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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Copyright

©

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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