KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
As recorded by Eric Clapton
(Released as a Single in 1975)
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Arranged by Eric Clapton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton (Clean Gtr.)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'George Terry (Clean Gtr.)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton (Overdriven Gtr.)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'George Terry (Overdriven Gtr.)'
Intro
Reggae Q=76
4/4
Gtr I
|---3---|
a Q Q H E +E E Q. Q.
|-6s7--5--3----|-----------0----0----|
|---------3----|-----------1----1----|
|-6s7--5--4----|-2b4r(2)p0-0----0----|
|--------------|-----------2----2----|
|--------------|-----------0----0----|
|--------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
E S S E S S H H H
|-0-----0----------|-^3-----------2-----------------|
|-1-1-----1--------|-^0-----------3-----------------|
|-0---2-----2------|-^0-----------2-----------------|
|-2----------------|-^0-----------0-----------------|
|-0----------------|-^2-----------------------------|
|------------------|-^3-----------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------|
| W E s s e s s e s s e s s
|------------------|----3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10---|
|------------------|----3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10---|
|------------------|----4-----4-----11------11------|
|------------------|----5-----5-----12------12------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
H a E S S E E
|-0-------------------------|
|-1-------------------------|
|-2-----------2s4-5---5-----|
|-2---------------5---5-----|
|-0-----------------7---7---|
|---------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------
| E s s e s s e s s e s s
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|
|---5-----5-------5-----5---|
|---7-----7-------7-----7---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
H Q. S S W
|-^3-----------2----------------|-0-----------------------||
|-^0-----------3----------------|-1-----------------------||
|-^0-----------2-----------0----|-2-----------------------||
|-^0-----------0--------------4-|-2-----------------------||
|-^2----------------------------|-0-----------------------||
|-^3----------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|----3-3---3-3----10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-||
|----3-3---3-3----10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-||
|----4-----4------11------11----|---5-----5-----5-----5---||
|----5-----5------12------12----|---7-----7-----7-----7---||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------||
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verse
$$$
H H
|-3-----------2---------------|
|-0-----------3---------------|
|-0-----------2---------------|
|-0-----------0---------------|
|-2---------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------
| e s s e s s e s s e s s
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---4-----4-----11------11----|
|---5-----5-----12------12----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
< < <
~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H a E S S E E H H
|-0-------------------------|-3-----------2---------------|
|-1-------------------------|-0-----------3---------------|
|-2-----------2s4-5---5-----|-0-----------2---------------|
|-2---------------5---5-----|-0-----------0---------------|
|-0-----------------7---7---|-2---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-3---------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-----5-------5-----5---|---4-----4-----11------11----|
|---7-----7-------7-----7---|---5-----5-----12------12----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
<
~
H a E S S E E
|-0-------------------------|
|-1-------------------------|
|-2-----------2s4-5---5-----|
|-2---------------5---5-----|
|-0-----------------7---7---|
|---------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------
| E s s e s s e s s e s s
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|
|---5-----5-------5-----5---|
|---7-----7-------7-----7---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
< < <
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H Q Q H
|-3-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-0-----------3---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-0-----------2---------------|-7-----------------------|
|-0-----------0---------------|-------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
|---4-----4-----11------11----|---5-----5-----5-----5---|
|---5-----5-----12------12----|---7-----7-----7-----7---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
< <
~ ~
Q Q Q Q
|-3-----------2---------------|
|-3-----------3---------------|
|-4-----------2---------------|
|-5-----------0---------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------
| e s S +E e e s s e s s
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---4-4-(4)-----11------11----|
|---5-5-(5)-----12------12----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
Chorus
< < <
~ ~ ~
Q Q E S S E E Q Q Q Q
|-5-----------------------||-3-----------2---------------|
|-5-----------------------||-3-----------3---------------|
|-5-------------5---------||-4-----------2---------------|
|-7-------------5-7--5----||-5-----------0---------------|
|-----------------------7-||-----------------------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------------------|
|
|-------------------| PM-----------------------|
| e s s e s s e S S +E E e s s e s s e s s e s s
|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-||---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-||---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-----5-----5-5-(5)---||---4-----4-----11------11----|
|---7-----7-----7-7-(7)---||---5-----5-----12------12----|
|-------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------------------|
<
~
H H
|-5-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|
|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM---------
| e s S +E e E s S +E e
|---5-5-(5)-5---5-5-(5)-5-|
|---5-5-(5)-5---5-5-(5)-5-|
|---5-5-(5)-----5-5-(5)---|
|---7-7-(7)-----7-7-(7)---|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
To Coda
< < <
~ ~ ~
Q Q Q Q H H
|-3-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-3-----------3---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-4-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-5-----------0---------------|-7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|-----------| PM| PM---------------------------|
| e s s e s s E s s E s s e s s e s s e S S +E e
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-|
|---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-|
|---4-----4-----11------11----|---5-----5-----5-5-(5)---|
|---5-----5-----12------12----|---7-----7-----7-7-(7)---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
< < <
~ ~ ~
Q Q Q Q H H
|-3-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-3-----------3---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-4-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------|
|-5-----------0---------------|-7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------|
| e s S +E e e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
|---4-4-(4)-----11------11----|---5-----5-----5-----5---|
|---5-5-(5)-----12------12----|---7-----7-----7-----7---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S.S. aTo Dbl. Coda
< < <
~ ~ ~
Q Q Q Q H H
|-3-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------------||
|-3-----------3---------------|-5-----------------------------||
|-4-----------2---------------|-5-----------------------------||
|-5-----------0---------------|-7-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| PM------------------------------------------------|
| e s S +E e e s s e s s e s s e s s E S S +E e
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-------||
|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|---5-5---5-5---5-5-(5)-5-------||
|---4-4-(4)-----11------11----|---5-----5-----5-5-(5)---------||
|---5-5-(5)-----12------12----|---7-----7-----7-7-(7)---------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
&
Gtr III
~~
H S S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|-15-----------15s13-12----------------|
|--------------------------12s10-12-10S|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------
| E s s e s s e s s e s s
|----3-3---3-3-------10-10-------10-10-|
|----3-3---3-3-------10-10-------10-10-|
|----4-----4---------11----------11----|
|----5-----5---------12----------12----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H H
|--3------------2----------------------|
|--0------------3----------------------|
|--0------------2----------------------|
|--0------------0----------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------------|
H H Q. E S S E E S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-15---------------15s13----12---------|
|-12-------------------------|------------------------------12s10---|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|----5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|-----3-3---3-3-------10-10----10-10---|
|----5-5---5-5-----5-5---5-5-|-----3-3---3-3-------10-10----10-10---|
|----5-----5-------5-----5---|-----4-----4---------11-------11------|
|----7-----7-------7-----7---|-----5-----5---------12-------12------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| H a E S S E E H Q. S S
|--0-------------------------|--3------------2----------------------|
|--1-------------------------|--0------------3----------------------|
|--2-----------2s4-5---5-----|--0------------2----------------------|
|--2---------------5---5-----|--0------------0---------------5--4---|
|--0-----------------7---7---|--2-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|
~~
H Q E E H S E S e E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------17-17---|-15-------------17----15-17-/17----|
|-12-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|----5-5---5-5---5-5-----5-5-|----3-3---3-3------10-10-----10-10-|
|----5-5---5-5---5-5-----5-5-|----3-3---3-3------10-10-----10-10-|
|----5-----5-----5-------5---|----4-----4--------11--------11----|
|----7-----7-----7-------7---|----5-----5--------12--------12----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| W H H
|--0-------------------------|--3-----------2--------------------|
|--1-------------------------|--0-----------3--------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--0-----------2--------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--0-----------0--------------------|
|--0-------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--3--------------------------------|
~~~
+S S Q. Q E E
|------------------------------------|
|-(17)s15s17--------------------15---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s
|----------5--5---5-5-----5-5----5-5-|
|----------5--5---5-5-----5-5----5-5-|
|----------5------5-------5------5---|
|----------7------7-------7------7---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| H a E S S E E
|---0--------------------------------|
|---1--------------------------------|
|---2-----------------2s4-5---5------|
|---2---------------------5---5------|
|---0-----------------------7----7---|
|------------------------------------|
Gtr III
~~~~
+H S S T S. E E
|------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-----------15s13--15s13-----13-13----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H S S E E E
|--15---------------15\--x---------8--8----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------
| e s s e s s e s s e s s
|------3-3---3-3--------10-----10----10-10-|
|------3-3---3-3--------10-----10----10-10-|
|------4-----4----------11-----------11----|
|------5-----5----------12-----------12----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
~~
H Q E. S +H Q +S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5-|-(5)-----------4-------(4)-5--4------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~
| H S.T E E E H H
|--7----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------6S3S6---/8--/8---|--8----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|----5-5---5-5-----5-5------5-5-|-----3-3---3-3---10-10-------10-10---|
|----5-5---5-5-----5-5------5-5-|-----3-3---3-3---10-10-------10-10---|
|----5-----5-------5--------5---|-----4-----4-----11----------11------|
|----7-----7-------7--------7---|-----5-----5-----12----------12------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Q E S S S S S S S S E W
|---------8S7-8S7-8S7-8S7-----|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H H W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------
| e s s e s s e s s e s s e s S +E e e s s e s s
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5-----5-5-|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5-----5-5-|---3-3-(3)-3---10-10---10-10-|
|---5-----5-------5-------5---|---4-4-(4)-----11------11----|
|---7-----7-------7-------7---|---5-5-(5)-----12------12----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
H S S S S S S E
|------------------------------||
|-------------5S3-5S3--5S=3----||
|------------------------------||
|---------------------------5--||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
| W
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
|---------------------------|
| e s s e s s e s S +E e
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5-(5)---5--||
|---5-5---5-5-----5-5-(5)---5--||
|---5-----5-------5-5-(5)------||
|---7-----7-------7-7-(7)------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
Outro
&&
Gtr III
W
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| e s s e s s e s s e s s
||----3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
||o---3-3---3-3---10-10---10-10-|
||----4-----4-----11------11----|
||----5-----5-----12------12----|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| < <
| ~ ~
| Q Q Q Q
||--3-----------2---------------|
||o-3-----------3---------------|
||--4-----------2---------------|
||--5-----------0---------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
H E E S. T E 4x E E E E E E +Q
|------------------------------||-3---------3-(3)---*|
|-------------10-10----8------o||-0-----0-3---------*|
|-------------------------9-7--||-0---0-------------*|
|------------------------------||-0-0---------------*|
|-----------------------------o||-2-----------------*|
|------------------------------||-3-----------------*|
|
| e s S +E e E s S +E e 4x W
|---5-5-(5)-5-----5-5-(5)---5--||-------------------*|
|---5-5-(5)-5-----5-5-(5)---5-o||-------------------*|
|---5-5-(5)-------5-5-(5)------||-------------------*|
|---7-7-(7)-------7-7-(7)------||-------------------*|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------*|
|------------------------------||-------------------*|
|
| <
| ~
| H H 4x W
|-5----------------------------||-------------------*|
|-5---------------------------o||-------------------*|
|-5----------------------------||-------------------*|
|-7----------------------------||-------------------*|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------*|
|------------------------------||-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
