| G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | [Verse]
GDAm Mama, take this badge off of me
GDC I can't use it anymore.
GDAm It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
GDC And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
 [Chorus]
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Knock, knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Just like so many times before
 [Verse]
GDAm Mama, wipe the blood out of my face
GDC I just can't see through it anymore
GDAm Got a long black feeling and it's hard to trace
GDC And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
 [Chorus]
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Just like so many times before
 | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | [Verse]
GDAm Mama, put my guns into the ground
GDC I just can't fire them anymore.
GDAm That long black train is pullin' on down
GDC And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
 [Chorus]
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDAm Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
GDC Just like so many times before
 | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C | | G D | Am | | G D | C |
| G D | Am | (ritardando)
| G D | C | G (ritardando)