Chords for Dave Matthews - All Along The Watchtower (10.24.02)
Tempo:
98.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Em
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G]
[C] [D]
[A] [Am] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
[Em] [Am] [A] [G] I think [Gbm] people might get bored of playing songs.
[Ab] [Fm]
I've [G] been playing this song [E] a [Bbm] really long [A] time.
And I [B] got a good friend [Em] [G] that is [N] here tonight.
I used to play this song in Holland, in the Netherlands.
And he [Ab] used to sell bracelets.
[G] And I'd play this song around [Eb] and around.
I didn't [Ab] actually play as much as I should have because I was a little [A] afraid.
[Am]
But it was a good [G] song because it just went around [Gb] and around [Am] and around.
[A]
It's the same chords.
And I haven't stopped playing it.
It's been like [Ab] nearly 200 years.
[Gb] [A]
[G] [E] But I [F] hope I try to keep it interesting for myself.
[G] [A]
[G]
[F] [G]
[A] [G]
[Dm] [F] [G]
[A]
[G] [F]
[G] [A]
[G] [Dm] [G] [A]
[G] [F]
[A] [G] [Em] [F]
[Em] [A] I [G] [A] can't get [F]
no [Dm] [Em] [A] relief.
[G] A [Am] businessman [F] is drinking [G] my [A] wine.
[G] And a [F] plowman digs my earth.
[A] [Em]
And now [F] that I'm on the [G] line,
[A] I ain't [G] worth any of [F] its worth.
[Em] [A]
[G] No reason to [F] get [Em] excited.
[A] [G] Deep in [F] kind of smoke,
[G]
[A] [G] there are [F] many here among us.
[G] [Am] You know [G] me, [F]
life [G] is but [A] a joke.
But [G] you and I, [F] we've been through that.
[G] [A] [G] And this is not our [F] fate.
[G] [Am] So [G] let's not talk [F] falsely now.
[G] [Am] The hour [G]
is [F] getting [G] late.
[D]
[Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] Watch [G]
[Em] [F] this tower.
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] Princess, can't they [Em] view
[F] [G] A
[F] [Em] [Am] [Em] fair [F]-footed [Em] service [Am] to a [Em] [G] Lampshire dulicate
[F] [Em] [F] [G] Distancey high [F] [G] [A] [Em]
[F]-road [G] jail
[Am] For [G] willing to be [F] impure
[Em] [Am] Oh, [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] [F] [Em]
[F] [G] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [Em]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
little [F] lonely [G] watchtower
[A] A [G] princess [F] can't they view
[Em] [A] [G] While other women [F] sing
[G] Their [Am] weeping [G]
[F] [G] servants [Am] cue
[G] Outside in [F] their coldest [G] air
[Am] [G] Your wife has did [F] wrong
[Em] To [F] [G]
rather [F] wear a frozen
[G] [Am] The wind begin [Eb] to [Am] howl
[G]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F] [G] [Am] No [G] reason to [F] get excited.
[N] Thank you.
[G]
[C] [D]
[A] [Am] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
[Em] [Am] [A] [G] I think [Gbm] people might get bored of playing songs.
[Ab] [Fm]
I've [G] been playing this song [E] a [Bbm] really long [A] time.
And I [B] got a good friend [Em] [G] that is [N] here tonight.
I used to play this song in Holland, in the Netherlands.
And he [Ab] used to sell bracelets.
[G] And I'd play this song around [Eb] and around.
I didn't [Ab] actually play as much as I should have because I was a little [A] afraid.
[Am]
But it was a good [G] song because it just went around [Gb] and around [Am] and around.
[A]
It's the same chords.
And I haven't stopped playing it.
It's been like [Ab] nearly 200 years.
[Gb] [A]
[G] [E] But I [F] hope I try to keep it interesting for myself.
[G] [A]
[G]
[F] [G]
[A] [G]
[Dm] [F] [G]
[A]
[G] [F]
[G] [A]
[G] [Dm] [G] [A]
[G] [F]
[A] [G] [Em] [F]
[Em] [A] I [G] [A] can't get [F]
no [Dm] [Em] [A] relief.
[G] A [Am] businessman [F] is drinking [G] my [A] wine.
[G] And a [F] plowman digs my earth.
[A] [Em]
And now [F] that I'm on the [G] line,
[A] I ain't [G] worth any of [F] its worth.
[Em] [A]
[G] No reason to [F] get [Em] excited.
[A] [G] Deep in [F] kind of smoke,
[G]
[A] [G] there are [F] many here among us.
[G] [Am] You know [G] me, [F]
life [G] is but [A] a joke.
But [G] you and I, [F] we've been through that.
[G] [A] [G] And this is not our [F] fate.
[G] [Am] So [G] let's not talk [F] falsely now.
[G] [Am] The hour [G]
is [F] getting [G] late.
[D]
[Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] Watch [G]
[Em] [F] this tower.
[Em] [Am] [G]
[F] Princess, can't they [Em] view
[F] [G] A
[F] [Em] [Am] [Em] fair [F]-footed [Em] service [Am] to a [Em] [G] Lampshire dulicate
[F] [Em] [F] [G] Distancey high [F] [G] [A] [Em]
[F]-road [G] jail
[Am] For [G] willing to be [F] impure
[Em] [Am] Oh, [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] [F] [Em]
[F] [G] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [Em]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
[F] [Em] [Am] [G]
little [F] lonely [G] watchtower
[A] A [G] princess [F] can't they view
[Em] [A] [G] While other women [F] sing
[G] Their [Am] weeping [G]
[F] [G] servants [Am] cue
[G] Outside in [F] their coldest [G] air
[Am] [G] Your wife has did [F] wrong
[Em] To [F] [G]
rather [F] wear a frozen
[G] [Am] The wind begin [Eb] to [Am] howl
[G]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F] [G] [Am] No [G] reason to [F] get excited.
[N] Thank you.
Key:
G
F
Em
Am
A
G
F
Em
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] I think [Gbm] people might get bored of playing songs.
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
I've [G] _ _ been playing this song [E] a [Bbm] really long [A] time. _ _ _ _
And I [B] got a good friend [Em] _ [G] that _ _ _ is [N] here tonight. _
I used to play this song _ in Holland, _ in the Netherlands.
_ _ _ And he [Ab] used to sell bracelets.
[G] And I'd play this song around [Eb] and around.
I didn't [Ab] actually play as much as I should have because I was a little [A] afraid.
_ _ [Am] _
_ But it was a good [G] song because it just went around [Gb] and around [Am] and around.
[A]
It's the same chords.
And I haven't stopped playing it.
It's been like [Ab] nearly 200 years.
[Gb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] But I [F] hope I try to keep it interesting for myself.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] [A] I _ [G] _ [A] can't get [F]
no [Dm] _ [Em] [A] relief.
[G] A [Am] businessman [F] is drinking [G] my [A] wine.
[G] And a [F] plowman digs my earth.
[A] _ _ _ [Em]
And now [F] that I'm on the [G] line,
[A] I ain't [G] worth any of [F] its worth.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _
[G] No reason to [F] get [Em] excited. _
[A] _ [G] _ Deep in [F] kind of smoke,
[G] _
_ [A] _ [G] there are [F] many here among us.
[G] _ [Am] You know [G] me, _ [F] _
life [G] is but [A] a joke.
But [G] you and I, [F] we've been through that.
[G] _ [A] _ [G] And this is not our [F] fate.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] So [G] let's not talk [F] falsely now.
[G] _ [Am] The hour [G]
is [F] getting _ [G] _ _ late.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ Watch [G] _
[Em] _ [F] _ this tower.
[Em] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] Princess, can't they [Em] view
[F] [G] A _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] fair [F]-footed [Em] service [Am] to a [Em] [G] Lampshire dulicate
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] [G] Distancey high _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [F]-road [G] jail
[Am] For [G] willing to be _ [F] impure
[Em] _ [Am] Oh, _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
little [F] lonely [G] watchtower
[A] A [G] princess [F] can't they view
_ [Em] _ [A] [G] While other women [F] sing
[G] Their [Am] weeping _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] servants [Am] cue
[G] Outside in [F] their coldest [G] air
_ [Am] [G] Your wife has did [F] wrong
[Em] To _ [F] _ [G]
rather [F] wear a frozen
[G] [Am] The wind begin [Eb] to _ [Am] howl
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] No [G] reason to [F] get excited.
_ [N] _ _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] I think [Gbm] people might get bored of playing songs.
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
I've [G] _ _ been playing this song [E] a [Bbm] really long [A] time. _ _ _ _
And I [B] got a good friend [Em] _ [G] that _ _ _ is [N] here tonight. _
I used to play this song _ in Holland, _ in the Netherlands.
_ _ _ And he [Ab] used to sell bracelets.
[G] And I'd play this song around [Eb] and around.
I didn't [Ab] actually play as much as I should have because I was a little [A] afraid.
_ _ [Am] _
_ But it was a good [G] song because it just went around [Gb] and around [Am] and around.
[A]
It's the same chords.
And I haven't stopped playing it.
It's been like [Ab] nearly 200 years.
[Gb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] But I [F] hope I try to keep it interesting for myself.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] [A] I _ [G] _ [A] can't get [F]
no [Dm] _ [Em] [A] relief.
[G] A [Am] businessman [F] is drinking [G] my [A] wine.
[G] And a [F] plowman digs my earth.
[A] _ _ _ [Em]
And now [F] that I'm on the [G] line,
[A] I ain't [G] worth any of [F] its worth.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _
[G] No reason to [F] get [Em] excited. _
[A] _ [G] _ Deep in [F] kind of smoke,
[G] _
_ [A] _ [G] there are [F] many here among us.
[G] _ [Am] You know [G] me, _ [F] _
life [G] is but [A] a joke.
But [G] you and I, [F] we've been through that.
[G] _ [A] _ [G] And this is not our [F] fate.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] So [G] let's not talk [F] falsely now.
[G] _ [Am] The hour [G]
is [F] getting _ [G] _ _ late.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ Watch [G] _
[Em] _ [F] _ this tower.
[Em] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] Princess, can't they [Em] view
[F] [G] A _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] fair [F]-footed [Em] service [Am] to a [Em] [G] Lampshire dulicate
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] [G] Distancey high _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [F]-road [G] jail
[Am] For [G] willing to be _ [F] impure
[Em] _ [Am] Oh, _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
little [F] lonely [G] watchtower
[A] A [G] princess [F] can't they view
_ [Em] _ [A] [G] While other women [F] sing
[G] Their [Am] weeping _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] servants [Am] cue
[G] Outside in [F] their coldest [G] air
_ [Am] [G] Your wife has did [F] wrong
[Em] To _ [F] _ [G]
rather [F] wear a frozen
[G] [Am] The wind begin [Eb] to _ [Am] howl
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] No [G] reason to [F] get excited.
_ [N] _ _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _