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Eric Clapton - Knocking On Heavens Door Tabs

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Knocking On Heavens Door Tabs

(ver. 2)
Eric Clapton
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||-------------------*|
|------------------------------||-------------------*|
            
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