Tom: A [Intro] C#m E A C#m E A C#m Bm A C# C#m C# E A B C#m C#m B A B "There must be some kinda way out of here" C#m B A B Said the joker to the thief C#m B A B "There's too much confusion, C#m B A B I can't get no relief C#m B A B Businessmen, they drink my wine, C#m B A B Plow men dig my earth C#m B A B None of them along the line C#m B A B Know what any of it is worth" ( E A B C#m E A B C#m ) C#m B A B "No reason to get excited" C#m B A B The thief he kindly spoke C#m B A B "There are many here among us C#m B A B Who feel that life is but a joke C#m B A B But, you and I, we've been through that C#m B A B And this is not our fate C#m B A B So let us not talk falsely now, C#m B A B The hour is getting late" ( E A B C#m E A B C#m ) C#m B A B All along the watchtower C#m B A B Princes kept the view C#m B A B While other women came and went C#m B A B Barefoot servants, too C#m B A B Outside in the cold distance C#m B A B A wild cat did growl C#m B A B Two riders were approaching C#m B A B And the wind began to howl. C#m B A B All along the tower ( C#m E A C#m E A C#m Bm A C# C#m C# E A B C#m )