Bob Dylan – Knockin On Heavens Door (Bass Tab)
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Bass Tab of Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: ibanez89
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Some General Facts:
Bob Dylan wrote this for the film Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, 1973.
Many people covered it (yet), as I know:
Guns'n'Roses, Bon Jovi, U2, Avril Lavinge, certainly a few more.
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Guitar Chords:
G, D, Am7
G, D, C (repeat over the whole song)
Standard Tuning
4/8 or 2/4
Slow song, about 70.000
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer on
p pull off
~ vibrato
Intro
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5------------5-|-3--------------|---------3----5---|
E |-3------------3-|----------------|----------------|------------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|---------------5--|
E |-3--------------|----------------|-5------------5-|------------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|-3--------------|------------------|
E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
Mama, take this badge of from me
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|------------------|
E |-3--------------|----------------|-5--------------|------------------|
I can't use it anymore.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|-3--------------|------------------|
E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|-------10h12------|
E |-3--------------|----------------|-5--------------|-------------12\--|
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------5-|
A |----------------|-5--------------|-3--------------|-----------3--35--|
E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|Chorus
Lyric (repeat 4 times): Knock, knock Knockin' on heaven's door.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |-5------------5-|----------------|----------------|--5h7------5------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|------7--5--------|
E |----------------|----------------|-5-----------5--|------------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------5--|
A |----------------|-5--------------|-3------------3-|-----3----3-3h5---|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|---2--------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |-5------------5-|----------------|----------------|--7-5-------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|-------7-5--------|
E |----------------|----------------|-5------------5-|--------------7/--|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|--10p12--12-10----|
E |-3------------3-|----------------|-3--------------|--------------12\-|
Mama, put my guns in the ground
G |----------------|-5h7------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------5-5--|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5---|
E |-3--------------|----------------|-5--------------|-----5------------|
I can't shoot them anymore.
G |----------------|-5h7------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|----------------|-3--------------|------------------|
E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
That long black cloud is comin' down
G |----------------|-5h7------------|----------------|------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5h7-|
E |-3--------------|----------------|-5--------------|------------------|
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------3-|
A |----------------|-5--------------|-3--------------|---------3---3h5--|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|Chorus
Lyric (repeat 4 times): Knock, knock Knockin' on heaven's door.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A |----------------|-5-----5----5---|----------10h12-|---10-------------| E |----------------|----------------|-5--------------|--------12----10--| G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |--------------5-|----------------|----------------|----------------3-| A |----------------|-5--------------|-3------------3-|-2-3----------5---| E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |-5------------5-|----------------|----------------|--7-5-------------| A |----------------|-5------------5-|----------------|------5-----------| E |----------------|----------------|-5---5---5---5--|------------7\----| G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------3-| A |----------------|-5------------5-|-3--------------|-3--3---------5---| E |-3------------3-|----------------|--------------2-|------------------|
Outro (Fade out)
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|--------7~--------| A |----------------|-5--------------|----------------|------------------| E |----------------|----------------|-5--------------|------------------| G |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A |----------------|-5--------------|-(3)-Fade Out---|------------------| E |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
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This is 100% correct, it took me ages to listen out the small details!
Also he plays it kinda bitchy (but really not bad)
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