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Bob Dylan-All along the watchtower - sr - 200

[Verse]
Cm  Bb   Ab    Bb
 
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
 "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
 "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
Cm          Bb    Ab       Bb  Cm      Bb          Ab      Bb
  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 2]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
Cm        Bb    Ab       Bb   Cm          Bb           Ab      Bb
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 3]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Cm      Bb          Ab     Bb  Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
Outside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,
Cm         Bb          Ab    Bb      Cm           Bb         Ab      Bb
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
 
[Chords used]
   Ab  Bb  Cm
e|-4---6---8--|
B|-4---6---8--|
G|-5---7---8--|
D|-6---8---10-|
A|-6---8---10-|
E|-4---6---8--|

"There must be some way out of here," 
said the joker to the thief, 
"There's too much confusion, 
I can't get no relief. 

Businessmen, they drink my wine, 
plowmen dig my earth, 
None of them along the line 
know what any of it is worth." 

"No reason to get excited," 
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." 

All along the watchtower, 
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. 

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Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride

[Intro - BPM 110]
[Ebm6-x68x78] - 8 bars
reggae off beat
Rhythm for this and verse
--^v--^---^---^-
B---S---B---S---

[Verse] 
[Ebm6] Last night I had the [Bb] strangest dream 
[Dm] I sailed away to China [C] in a little rowboat to find ya
[Ebm6] And you said you had to get your [Bb] laundry clean
[Dm] Didn't want no one to hold you, [C] (Csus4 Riff) what does that mean
And you said

[Chorus] 
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing

[Verse] 
[Ebm6] You're on the road and now yo [Bb] u pray it lasts
[Dm] The road behind was rocky, [C] but now you're feeling cocky
[Ebm6] You look at me and you [Bb] see your past
[Dm] Is that the reason why you're [C] (Csus4 Riff) runnin' so fast 
And she said

[Chorus] 
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing

[Solo] 
 
   [Ebm6]                 [Bb]
E -8----------------------6--
B -7----------------------6--
G -x-8-7-8-7-8---9---7----7--
D -8----------------------8--
A -6-6-5-6-5-6---7---5----8--
E -x----------------------6--

  [Dm]                     [C] 
E -5----------------------8--
B -6----------------------8--
G -7-8-7-8-7-8---12--10---9--
D -7----------------------10--
A -5-8-7-8-7-8---10--8----10-
E -x----------------------8-

(Repeat above - but play ascending C riff below the second time)

[C(x32010)] [C] [Csus4(x33010)] 
[C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)] [Fm]

[Bridge] 
[Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] work me over
[Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] drag me under
[Gm] If I ever meet another girl like you.. [C] I will tell her
[Gm] Never want another girl like you [C] (Csus4 Riff) 
HAVE TO SAY [D] OH

[Chorus - think same pattern as with F but just up 2 frets - all barres] 
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[Outro] 
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[End]
[G]

[Note] - Ebm6 x68x78 - think Ebm7 but mute G with third finger by 
angling down across string after fretting 8th fret on D 

[C Riff]
[C(x32010)] [C] [Csus4(x33010)] 
[C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)] [Fm]

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