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{title: Knockin' on heavens door} {artist: Bob Dylan} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 70} {key: G} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [D] [Am7] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [Am7] [G] [D] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [G] mama [D]take this badge from [Am7]me [G] I can't [D]use it any[C]more [G] it's getting [D]dark, too dark to [Am7]see [G] feels like I'm [D]knockin' on heaven's [C]door {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [G] knock-knock[D]knockin' on heaven's [Am7]door [G] knock-knock[D]knockin' on heaven's [C]door [G] knock-knock[D]knockin' on heaven's [Am7]door [G] knock-knock[D]knockin' on heaven's [C]door {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [G] mama [D]put my guns in the [Am7]ground [G] I can't [D]shoot them any[C]more [G] that long black [D]cloud is comin' [Am7]down [G] feels like I'm [D]knockin' on heaven's [C]door {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [G] [D] [Am7] [G] [D] [C] {end_of_part}