Difficulty: The chords are straight forward but do include F. This is a different key than the original - a bit lower makes it easier to sing and avoids barre chords and capos.

Lesson Length: 5:45

Instructor: George Goodman

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
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The song is in Am, so when using a C harmonica puts you in fourth position. A G harmonica in third position would also work well.

I liked the riff I came up with on the C harmonica so stuck with that on this song.
Buy a Hohner Special 20 - Key G or C here

A C harmonica is the first one you need to follow along with the lessons on the site. I often play a Hohner Special 20 Harmonica in the key of C through a Shure Green Bullet microphone Model 5200 and Fender Super Champ amplifier

Hohner Harmonica Holder

The Hohner Harmonica Neck Holder fits harmonicas up to 7-1/2" long.

With a long-lasting nickel-plated finish, this harmonica rack is adjustable and fits any neck shape.

The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for All Along The Watchtower.
All Along The Watchtower chords, lyrics and harmonica tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.

Video Transcription

Hi George here. Welcome to this video where I show you how to play All Along The Watchtower by Bob Dylan on guitar and harmonica.
So let’s start off with the guitar chords. There’s three chords, nice and easy. We start of in A minor, then G, and F. Then it will go back to G to A minor and goes around and around.
Ok, so let’s figure out the rhythm to that. So, it’s 1, 2, 3, &, 4, &, &, 2, &, 4, &. All the way through, around and around so that once you’ve got that, you’re good, you get the song.
We are in the key of A minor which is the relative minor to the key of C, so I am playing a C harmonica – Hohner Special 20, key of C.
So, let’s just rip through this and I will put the harmonica on and I will just play through some of the melody and put the tabs on the website and all that so you can follow along there. Ok? Let’s see how this all works out. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Alright, Bob Dylan’s All Along The Watchtower
– key of A minor
– three chords – A minor, G and F
– C diatonic harmonica
– Super song
– Quick and easy to learn

So, I hope you can use that to put that together to create your own version.

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Thanks again for watching. See you next time. Peace.