Knockin' On Heaven's Door
(Bob Dylan)

Oooh
Oh yeah
Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Hey hey hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oooh knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Hey hey yeah
Ooh oh yeah
Oh oh yeah

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

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Hey hey hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Ey hey yeah
Oooh

"You just better start sniffin’
your own rank subjugation jack
‘Cause it’s just you against
your tattered libido,
the bank and the mortician
forever man and it wouldn’t be luck
if you could get out of life alive"*

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Hey hey hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Ooh no no no oh no no
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Ooh no no no oh no no
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Ooh oh oh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Oh ooh oh
Ooh oh yeah
Ow

*Josh Richman


"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" appears on the following albums:
"Use Your Illusion II", "Use Your Illusion", "Live Era '87 - '93"

Musicians on the studio recording
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhythm Guitars: Slash
Rhythm Guitar: Izzy
Vocals, Piano: Axl
Organ: Dizzy
Background Vocals: Axl, The Waters

Live
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" was played at almost every Guns N' Roses show starting with the Marquee shows in London '87.

The story behind the song
Axl - "And there are times when everybody comes together, like in singing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." That's one reason we do the song: it's for people."
Slash - "I was staying at someone’s apartment and Axl was at this place and we were on the phone talking about covers for the shows at the Marquee in London, and that song came up, and I was like "I have always wanted to do that song." And he was like "Yeah, that’ll be awesome!" So we went to the Marquee and did it at soundcheck and just did it that night. It’s gone through a lot of changes over the years. Actually we had a punkrock version of it at first, and we finally mellowed it out to an actual song that sounds like we thought it should sound like. But that was while recording. When we play it live it’s sort of a cross-over. Very hard and heavy, but at the same time sort of like the album."