All Along the Watchtower

(Bob Dylan)

Recordings Art Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version, 5'40.
   Recorded live at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England.
   Released on White Music.

2. Live version.
   Recorded live on 9 March 1978 at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, for Sight & Sound in Concert.
   Released on Transistor Blast.

Art

“All Along The Watchtower”, live on BBC Sight & Sound In Concert, March 1978

All Along the Watchtower Russian pirate flexi

Chords and Tablature

Guitar & Bass (UK)
May 2005

Generally Major: Colin Moulding Workshop
by Gareth Morgan

Ex. 1

QUIRKY TOWER
XTC have only ever recorded one cover version — a frenetic rendition of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower (White Music, 1977). Partridge's vocal delivery is stutteringly pneumatic and Barry Andrews' cheap organ sound throws a legato blanket over the whole affair. We've given you a taste of Moulding's contribution here; the space is crucial but the real gem is the chromatic pull-off from the octave D down to C. Try using a 4-2-1 fingering for this and concentrate on getting it to sound smooth and flowing.

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