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Hi all and thank you for watching my all along the watchtower guitar lesson and tutorial.If you’re wondering how to play along the watchtower, here you’ll find an absolute detailed, accurate lesson of this tune.
There has been written so much about this song, specially about the all along the watchtower Bob Dylan versus the all along the watchtower Jimi Hendrix version. Well let me tell you, Bob Dylan himself, he liked the Jimi Hendrix experience version so much, that he later took Jimi’s arrangement into his setlist. All the feeling, the vibes, the beautiful solo lines, everything done by Jimi Hendrix guitar here, is of an indescribable beauty. It just takes you elsewhere, and even after decades, it somehow sounds like something completely out of reach. There are a lot of Jimi Hendrix songs, that he wrote himself, as Jimi was always full of ideas and an absolute workaholic, constantly putting new ideas on tape. But specially this all along the watchtower cover became his most famous work maybe. And the all along the watchtower chords are quite simple, but its the powerful and mesmerizing arrangement that make it so special.
So what made Hendrix choose this song, and made him put that much work in the arrangement?
No doubt there, the all along the watchtower lyrics must have made a deep impression on Jimi.
There has been said a lot about the meaning. I found something really convincing on songfacts, which I’m going to just copy for you.

“This song is about changing established society, starting in the middle of a conversation between two people (the Joker and the Thief). The Thief sympathizes with the Joker, who wants to escape his position in life and hates the values of society. The third verse suddenly shifts the scene, changing from a conversation to an almost unrelated verse filled with imagery of princes, women, and barefoot servants guarding a castle, establishing a place in the past. These figures are said to represent established society. "Somewhere in the distance, a wildcat does growl" suggests danger is approaching, then suddenly "Two riders are approaching" links us back to the first two verses. The riders are the Joker and the Thief, coming to establish a different set of values. The guarded castle suggests there will be confrontation”

Even the all along the watchtower bob Dylan lyrics versus the all along the watchtower Jimi Hendrix lyrics are slightly different. There is one little adjective Jimi adds to the all along the watchtower original.
“Outside in the (cold) distance”. And that is another thing probably nobody ever could do, to add something so beautiful to a Bob Dylan lyric, the King of lyrics.

In addition to Hendrix, this song has also been covered by Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Eric Clapton, The Grateful Dead and Neil Young. There also is the all along the watchtower Dave Mason version and many out there.
I like to do my own version too, when I play live, also it is pretty close to the Jimi Hendrix all along the watchtower live version, but at the end you are absolutely free to improvise over the beautiful bassline, by the way, played by Jimi himself on the Electric Ladyland final cut. By the way, one of the few Jimi Hendrix albums released at lifetime.

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