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