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4\r\nA|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|\r\nE|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"No reason to get excited,\" the thief, he kindly spoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\ne|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nB|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|\r\nG|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|\r\nD|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4\r\nA|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|\r\nE|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll along the watchtower, princes kept the view[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhile all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOutside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTwo riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Chords used]\r\n   [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\ne|-4---6---8--|\r\nB|-4---6---8--|\r\nG|-5---7---8--|\r\nD|-6---8---10-|\r\nA|-6---8---10-|\r\nE|-4---6---8--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]| *: let ring\r\n| b---: bend until end of the dotted line\r\n| rb: release the bend\r\n| vvv: vibrato[/tab]\r","plain_text":"of the chord progression and a simplified extract of the lead intro.  If you\nto play. Enjoy! Note that all the chords are to be played as bar chords, or\neven power chords (but that doesn't sound as good).\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nCm  Bb   Ab    Bb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Cm","Bb","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]}}}