How to Play Knocking On Heavens Door Solo
Posted on June 19th, 2008 in Lessons |
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is a song written by Bob Dylan from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, the soundtrack of the 1973 film of the same name. The song consists of four chords in the key of G major: G, D, Am7, and C. The basic pattern throughout the song is G-D-Am7-Am7 and then G-D-C-C, and this is repeated. In 2004, it was voted number 190 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” issue. Following is the GnR version
Here it is Slow
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------|
B||---------------------15------------|------------------------|
G||----12--14r--12-14-------14r-12-12-|--------------------12--|
D||-----------------------------------|--------------13/14-----|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------|
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--15/17-15----13h12-13b-----13h12-|--13h--12-----------12-13----13-|
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--------------15-17b-17---17b--17b17b|--15------------15--20b-|
--12~---15/17------------------------|------------------------|
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----20h19-20--19-20b--20----20--20----|--------------------------|
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