All Along The Watchower (acoustic) Chords
by Jimi Hendrix
All Along The Watchower (acoustic) by Jimi Hendrix is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am G F G Am
There must be some kind of way out of here,
Am G F G Am
Said the joker to the thief.
Am G F G Am
There's too much confusion;
Am G F G Am
I can't get no relief.
Am G F G Am
Business men, they drink my wine,
Am G F G Am
Plowmen dig my earth.
Am G F G Am
None of them along the line.
Am G F G Am
Know what any of it is worth.
Am G F G Am
No reason to get excited,
Am G F G Am
The thief, he kindly spoke.
Am G F G Am
There are many here among us
Am G F G Am
Who feel that life is but a joke,
Am G F G Am
But you and I, we've been through that
Am G F G Am
And this is not our fate,
Am G F G Am
So let us stop talking falsely now—
Am G F G Am
The hour is getting late.
Am G F G Am
All along the watchtower
Am G F G Am
princes kept the view
Am G F G Am
while all the women came and went,
Am G F G Am
barefoot servants too.
Am G F G Am
Outside in the cold distance
Am G F G Am
a wildcat did growl.
Am G F G Am
Two riders were approaching
Am G F G Am
and the wind began to howl.
Am G F G Am
All along the watchtower,
Am G F G Am
All along the watchtower,
Am G F G Am
All along the watchtower.