[Intro - BPM 70 - bass runs low Bs and fingerpicking as well at the start] G D Am G D C G D Am G D C
[Verse] [G] Mama ta [D] ke this badge off of [Am] me [G] I can't [D] use it any [C] more [G] It's getting [D] dark, too dark to [Am] see [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Solo] G D Am G D C
[Verse] [G] Mama [D] put my guns in the [Am] ground [G] I can't [D] shoot them any [C] more [G] That long [D] black cloud is comin' [Am] down [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Verse] [G] Mama, [D] wipe this blood from my [Am] face [G] I can't [D] see through it any [C] more [G] It's a [D] feeling that I just can't [Am] trace [G] I feel I'm [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
[Chorus] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D] [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [Am] door [G] Knock, knock, [D] knockin' on heaven's [C] door [D]
Guitar part D-------3-------3----3 A-3-h-5---3-h-5---3h5-- X 2 (last 3h5 is faster) E---------------------
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] only true in [G] fairy tales Meant [G] for someone [D] else but not for me [G] [C] Love was out to [G] get me (hammer on G from 333333 to simulate vocals below) [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus - OPEN CHORDS] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in (Drum pattern B S x S) [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Verse] [G] I thought love was [D] more or less a [G] givin' thing [G] Seems the more I gave, [D] the less I got [G] [C] What's the use in [G] tryin'? [C] All you get is pain. [G] [C] When I needed [G] sunshine, I got [D7] rain.
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Vamp G to D] Simple G x x x D x x x - G x D x - G x D x - Repeat (More complex - GxGx xxFx DxDx DxFx Gxxx Dxxx Gxxx DxFx)
[Part of Verse] [C] Love was out to [G] get me [C] That's the way it seemed [G] [C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in [G] Love (ooooh) [C] (aah) I'm a [G] believer I couldn't [F] leave her if I [D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Chorus - Higher vocal - repeat to fade] Then I saw her [G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be [G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a [G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my [G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C]
