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All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix - Guitar Chords

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            I am adding a little tab bit for the intro.  This includes the basic rhythm
of the chord progression and a simplified extract of the lead intro.  If you
play it like it's tabbed you'll look rather impressive, but it's really easy 
to play. Enjoy! Note that all the chords are to be played as bar chords, or
even power chords (but that doesn't sound as good).

[Intro]
Rhythm part:
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4 (if you only play the rhythm part) 
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| or x2 (if you want to play the lead part 
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|        as well)
             *             *
Lead part:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----11-13-13-13-13---13--11----------------------------------11--|
G|-12-------------------------12-10vvv-8-10-8-10-10-10---10--8-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
            b----------rb                      b---------rb    b---

[Verse]
Cm  Bb   Ab    Bb

Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
 "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
 "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
Cm          Bb    Ab       Bb  Cm      Bb          Ab      Bb
  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."

[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|

[Verse 2]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
Cm        Bb    Ab       Bb   Cm          Bb           Ab      Bb
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|

[Verse 3]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Cm      Bb          Ab     Bb  Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
Outside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,
Cm         Bb          Ab    Bb      Cm           Bb         Ab      Bb
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.

[Chords used]
   Ab  Bb  Cm
e|-4---6---8--|
B|-4---6---8--|
G|-5---7---8--|
D|-6---8---10-|
A|-6---8---10-|
E|-4---6---8--|

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| *: let ring
| b---: bend until end of the dotted line
| rb: release the bend
| vvv: vibrato

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