Knocking on Heaven’s Door Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song Knocking on Heaven’s Door chords by Bob Dylan on guitar.

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Knocking on Heaven’s Door with chords

Chords of Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Here are the few chords you will need to know and master to play the whole song Knocking on Heaven’s Door chords :

Knocking on Heaven's Door chords

When they are mastered on guitar, you can continue with the tab.

Verse 1 of Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan on guitar

You can continue Knocking on Heaven’s Door and read the next tab to play verse 1 :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

Knocking on Heaven's Door guitar
Tab text
G D Am
Mama, take this badge off of me
G D C
I can’t use it anymore
G D Am
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark to see
G D C
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door

To play the verse 2 after chorus, you juste have to follow the same framework on your guitar helping yourself with the lyrics.

Chorus of Knocking on Heaven’s Door with tab and chords

For the chorus of Knocking on Heaven’s Door chords, you don’t need to know any other new chords and you can directly follow the tab with your guitar :

Knocking on Heaven's Door lyrics
Tab text
G D Am
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
G D C
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
X2

To play another easy guitar song, you can watch for stand by me chords.

Knocking on Heaven’s Door lyrics

The song Knocking on Heaven’s Door chords by Bob Dylan is composed of two verses and a chorus.

The structure of the lyrics is like that:

Verse 1 – Chorus – Verse 2 – Chorus

Verse 1

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark to see
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door

Chorus

Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door

Verse 2

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is comin’ down
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door

Chorus x3

If you want to improvise on this song, you can watch for the G scale pattern of our pentatonic guitar scale.

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