Knocking On Heavens Door Chords

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Complete chords for Clapton's arrangement / split chord in verse / tab for intro and basic patterns in Verse and Chorus.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	G
Capo:	no capo

Author maguri [tm] 59,873. Last edit on Mar 7, 2019

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Am7

D/F#

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               Knocking On Heaven's Door – Eric Clapton
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Originally released as a non-album single in 1975.
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
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[Intro]
                   G                Am7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-------/7---5---|3---------------|0--0--0---------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|1--1--1---------|----------------|
G|-------/7---5---|4---------4p2p2-|0--0--0---------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|2--2--2---------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0-----0---------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Verse] basic pattern
  G                D/F#             Am7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
B|0---------------|3---------------|1---------------|----------------|
G|0---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|2---0-----------|
E|3---------------|2---------------|----------------|--------3---0---|
 
[Chorus] basic pattern
  G                D                Am7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
B|0---------------|3---------------|1---------------|----------------|
G|0---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|------------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---2---3-------|
E|3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
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[Intro]
| G | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
 
 
[Verse]
G    D/F#                    Am7
  Ma, take this badge off of me
G         D/F#       Am7
  I can't use it any more
G      D/F#          Am7
  It's getting dark, too dark to see
G               D/F#                 Am7
  Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
 
 
[Chorus]
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
 
 
[Verse]
G    D/F#              Am7
  Ma, take these guns away from me
G         D/F#           Am7
  I can't shoot them any more
G           D/F#             Am7
  There's a long black cloud following me
G               D/F#                 Am7
  Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door (Knockin, knockin' ...)
 
 
[Chorus]
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
 
 
[Solo]
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
 
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
| G | D/F# | Am7 | % |
 
 
[Verse]
G    D/F#                    Am7
  Ma, take this badge off of me
G         D/F#       Am7
  I can't use it any more
G              D/F#              Am7
  It's getting dark, too dark to see
G               D/F#                 Am7
  Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
 
 
[Chorus]
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
G               D                    Am7
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven’s door
 
 
[Coda]
G      D/F#      Am7
  Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
G      D/F#      Am7
  Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
G      D/F#      Am7
  Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
G      D/F#     | Am7 | % | G
  Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Great, thank you! This is the better tab.