Knocking On Heaven's Door

(version 1)

Words & Music:

Bob Dylan (1973)

G  D  C [2x]  |  G  D  Am7 [2x]

 

G     D                      C  G            D         Am7   G

Mama, take this badge off of me---.  I can't use it anymore.

G            D                 C    G

It's getting dark, top dark to see---.

G             D                   Am7

Feels like I'm knocking on Heaven's door.

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

G             D                    C

Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door.

G             D                    Am7

Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door.

 

Mama wipe the flood from my face; I'm sick and tired of the war.

Got a long, dark feeling and it's hard to trace.

Feels like I'm knocking on Heaven's door.

 

CHORUS:

 

Mama, put my guns in the ground; I can't shoot them anymore.

That long, black train is coming down.

Feels like I'm knocking on Heaven's door.

 

CHORUS:  [repeat whole chorus 2x]

 

OUTRO:

G  D  Am7 [2x]

 




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