Song facts: Dylan has said that whenever he sings “All Along the Watchtower” he feels as though it’s a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, even though it was Dylan who wrote and first recorded the song.

Harmonica type: diatonic Bb in 3rd position in the key of Cm

Intro riff 
4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 
4 4 -3' -3' -3' -3'
4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 
4 4 -3' -3' -3' -3'

Intro solo
-3" 4 -5 -5 -5 -5
-5 -4 4 -3" -3" -3"
-1 -2" -2 -3" -2 -3" -3" -3" -3" -2 -2" -1
-3 -3" -2" -4

Verse 1
-4     -4  -4   4  -4    4 -4  -5 4  -4
There must be some kind of way outta here
4    -4  -5 -4  4 -4   -4
Said the joker to the thief
-4       4   -4  4  -5  -4
There's too much confusion
4  4   -5   -4 -4 -4
I can't get no relief
-6   6    6   -5   -6    -4 -5
Business men, they drink my wine
4  -4   -5  -4 -4
Plowmen dig my earth
-6'6 -5   6 -5  -6  -4   -5
None will level on the line
4-4-4   -5 -4  -4  -4 
Nobody offered his word

Solo
-4 -4 4 -3" -2 -3" -3" -2 -2" -1
-2" -2 -3" 4 -5 -5 -4 4 -5
-5 -4 -5 -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 
-1 -2" -3" -3" -4 -4 -4 4 -3" -2 -3" 
-4 4 -3" -3"' -2 -2" -1 -3" -2"

Verse 2
-6 6 -5   6  6   -5 -6 -4
No reason to get excited
4    -4    -4 -5 -4   -4
The thief, he kindly spoke
 4    -4  -5-4 -5   -5 -5 6
There are many here among us
-6   6   -5    6   -4 -4 -4 -5
Who feel that life is but a joke
-6  6   -5 -6   -4   -5    -4      -5
But you and I, we've been through that
4   -4  -4  -5  -4  -4 
And this is not our fate
-4  4 -4   4   -4  4   -5  -4  -4
So let us stop talkin' falsely now
-5  -5 -5  6  -5   -6
The hour's getting late

Verse 3
7   -6 6-5  6   6   -4  -5
All a-long the watchtow-er
4   -4   -5  -4  -4
Princes kept the view
-4    4    -4  4 -4 -5   -4    4
While all the women came and went
 -5  -5   6  -4    -5
Barefoot servants, too
-6 -6   6   -5  6   6 -4 -5
Outside in the cold dis - tance
-5 -5  -5 -5 -4 -5
A wildcat did growl
-5   5 -5  -5   -5 6  -4
Two riders were approaching
-4   -4 7    -6 6  -5  6
And the wind began to howl

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