[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]
[Harmonica in E ready for random solo and Oooohs] [Intro - No Drums] [E][D][A][E]
[Verse] [E] Please allow me to introd [D] uce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste [E] I've been around for a [D] long, long year [A] Stole many a man's soul and [E] faith
[E] And I was 'round when [D] Jesus Christ Had his [A] moment of doubt and [E] pain Made damn sure that [D] Pilate Washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E] fate
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] [E] I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg When I [A] saw it was a time for a [E] change Killed the Czar and his [D] ministers Anas [A] tasia screamed in [E] vain
I [E] rode a tank Held a [D] general's rank When the [A] Blitzkrieg raged And the [E] bodies stank
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] I [E] watched with glee While your [D] kings and queens Fought for [A] ten decades For the [E] Gods they made
I [E] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?" When [A] after all It was [E] you and me
[E] Let me please intro [D] duce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste And I laid traps for [D] troubadours Who get [A] killed before they reached Bom [E] bay
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game oh yeah, get down, baby
[Solo]
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] Just as [E] every cop is a [D] criminal And [A] all the sinners [E] saints As heads is tails Just call me [D] Lucifer 'Cause I'm in [A] need of some re [E] straint
[E] So if you meet me Have some [D] courtesy Have some [A] sympathy, and some [E] taste Use all your well-learned pol [D] itesse Or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E] waste, um yeah
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
