Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Guns N’ Roses & The Waters * Track #4 On Use Your Illusion II
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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door by Guns N' Roses (Ft. The Waters)
Release Date
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Guns N’ RosesThe WatersWrited by
Bob DylanAbout
This song was originally written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack to the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. GNR’s version is featured in 1990’s Days of Thunder.
The song is about an officer who accidentally shot a kid and is dying, maybe from suicide, and hoping he gets let int...
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Lyrics
[Intro: Axl Rose]
Ooh, ooh
Hey
[Verse 1: Axl Rose]
Mama, take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
[Chorus: Axl Rose]
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, hey, hey, hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh-oh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy hey yeah
Ooh-oh yeah, oh yeah, aw
[Verse 2: Axl Rose]
Mama, put my guns in the ground (Ooh)
I can't shoot them anymore (Ooh)
That cold black cloud is comin' down (Ooh)
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door (Ooh)
[Chorus: Axl Rose]
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, ooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy hey yeah
Ooh
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken: Josh Richman]
You just better start sniffin' your own rank subjugation, Jack
Because 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
[Outro: Axl Rose, Choir & Both]
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, ooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh, no, no, no, woah-oh
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, no, no, no, woah, no
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, woah-woah, woah-yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, yeah, oh
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Q&A
Who wrote Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door's ?
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door was written by Bob Dylan.
Who produced Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door's ?
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door was produced by Guns N’ Roses & Mike Clink.
When did Guns N’ Roses release Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door?
Guns N’ Roses released Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door on Tue Sep 17 1991.
What movie played this song?
Guns N' Roses recorded “Knockin' on Heaven’s Door” in 1990 for the soundtrack to the film Days of Thunder, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The song itself, however, was written nearly twenty years earlier by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
What did Guns N' Roses say about "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door"?
When I went to play the lead, Bob came up and asked me to play like… [incredulously] Django Reinhardt! l couldn’t figure out where he was coming from. I didn’t hear that at all! So basically, I just laid down the part I thought should be there. Everybody seemed to be happy with it. It was just a fun...