Knockin on Heavens Doors
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Knockin'on Heaven's Door
Mama. take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark. too dark to see
Feels ike I'm knockin' on heaven'sdoor
chorus:
Knock, knock, knockm on heaven s door
Hey, hey, hey, hey. yeah
Knock, knock. knockin on heaven s door
Knock. knock. knockin on heaven s door
As heard on Use Your Illu sion II (GEFFEN)
Words and Music by Bob Dylan • Transcr ibed by Jeff Perrin
Knock, knock. knockin on heaven s door
Ay. hey. yeah
Mama. put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels ike I'm knockin' on heaven's door
chorus
Well. you just better start sniff n' your own rank
subjugation. Jack. 'cause it's just you against your
tattered libido, the bank and the mort ician forever, man,
and it wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive
Knock, knock, knockin on heaven s door (12x w/v ocal
ad Jib and choir)
Whoa, oh, yeah
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All notes and chords sound one half step lower than written key of Gb).
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1973. 1976 Ram's Horn Music. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission of Music Sales Corporation .
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Knockln'on Heaven's Door
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Chorus (0:59,2:274:51)
Knock nock nockin'n heaven's
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