Knockin On Heavens Door Chords

by Bob Dylan
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: 5th fret
Author Kapuli13 [a] 207.
7 contributors total, last edit on Mar 18, 2020
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Chords

D
A
Em7
G
Em

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                             Knocking on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: Kapuli13
Email: Quitar14Man@gmail.com
 
And if there is someone who thinks: "Hey that is wrong!"
Maybe you have heard version of Guns n' Roses. Because Dylan's and their version is different.
 
To match Dylan's recording from the album ...
- either put on a capo 5th fret or
- transpose this tab up 5 steps to G
 
The tempo is 74 a note.
The Em chords might be played as Em7
 
 
 
[Intro]
 
| D A | Em7 |
 
D     A        G
 Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh
 
D     A        Em7
 Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh
D     A        G
 Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D           A                 Em
   Mama... take this badge of me...
D           A              G
   I can't use it  anymore
D               A                      Em
   It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
D              A                        G
   I feel like knockin' on heavens door.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                         G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D          A              Em
 Mama, put my guns in the ground.
D        A             G
 I can't shoot them anymore.
D                A               Em
 That long black cloud is comin' down.
D            A                   G
 I feel like knockin' on heavens door.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                         G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
 
[Chorus]
 
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                         G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    Em
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
D                 A                    G
     Knock, knock knockin' on heavens door
 
[Outro]
 
D     A        Em
 Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh
D     A        G
 Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh 
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44 comments
Kapuli13
Those two are different versions. I know that Guns n' roses version goes G5 D Am G5 D C
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maguri
What a load of misunderstandings: This tab is fine, the changes are correct. It just has the chords in a different key. In order to have the original key one has to use a capo 5th fret or use the transpose function (+5) and there you are. Give it a break, please, and enjoy the song! ;)
+6
PowerPlant
Totally Wrong!!! It is G D Am Then G d c
+4