UG Weekend Riff: Part 18

Introduction:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower. The first of serveral Hendrix tracks to be feature in Weekend Riff, All Along the Watchtower is one of the best cover versions ever re-written. Hendrix was an expert at taking a simple chord progression and improvising within them to create an awesome sound that has supposedly never been re-produced to quite the same level.

Techniques:

The song opens with a chordal intro that moves into a lead lick high up the neck. Slide with your third finger then hit the twelth fret with your first finger to leave yourself in a good position for the high bends. The same applies for the slide to the eleventh fret slide.

In the Verse section, of which the first is tabbed, you can use the shapes for the barre chord to leave your fingers in almost the right postiton to hit the hammer-ons and slides. The barre chord is an A Major or Minor shape on the fourth (C#m x46654), second (B x24442) then open strings (A x02220) and changes twice a bar, returning to the B barre just before the next two bars.

Gear Info:

You'll need no equipment other than a Strat plugged into a Marshall. The start of the song is relatively clean, and uses the neck pickup, but if you fancy trying your hand at the solo, wah, pitchshifter or octave and reverb will all be needed to get things just right!

Gear Settings:

Treble: 7

Mid: 3

Bass: 5

Drive: 3

Use these links to get a tablature and a midi file for this song.

And please don't forget to check out the latest Weekend Riffs for the bass, Hysteria - Muse featured this week.

Comments

[hololos]

First! Wicked, that was great. One of my favourite Hendrix' songs of all time. Thanks Geldof!

bloody awesome!

[solidsnake]

Amozing.

[bassdrum]

Good job Geldof

[gooseholla]

tab doesn't work for me :-/

[rhcpcure2826]

hmmm. ^or me

i can already play it, but its great that hendrix is up here now

[hen]

can't see it...midi file doesnt seem to be working for me either...i already know how to play this though, but its cool

[fff]

tablature doesn't work

[Metalology]

tab isn't working for me, it just says page cannot be displayed

[muzgash15]

not sure what the problem is but the link to the tab doesnt work, just gives no page to display error

[Metalology]

Oh and BTW: This is the link for the page I get.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/features/audio/18.gif

[Geldof the Grey]

I'm sure zappp will be along some time soon to fix this... meanwhile, I'll stick it on my webspace so you can take a peek!

[numetaldude]

isn't it spelled "jimi"?

midi work, i've checked. tab file fixed as well.

[moonraker]

nice choice dude

[Xeus]

HEY YEA! ITS SPELT JIMI DUDE!

[dudeteofaces]

I LOVE JIMI'S STUFF!!! DO MORE!!!! DO MORE!!!!

[slash_rhoads]

god bless jimmi

[radioheadfreak]

there is only one "n", that should be fixed pronto. Great tab though

[Geldof the Grey]

^Who Cares? Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) was meant to be Child... but it isn't. Does it stop it from being a great track? No! Does the extra "m" stop you from being able to read the column or play the song? No! So shut up... and make sure you check out the bass riff too!

[RoughDraft]

nicw choice!

PS: Who cares about the spelling?!

[insane_clown]

tab some insane (***in) clown posse. to all tha juggalos out there:

"we'll never die alone.
(juggalos will carry on.)
swing our hatchets if we must.
(each and every one of us."

much mutha ***in clown luv biaatch. word.

[them_sell]

^ does ICP even have guitar in there songs?

[Iosoce]

i think that jimi may have intended it to be highway chile cause thats how he sings it too

[Skynyrd277]

great song .... one of the first fills and solo's i ever learned. good job

[deinem]

the midi doesnt do this song justice, haha. Good job though.

[IllegalPanda]

whats with the tab its screwen up for me its tiny as hell

[IllegalPanda]

ooo..h nevermind i had to fix my java script sorry

[IllegalPanda]

does anyone else ever have trouble printing out the tabs on the riff section everytime i priint it cuts off tab on the right side ive tried a bunch of stuff /any suggestions

^you could tell it to print in landscape format, so the paper is sideways.

[Spydr]

Hmmm... I can only see like half the tab But thanks for doin hendrix

[Sebastian A.]

isnt it bob dylan who wrote it ?

[BMAN12688]

Yes, Bob Dylan wrote it, and James Marshall Hendrix loved it so much, he covered this song for his "first" U.S single I believe. And what a beautiful cover it was/is.

[BMAN12688]

oh yeah, good tabs/midi file. excellent work and keep them coming (Voodoo Chile, Fire, Gypsy Eyes, Red House, and Little Wing...maybe Machine gun?)

[Agent_00Funk]

nicely done

[Lick_Soloist]

tab wont work for me, dam!!

[Brizzle4]

ICP sucks ass

[epiphoneplayer8]

HAHAHAHAHAHA ICP ARE THE WORST ****ING BAND, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, EVER!!!! I really dont think anyone can possibly make any music worse than theirs..... anyways..... How about doing one of these lessons for an AC/DC song... preferably "thunderstruck"..... just a thought

[IllegalPanda]

^you could tell it to print in landscape format, so the paper is sideways

i tried it beleive it or not it still cuts it off i even set the margins at zero .. still cuts it off

[dookii]

At least spell the guitar legend's name right. Damn.

[Geldof the Grey]

^OK, dooo..ki

[insane_clown]

ICP FUKING RULE MUTHAFACKO. IF YOU AINT DOWN WITH THE WICKED CLOWNS YOU AINT DOWN WITH THE SHIT. BIAAATCH. MAN, FUCK ACDC. POWERCHORD SHIT. BETTER SHIT THAN ACDC COMES OUT OF MY MUTHA'S ASS, BIAAATCH. SUCK IT HATERS. MUCH MUTHA FUCKING CLOWN LUV, DAWGS. GD LUCK 2 RANGERS. KICK CELTIC'S ASS, BIAAAATCH. MMFCL.

[MankiiKing]

Nice.. I always wanted to learn this one. Do Machine Gun next, there aint any good tabs for it here.. Its a great song too.

[jamstation]

oh man geldof this is great stuff, but pleeease can u switch back to the text tabs, or even the guitarpro format? its makes things so much easier..

[GuitarJunkie]

icp...do you like masturbate to picutures of ICP? b/c you like them way to much...i swear they must be blowing ppl to buy their albums, cause ive made better music than ICP when i was drunk high and half asleep

[ilovebooks915]

i make all my music drunnk high and half asleep

[killer_mop]

i will like you alot books

[Croat]

rhythm thats bs