BREWER AND SHIPLEY ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER WEEDS (1969) written by Bob Dylan or Robert Zimmerman Michael Bloomfield appears on this track on electric guitar same sequence is repeated throughout Am F Am Bm F Am Am C F There must be some way out of here Am G F Said the joker to the thief Am F There's too much confusion Am F I can't get no relief Am F G Businessmen they drink my wine Am F Plowmen dig my earth Am G F None of them along the line Am F Know what any of it is worth Am G F F Am G F No reason to get excited Am G F C ( Am G F G repeated) The thief he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But you and I we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now The hour is getting late F Am F All along the watchtower All along the watchtower All along the watchtower (Am C F transition) Am G F All along the watchtower ( Am G F G repeated) Am G F G Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants too Outside in the distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching The wind began to howl Am G F All along the watchtower Am G F G There must be some way out of here ( Am G F G repeated) F Am F All along the watchtower Said the joker to the thief All along the watchtower There's too much confusion All along the watchtower I can't get no relief All along the watchtower Too much confusion All along the watchtower
