GN'R Knocking On Heavens Door Tab
Slash's first solo in this
transcription. Slash always plays something
Different in concert anyway.
Key: H - hammer-on
/ - slide
P - pull-off
^ - half bend
^^ - full bend
~ - vibrato
GNR is constantly mutating this song in concert anyway
G5
D
C
-3---3--------------2-0-------|-----------------0--------------------|--------
-3-----3---3------3-----3---3-|----------1--------------1------------|--------
-0-------0------2---------2---|-0------0---0----------0---0-0------0-|--------
-0------------0---------------|-0-2----------2------2-------0-2------|--------
------------------------------|--H---3-----------------------H---3---|--------
-3----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------
This is the picking for the first line. Again, the picking will
vary
throughout the song.
G5
D
Am
-3--------------2-------2-0-------|-0-----H-------0----------------------|
-3---3-------3--3-------3-------0-|-1----0-1-------------1---------------|
-0---0-----0----2----2-------2----|-2--2-----2---------2---2------0---0--|
-0---0-----0----0----0------------|-2----------2-----2-------0-2----2----|
----------------------------------|-0-------------------------H----------|
-3--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Song goes like this:
Intro:
Twice with picking G5 D C
Twice just power chords G5 D C
Verse 1 (with picking)
G5
D
Am
Mamma take this badge from me
G5
D C
I can't use it anymore
G5
D
Am
It's getting dark, too dark to see
G5
D
C
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Chorus (if you're really concerned about playing it like the
CD, listen to it for
rhythm. But this song has been done by so
many people so differently
that you might as well give it your own
feel.)
G5
D5
C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
C5
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
G5
D5
C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
C5
(no lyrics)
G5
D5
C5
Ooh, knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
C5
Ooh yeah
G5
D5
C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
C5
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
First Guitar Solo
G
D C
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----^^---P---------15--^------~~~~~~~~~~~~------------
-12-14-14-12-14-------14-12-12-------------------12---
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G
D
C
---------------P------------P--------P------------------15----
15/17---15---13-12-13/15--13-12---13--12----------12-13----13-
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G
^^ D ^^ ^^ C
--~~~-------15-17--17--17--17--15-----------------------------
12---15/17----------------------------------------------------
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G
^^
^^
D
C
--20-20-19-20--19-20--20-20-20---~~~~~----------------------------------
-------P-----------------------17------^^----^^-------------------------
---------------------------------------19-19-19-19-^-----^--------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------17--17---
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Additional lyrics:
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Basically there are lots of "knockin' on heaven's door"s
throughout the rest |