Mama, take this badge off of me  
I can't use it anymore  
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see  
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

G D a  
G D C  
  

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

G D C  
  
  

Mama, put my guns in the ground  
I can't shoot them anymore  
That long black cloud is comin' down  
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

G D a  
G D C  
  

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door  
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door