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Bob Dylan-Knocking On Heaven's Door - BPM - 113

[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] 

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Bob Dylan-All along the watchtower - BPM - 113

[Verse]
Cm  Bb   Ab    Bb
 
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
 "There must be some kind of way out of here,"  said the joker to the thief,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
 "There's too much confusion,    I can't get no relief.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
 Businessmen, they drink my wine,  plowmen dig my earth,
Cm          Bb    Ab       Bb  Cm      Bb          Ab      Bb
  None will level on the line   nobody offered his word."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 2]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
Cm       Bb        Ab       Bb    Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
Cm        Bb    Ab       Bb   Cm          Bb           Ab      Bb
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
 
[Instrumental]
e|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
B|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
G|-7-7-8--8--8-----7-7-5-5-5----|
D|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|    x4
A|-8-8-10-10-10----8-8-6-6-6----|
E|-6-6-8--8--8-----6-6-4-4-4----|
 
[Verse 3]
Cm           Bb              Ab         Bb    Cm         Bb           Ab   Bb
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
Cm        Bb          Ab    Bb Cm        Bb       Ab    Bb
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Cm      Bb          Ab     Bb  Cm       Bb     Ab     Bb
Outside in the cold distance    a wildcat did growl,
Cm         Bb          Ab    Bb      Cm           Bb         Ab      Bb
Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
 
[Chords used]
   Ab  Bb  Cm
e|-4---6---8--|
B|-4---6---8--|
G|-5---7---8--|
D|-6---8---10-|
A|-6---8---10-|
E|-4---6---8--|

"There must be some way out of here," 
said the joker to the thief, 
"There's too much confusion, 
I can't get no relief. 

Businessmen, they drink my wine, 
plowmen dig my earth, 
None of them along the line 
know what any of it is worth." 

"No reason to get excited," 
the thief, he kindly spoke, 
"There are many here among us 
who feel that life is but a joke. 

But you and I, we've been through that, 
and this is not our fate, 
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." 

All along the watchtower, 
princes kept the view 
While all the women came and went, 
barefoot servants, too. 
Outside in the distance 
a wildcat did growl, 
Two riders were approaching, 
the wind began to howl. 

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