Chords for Knockin' on Joe Nick Cave The Bad Seeds
Tempo:
89.4 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
D
Gm
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[D] [A] [D] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Dm]
[Eb] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[C]
[Dm]
[D]
[A] [D] These [A] chains of [D] sorrow, [Gm] they are [G] heavy, it is true
[Eb] And these locks cannot be broken, [A] no, not with [Dm] one thousand key
[A] [D] Oh, [A] jailor, [D] you [Gm]
drag a ball and chain [G] you cannot see
[C] You can lay your burden on me, [Eb]
you can lay down your burden on me
[Cm] You [C] can bring your burden down upon me, but [Dm] you can't lay down your memory
[G] [Cm]
[Gm] Whoa, whoa, whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] whoa
[Gm] Here I go, [Cm] knocking [Gm] on the door
[Eb]
This square foot of sky [Dm] will [G] be [C] mine till [Dm] I [Gm] die
[C] Knocking [G] on the door
[Eb] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa
[G] All [C] down [A] the road, [Gm] knocking on the door
[A] [D] Oh, [A] warden, [D] I surrender to [Gm] you, your fist [G] can't hurt me anymore
[Eb]
You know these hands will never mop [Dm] your [E] dirty dirt [Dm] floor
[Eb] [D]
Preacher, [A] come [D] [Gm] closer, you don't scare me anymore
Just tell Nancy not to come [Eb] here, oh, tell her not to [Cm] come and let me [A] die
[D] [G] [Dm] [Gb] [G]
[Cm] [Eb] [Gm]
[C] [G] [Gm] [Eb] Whoa, [F] whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] [Gm] whoa
All down the road, knocking on the door
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] you kings of [Eb] halls, and [Am] lands of halls, you will die [Gm] within [C] these [G] walls
And [Eb] I'll go down [D] the road, [Dm]
[Gm] knocking on the door
[C] [A] Oh, Nancy's [D] body [Eb] is [D] a coffin, [Gm] she wears my tombstone at her head
[Eb]
[Bb] Her body is a coffin, she wears [Dm] my [D] tombstone at her [Am] head
[Eb] [D] She [A] wears her body [D] like a coffin, [Gm] she wears a dress of gold and red
She wears a dress of gold and red, [Eb] she wears a dress of red and [Bb] gold
[C]
Grave robbers at my coffin before [D] my [Dm]
[Gm] body's even [D] cold
[Gm] [C] [Eb]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C] [Gm] Knocking on Joe, [Eb] [Cm] you know [Eb] these [Am] hands will never mop your dirty dirt [Gm] floor
[Eb] Oh, and you can hide, [D]
you can run, [Am] [G] [C] you can run, [Gm] you can [Eb] hide, you can stay, you can come
[Dm] [G] Oh, but your [A] trial [Gm] is yet to come
[Eb] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] [Dm] whoa, whoa
You can run, you can hide, but [G] you have yet to be tried
[Eb]
You can lay your burdens down here
[D] You can [G] lay your burdens [Gm] down
Not too long ago
[Eb] You can lay your burden upon me
[D] You can lay [C] your [G] burden on me
Knocking on Joe, [Eb] you can lay it down here
You [D] can bring your burden down
[Gm] Knocking on Joe, [Eb] you can't hurt me anymore
No, [Dm] you can't hurt me anymore
[Gm] Knocking on Joe,
[Eb] you can bring your burden [Bb] down
[Am] [G] [A]
[Eb]
[C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Dm]
[Eb] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[C]
[Dm]
[D]
[A] [D] These [A] chains of [D] sorrow, [Gm] they are [G] heavy, it is true
[Eb] And these locks cannot be broken, [A] no, not with [Dm] one thousand key
[A] [D] Oh, [A] jailor, [D] you [Gm]
drag a ball and chain [G] you cannot see
[C] You can lay your burden on me, [Eb]
you can lay down your burden on me
[Cm] You [C] can bring your burden down upon me, but [Dm] you can't lay down your memory
[G] [Cm]
[Gm] Whoa, whoa, whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] whoa
[Gm] Here I go, [Cm] knocking [Gm] on the door
[Eb]
This square foot of sky [Dm] will [G] be [C] mine till [Dm] I [Gm] die
[C] Knocking [G] on the door
[Eb] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa
[G] All [C] down [A] the road, [Gm] knocking on the door
[A] [D] Oh, [A] warden, [D] I surrender to [Gm] you, your fist [G] can't hurt me anymore
[Eb]
You know these hands will never mop [Dm] your [E] dirty dirt [Dm] floor
[Eb] [D]
Preacher, [A] come [D] [Gm] closer, you don't scare me anymore
Just tell Nancy not to come [Eb] here, oh, tell her not to [Cm] come and let me [A] die
[D] [G] [Dm] [Gb] [G]
[Cm] [Eb] [Gm]
[C] [G] [Gm] [Eb] Whoa, [F] whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] [Gm] whoa
All down the road, knocking on the door
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] you kings of [Eb] halls, and [Am] lands of halls, you will die [Gm] within [C] these [G] walls
And [Eb] I'll go down [D] the road, [Dm]
[Gm] knocking on the door
[C] [A] Oh, Nancy's [D] body [Eb] is [D] a coffin, [Gm] she wears my tombstone at her head
[Eb]
[Bb] Her body is a coffin, she wears [Dm] my [D] tombstone at her [Am] head
[Eb] [D] She [A] wears her body [D] like a coffin, [Gm] she wears a dress of gold and red
She wears a dress of gold and red, [Eb] she wears a dress of red and [Bb] gold
[C]
Grave robbers at my coffin before [D] my [Dm]
[Gm] body's even [D] cold
[Gm] [C] [Eb]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C] [Gm] Knocking on Joe, [Eb] [Cm] you know [Eb] these [Am] hands will never mop your dirty dirt [Gm] floor
[Eb] Oh, and you can hide, [D]
you can run, [Am] [G] [C] you can run, [Gm] you can [Eb] hide, you can stay, you can come
[Dm] [G] Oh, but your [A] trial [Gm] is yet to come
[Eb] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] [Dm] whoa, whoa
You can run, you can hide, but [G] you have yet to be tried
[Eb]
You can lay your burdens down here
[D] You can [G] lay your burdens [Gm] down
Not too long ago
[Eb] You can lay your burden upon me
[D] You can lay [C] your [G] burden on me
Knocking on Joe, [Eb] you can lay it down here
You [D] can bring your burden down
[Gm] Knocking on Joe, [Eb] you can't hurt me anymore
No, [Dm] you can't hurt me anymore
[Gm] Knocking on Joe,
[Eb] you can bring your burden [Bb] down
[Am] [G] [A]
[Eb]
[C] [Gm] [C] [Gm]
[C] [G]
Key:
Eb
D
Gm
G
A
Eb
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Gm
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] These [A] chains of [D] sorrow, [Gm] _ they are [G] heavy, it is true
[Eb] And _ these locks cannot be broken, [A] no, not with [Dm] one thousand key _
_ [A] _ [D] _ Oh, [A] jailor, [D] you [Gm]
drag a ball and chain [G] you cannot see _
_ [C] You can lay your burden on me, [Eb] _
you can lay down your burden on me
[Cm] You [C] can bring your burden down upon me, but [Dm] you can't lay down your memory
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Whoa, _ _ whoa, whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, _ [D] whoa
[Gm] Here I go, _ [Cm] knocking [Gm] _ on the door
_ [Eb]
This square foot of sky _ [Dm] will [G] be [C] mine till [Dm] I [Gm] die
[C] Knocking [G] on the door
_ _ [Eb] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa
[G] All [C] down [A] the road, [Gm] knocking on the door _
_ [A] [D] Oh, _ [A] warden, [D] I surrender to [Gm] you, your fist [G] can't hurt me anymore
[Eb] _
_ You know these hands will never mop [Dm] your [E] dirty dirt [Dm] floor
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D]
Preacher, [A] come [D] [Gm] closer, you don't scare me anymore
_ _ Just tell Nancy not to come [Eb] here, _ oh, tell her not to [Cm] come _ and let me [A] die _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ Whoa, [F] whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] _ [Gm] whoa
All down the road, knocking on the door _
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] you kings of [Eb] halls, and [Am] lands of halls, you will die [Gm] within [C] these [G] walls
_ And [Eb] I'll go _ down _ [D] the road, [Dm] _ _
[Gm] knocking on the door _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ Oh, _ Nancy's [D] body [Eb] is [D] a coffin, [Gm] she wears my _ tombstone at her head
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] Her body is a coffin, she wears [Dm] my _ [D] tombstone at her [Am] head
[Eb] _ [D] She [A] wears her body [D] like a coffin, [Gm] _ she wears a dress of gold and red
_ She wears a dress of gold and red, [Eb] _ she wears a dress of red and [Bb] gold
[C] _
Grave robbers at my coffin before [D] my _ [Dm]
[Gm] body's even [D] cold _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Knocking on Joe, [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] you know [Eb] these [Am] hands _ will never mop your dirty dirt [Gm] floor
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, and _ you can hide, _ [D] _
you can run, [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] you can run, [Gm] you can [Eb] hide, you can stay, you can come
[Dm] _ [G] Oh, but your [A] trial [Gm] is yet to come
_ _ [Eb] _ Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] _ [Dm] whoa, whoa
You can run, you can hide, but [G] you have yet to be tried
_ [Eb]
You can lay your burdens down here
[D] You can [G] lay your burdens [Gm] down
Not too long ago
[Eb] You can lay your burden upon me
[D] You can lay [C] your [G] burden on me
Knocking on Joe, _ [Eb] you can lay it down here
You [D] can bring your burden down
[Gm] Knocking on Joe, _ _ [Eb] you can't hurt me anymore
No, [Dm] you can't hurt me anymore
[Gm] _ _ Knocking on Joe, _
[Eb] _ _ you can bring your burden [Bb] down
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] These [A] chains of [D] sorrow, [Gm] _ they are [G] heavy, it is true
[Eb] And _ these locks cannot be broken, [A] no, not with [Dm] one thousand key _
_ [A] _ [D] _ Oh, [A] jailor, [D] you [Gm]
drag a ball and chain [G] you cannot see _
_ [C] You can lay your burden on me, [Eb] _
you can lay down your burden on me
[Cm] You [C] can bring your burden down upon me, but [Dm] you can't lay down your memory
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Whoa, _ _ whoa, whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, _ [D] whoa
[Gm] Here I go, _ [Cm] knocking [Gm] _ on the door
_ [Eb]
This square foot of sky _ [Dm] will [G] be [C] mine till [Dm] I [Gm] die
[C] Knocking [G] on the door
_ _ [Eb] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa
[G] All [C] down [A] the road, [Gm] knocking on the door _
_ [A] [D] Oh, _ [A] warden, [D] I surrender to [Gm] you, your fist [G] can't hurt me anymore
[Eb] _
_ You know these hands will never mop [Dm] your [E] dirty dirt [Dm] floor
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D]
Preacher, [A] come [D] [Gm] closer, you don't scare me anymore
_ _ Just tell Nancy not to come [Eb] here, _ oh, tell her not to [Cm] come _ and let me [A] die _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ Whoa, [F] whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] _ [Gm] whoa
All down the road, knocking on the door _
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] you kings of [Eb] halls, and [Am] lands of halls, you will die [Gm] within [C] these [G] walls
_ And [Eb] I'll go _ down _ [D] the road, [Dm] _ _
[Gm] knocking on the door _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ Oh, _ Nancy's [D] body [Eb] is [D] a coffin, [Gm] she wears my _ tombstone at her head
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] Her body is a coffin, she wears [Dm] my _ [D] tombstone at her [Am] head
[Eb] _ [D] She [A] wears her body [D] like a coffin, [Gm] _ she wears a dress of gold and red
_ She wears a dress of gold and red, [Eb] _ she wears a dress of red and [Bb] gold
[C] _
Grave robbers at my coffin before [D] my _ [Dm]
[Gm] body's even [D] cold _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Knocking on Joe, [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] you know [Eb] these [Am] hands _ will never mop your dirty dirt [Gm] floor
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, and _ you can hide, _ [D] _
you can run, [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] you can run, [Gm] you can [Eb] hide, you can stay, you can come
[Dm] _ [G] Oh, but your [A] trial [Gm] is yet to come
_ _ [Eb] _ Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] _ [Dm] whoa, whoa
You can run, you can hide, but [G] you have yet to be tried
_ [Eb]
You can lay your burdens down here
[D] You can [G] lay your burdens [Gm] down
Not too long ago
[Eb] You can lay your burden upon me
[D] You can lay [C] your [G] burden on me
Knocking on Joe, _ [Eb] you can lay it down here
You [D] can bring your burden down
[Gm] Knocking on Joe, _ _ [Eb] you can't hurt me anymore
No, [Dm] you can't hurt me anymore
[Gm] _ _ Knocking on Joe, _
[Eb] _ _ you can bring your burden [Bb] down
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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