[G D Am7 Am7 | G D C C]

G                 D            Am7
 Mama, take this badge off of me
G        D          C 
 I can't use it anymore.
G              D                        Am7
 It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
G                  D                   C
 I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

G                D                   Am7
 Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G                D                   C
 Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

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.

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

1973