Knockin' On Heaven's Door Chords
Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Guns N' Roses is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, G5, D5 and C5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C (4x)
G D Am G D C
e|3-----------------------------------------3----------------------------------------|
B|2--------------------0--------------------2--------------------3-------------------|
G|0-------0-0---------------0-0-------2---0-----0-0------------------0-0---------0---|
D|0-----0-----------1-----2-----2----2----0----0-----------2--------2-----2----2-----|
A|3--3-------3----3-----1--------1-1-----3---3-----3-----1-------1---------1-1-------|
E|3-3----------2-0-----0-----------0------3-3---------2-0------0-------------0-------|
G D Am
Mama take this badge from me
G D C
I cant use it anymore
G D Am
Is getting dark to dark to see
G D C
Feels like i'm knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-----------15-17b-17-17b-17b-15--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13-12---13-12-17--------------------------|
G|-----------------15--------------------------15b-15-13-12-13b13-12-13-12--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12-14b-12-14---14b-12-12-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------14-----------------------------------------14~~~-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------------------------------------------16~~~------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------19b19b---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------19b19b-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------17b17b--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G D Am
Mama put um guns in ground
G D C
I can't shoot them anymore
G D Am
A cold black cloud is comin down
G D C
Feels like i'm knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
G5 D5 C5
Knockin, knockin, knockin on heavens door
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B|19b~~~~~r-19â€)19b-r-p17-19-1717--20-17---20-17b-r-15-17---15-17---------------15-17----------------------13---16----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/13--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------17-------19b-r-17-19--------19b-r-19b-r-17-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|16-18p16-16-20-19-20-22b-20-19-20-22bâ€)20-19-20-22b-22b-22b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-22bâ€)20-22b-r-20-22-22b-20-22-20-20~~--20-19---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|19b-r-17-19-17-17-20-17-17-17~~15~~12~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------12~-11~-11b-r-9-7-5/4---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|