Chords for Elvis Costello-Knocking On Heaven's Door (1975)
Tempo:
135.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Am
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Am]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[G]
[C]
[G]
Mama [D] take this badge off [Am] of me I [G]
[D] can't use it [C] anymore
It's [G]
getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see I [Em] [G]
feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door
[Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G] Wipe [D] away this blood from my [Am] face [Em] I'm [G]
sick [D] and tired [C] of the war
[G] Got a long [D] black feeling and it's [Am] hard to breathe
[Em] [G]
I feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door
[Em] [G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door
[Em] [G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[E] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] Mama put these guns in the [Am] ground I [G]
[D] can't shoot them [C] anymore
[G] That long [D] black train is pulling [Am] on down I [G]
feel [D] like I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door [Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door
[Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G] [D] [Am]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[N]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[G]
[C]
[G]
Mama [D] take this badge off [Am] of me I [G]
[D] can't use it [C] anymore
It's [G]
getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see I [Em] [G]
feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door
[Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G] Wipe [D] away this blood from my [Am] face [Em] I'm [G]
sick [D] and tired [C] of the war
[G] Got a long [D] black feeling and it's [Am] hard to breathe
[Em] [G]
I feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door
[Em] [G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door
[Em] [G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[E] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] Mama put these guns in the [Am] ground I [G]
[D] can't shoot them [C] anymore
[G] That long [D] black train is pulling [Am] on down I [G]
feel [D] like I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door [Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G]
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door
[Em] Knock, [G]
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
[G] [D] [Am]
[Em] [G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
[N]
Key:
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Mama [D] take this badge off [Am] of me _ I _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] can't use it _ [C] anymore
_ It's _ _ [G] _ _ _
getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see _ I [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
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[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _ _ Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
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[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _
_ [Em] _ Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's _ door
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Wipe [D] away this blood from my [Am] face _ [Em] I'm _ _ [G] _ _ _
sick [D] and tired [C] of the war
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Got a long [D] black feeling and it's [Am] hard to breathe
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
I feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door _
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Knock, [D] knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door _
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Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door _ _ _ Knock, [G] _ _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _
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[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door _
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[D] Mama put these guns in the [Am] ground _ I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] can't shoot them [C] anymore _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ That long [D] black train is pulling [Am] on down _ I _ [G] _ _
feel [D] like I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _ [Em] Knock, _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
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[D] Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door _
_ _ [Em] Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's _ door
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Mama [D] take this badge off [Am] of me _ I _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] can't use it _ [C] anymore
_ It's _ _ [G] _ _ _
getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see _ I [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _ _ Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _
_ [Em] _ Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's _ door
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Wipe [D] away this blood from my [Am] face _ [Em] I'm _ _ [G] _ _ _
sick [D] and tired [C] of the war
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Got a long [D] black feeling and it's [Am] hard to breathe
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
I feel like [D] I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door _ _ _ Knock, [G] _ _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _
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[D] Knock, knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Mama put these guns in the [Am] ground _ I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] can't shoot them [C] anymore _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ That long [D] black train is pulling [Am] on down _ I _ [G] _ _
feel [D] like I'm knocking on [C] heaven's door _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Knock, [D] knock, knocking on [Am] heaven's door _ [Em] Knock, _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's door
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's [Am] door _
_ _ [Em] Knock, _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] knock, knocking on [C] heaven's _ door
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