| G | D | Am | Am7 |
| Mama, | take this badge from | me | |
| G | D | C |
| I can’t | use it any | more |
| G | D | Am | Am7 |
| It’s gettin’ | dark, too dark to | see | |
| G | D | C |
| Feels like I’m | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | C |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | Am |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | C | C7 |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door | |
| G | D | C |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | Am | Am7 |
| Mama, | put my guns in the | ground | |
| G | D | C |
| I can’t | shoot them any | more |
| G | D | Am | Am7 |
| That long black | cloud is comin’ | down | |
| G | D | C |
| I feel like I’m | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | C |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | Am |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |
| G | D | C | C7 |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door | |
| G | D | C |
| Knock, knock, | knockin’ on heaven’s | door |