Open Mic Night Lesson 1 " All Along The Watchtower"

Open Mic, a chance to crowd test some new originals, and put your own spin on a classic. I always recommend doing one original and one cover. The cover song gives the audience a point of reference and they like to hear familiar material. My first open Mic I played an original and then kicked out a cover of Bob Dylan's Watchtower. Was this a good choice? i thought so considering everyone from Hendrix to Hanson have played this song live. That means the audience isn't expecting to hear a note for note cover. Here is the arrangement the way I play it.

NTRO:  rhythm part: 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--10----7-7-5-5-5----| D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    X4 (if you only play the rhythm part)  A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----| or X2 (if you want to play the lead part  E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|        as well)              *             * lead part: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----11-13-13-13-13---13--11----------------------------------11--| G|-12-------------------------12-10vvv-8-10-8-10-10-10---10--8-----| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|             b----------rb                      b---------rb    b---     *: let ring b---: bend until end of the dotted line  rb: release the bend vvv: vibrato           Verse:  Cm  A#   G#    A#   Cm           A#              G#         A#    Cm         A#           G#   A#  "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief, Cm        A#          G#    A# Cm        A#       G#    A#  "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief. Cm       A#        G#       A#    Cm       A#     G#     A#  Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth, Cm        A#    G#       A#   Cm          A#           G#      A#   None of them along the line   know what any of it is worth."  [repeat intro (only rhythm section] [continue with the same chords as the first verse]  "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."  [repeat intro (only rhythm section] [continue with the same chords as the first verse]  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  CHORDS USED:    G#  A#  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--|