
All Along The Watchtower
Bob Dylan
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Tom : A
[Intro] C#m E A C#m E A C#m Bm A C# C#m C# E A B C#m
C#m B A B
"There must be some kinda way out of here"
C#m B A B
Said the joker to the thief
C#m B A B
"There's too much confusion,
C#m B A B
I can't get no relief
C#m B A B
Businessmen, they drink my wine,
C#m B A B
Plow men dig my earth
C#m B A B
None of them along the line
C#m B A B
Know what any of it is worth"
( E A B C#m E A B C#m )
C#m B A B
"No reason to get excited"
C#m B A B
The thief he kindly spoke
C#m B A B
"There are many here among us
C#m B A B
Who feel that life is but a joke
C#m B A B
But, you and I, we've been through that
C#m B A B
And this is not our fate
C#m B A B
So let us not talk falsely now,
C#m B A B
The hour is getting late"
( E A B C#m E A B C#m )
C#m B A B
All along the watchtower
C#m B A B
Princes kept the view
C#m B A B
While other women came and went
C#m B A B
Barefoot servants, too
C#m B A B
Outside in the cold distance
C#m B A B
A wild cat did growl
C#m B A B
Two riders were approaching
C#m B A B
And the wind began to howl.
C#m B A B
All along the tower
( C#m E A C#m E A C#m Bm A C# C#m C# E A B C#m )
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