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All Along the Watchtower Guitar Tablature
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Author/Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Title: All Along the Watchtower
Album: Bob Dylan Cover
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

This whole song is just based of a the
Am / G / F / G chord progression. Just 
mess with a finger picking pattern if 
you want a cool intro.

Intro - 
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-/5----5---0--3---0--3----0--1---x-x-x---1---3--|
                                                                              

Verse - 
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-------7---5--5--5--5----3--3---x-x-x--3---3/5--|
-/5----5---0--3--3--3----1--1---x-x-x--1---1/3--|                                                                             

“No reason to get excited”
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-1--1-----3-3-3-----------------|
-2--2-----0-0-0---2-2-2--x-x-x--|
-2--2-----0-0-0---3-3-3--x-x-x--|
-0--0-----2-2-2---3-3-3--x-x-x--|
----------3-3-3---1-1-1--x-x-x--|                                                                              

Use the chords below for the rest of the verse

Am      G      F
--------3------1--|
-1------3------1--|
-2------0------2--|
-2------0------3--|
-0------2------3--|
--------3------1--|
                                                                              
small pause - “the hour is getting laaate~~~”



“laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate~~~~”
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-1-1-1---3--3-3-3---1--1-1-1-1-1--1---3-3--|
-2-2-2---0--0-0-0---2--2-2-2-2-2--2---0-0--|
-2-2-2---0--0-0-0---3--3-3-3-3-3--3---0-0--|
-0-0-0---2--2-2-2---3--3-3-3-3-3--3---2-2--|
-0-0-0---3--3-3-3---1--1-1-1-1-1--1---3-3--|
      

                                                                        
Jam -                                      *********************
-----------------3--3-3-3------------3--3--|--0--0-0----0--0-0--|
-1--x-x-x-x-x-x--3--3-3-3---1--1--x--3--3--|--1--1-1----3--3-3--|
-2--x-x-x-x-x-x--0--0-0-0---2--2--x--0--0--|--0--0-0----0--0-0--|
-2--x-x-x-x-x-x--0--0-0-0---3--3--x--0--0--|--2--2-2----4--4-4--|
-0--x-x-x-x-x-x--2--2-2-2---3--3--x--2--2--|--3--3-3----5--5-5--|
-0--x-x-x-x-x-x--3--3-3-3---1--1--x--3--3--|--0--0-0----0--0-0--|                                                                              


* = this is strummed very fast

Outro – “The thief he take . . .“
-----------3--3--3-------------------------|
-1--1--1---3--3--3---1--1-1-1-1-1-1--x--x--|
-2--2--2---0--0--0---2--2-2-2-2-2-2--x--x--|
-2--2--2---0--0--0---3--3-3-3-3-3-3--x--x--|
-0--0--0---2--2--2---3--3-3-3-3-3-3--x--x--|
-----------3--3--3---1--1-1-1-1-1-1--------|
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