Note: The strum pattern is : DOWN, DOWN, UP, DOWN
(played once over the "G" and "D" chords and twice over the "Am7" and "C" chords)

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Chord Patterns

G:      3 0 0 0 0 3  (this is the way Dylan plays it in this song)
D:      * * 0 2 3 2
Am7:    * 0 2 0 1 0
C:      * 3 2 0 1 0

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INTRO: G - D - Am7      (twice)
       G - D - C

           G          D               Am7   G        D         C
VERSE 1:  Mama, take this badge off of me,  I can't use it anymore,
           G            D                       Am7      G         D                   C
          It's getting dark, too dark for me to see,  I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

         G               D                  Am7
CHORUS:  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
          G             D                    C                    (repeat)
         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 coming down,  I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

CHORUS (twice)

OUTRO: G - D - Am7
       G - D - C