All Along The Watchtower
by U2

Album: Rattle And Hum (1988)
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  • There must be some way out of here
    Said the joker to the thief
    There's too much confusion here
    I can't get no relief
    Businessmen they drink my wine
    Plowmen dig my earth
    None of them know along the line
    What any of this is worth
    Yeah

    No reason to get excited
    The thief, he kindly spoke
    There are many here among us
    Who think that life is but a joke
    But you and I, we've been through that
    And that is not our fate
    So let us not talk falsely now
    Because the hour is getting late

    All along the watchtower
    And Princess kept the view
    While horsemen came and went
    Barefoot servants too

    All I got is a red guitar
    Three chords
    And the truth

    All I got is a red guitar
    The rest is up to you

    There's no reason to get excited
    The thief, he kindly spoke
    There are some among us here
    Say that life is just a joke
    You and I, we've been through that
    And that is not our fate (at least today)
    So let us not talk falsely now
    Because the hour is getting late
    Late

    Yeah
    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah ey-ey-ey
    Ahh, ahh, yeah-ey-ey-ey Writer/s: Bob Dylan
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 7

  • Chad from IdahoHarlan Howard once said that “country music is three chords and the truth.” I wonder if Bono and the boys picked up this up somewhere across the South or Midwest portion of their tour.
  • Beau from Phoenix, AzYes, Bono forgot the lyrics, but Dylan himself admitted during a guest appearance at a U2 show that year that he himself forgets his own lyrics all the time and can't be arsed to memorize things.
  • David from Syracuse, NyThere must be some kind of way out of here...Bono was caught up in the moment, and even messed up the first line...OH WELL...The tone is good, and that is what it is all about.
  • Mike from Nashville, TnThis rendition of the Bob Dylan classic sounds like the original, both in vocals and music, as opposed to the Hendrix version.
  • Alina from Karlstad, Swedeni think they really made this song their own, making it sound very U2 (all to Edges guitar play). love hendix's version as well.
  • Acrobat from Adelaide, AustraliaBono forgets the lyrics a lot... to their own songs too. He also forget the lyrics to BLowin' in the Wind (another Dylan song incidently) anmd he had been dragged up on stage to help sing it. He ad libbed... Dylan liked it and said it was better than the original. I am a singer/songwriter myself, you would be surprised how common it is to forget lyrcis of even your own songs. I have one song where the second verse has changed at least seven times.
  • Shane from Kildare, IrelandBono forgot the lyrics at one stage, and just started making up lyrics to fit. Thats were "All I got is a red guitar, 3 chords and the truth" came from.
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