Biography:
John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and a songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
John's first record released was under the stage name "Johnny Cougar" at the behest of Tony DeFries, his first manager. Mellencamp claims it was against his knowledge and will, and he hated the name.
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Other songs:
- A Gracefull Fall
- A Ride Back Home
- Again Tonight
- Aint Even Done With The Night
- American Fool
- Another Sunny Day 1225
- Authority Song
- Between A Laugh And A Tear
- Big Daddy Of Them All
- Chance Meeting At The Tarantula
- Check It Out
- Cherry Bomb
- China Girl
- Close Enough
- Coming Down The Road
- Crazy Ones
- Crumblin Down
- Dance Naked
- Danger List
- Deep Blue Heart
- Dont Forget About Me
- Each Day Of Sorrow
- Eden Is Burning
- Farewell Angelina
- For The Children
- Freedom Of Speech
- Golden Gates
- Grandview
- Hand To Hold On To
- Hard Times For An Honest Man
- Hot Dogs And Hamburgers
- Human Wheels
- Hurts So Good
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Im Not Running Any More
- It All Comes True
- Jack And Diane
- Jackie Brown
- Jackie O
- Jena
- Jim Crow
- Just Like You
- Justice And Independence
- Key West Intermezzo
- Lonely Ol Night
- Longest Days
- Love And Happiness
- Lovin Mother Fo Ya
- Martha Say
- Minutes To Memories
- My Sweet Love
- No Better Than This
- Nobody Cares About Me
- Our Country
- Paper In Fire
- Peaceful World
- Pink Houses
- Rain On The Scarecrow
- Rock In The Usa
- Same Way I Do
- Save Some Time To Dream
- Serious Business
- Small Paradise
- Small Town
- Someday
- Someday The Rains Will Fall
- Sometimes Theres God
- Sugar Marie
- Sweet Suzanne
- Teardrops Will Fall
- Thank You
- The Americans
- The Real Life
- The Same Way I Do
- Thinking About You
- This Time
- Thundering Hearts
- To Mg Wherever She May Be
- To The River
- To Wahington
- Troubled Land
- Troubled Man
- Void In My Heart
- Walk Tall
- Warmer Place To Sleep
- We Are The People
- Weakest Moments
- What If I Came Knocking
- When Jesus Left Birmingham
- Whenever We Wanted
- Wild Nights
- Without Expression
- Women Seem
- Your Life Is Now
- Yours Forever
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What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Based off the live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JRiEKWAGh0
Tuning:EADGBE
Am F Fadd9* G (sounds best if you really let the high E ring w/each chord)
e|-0----0--0---0----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1----1--1---1----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----2--0h2-2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----3--3---3----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0----x--x---x----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-x----x--x---x----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your front door some night?
Am F Fadd9* G
Would you open the window and drop me down the key?
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your bedpost that same night?
Am F G
Would you open up your heart or try to get the best of me?
Am F Fadd9* G
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your brain the next day
Am F Fadd9* G
And ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?
Am F Fadd9* G
Would you build up your big walls and try to hide behind that smile
Am F G
Or would you try to pull the wool right over me?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came kicking scared you a little bit
Am F Fadd9* G
And came on strong would you think
Am F Fadd9* G
That there's something wrong with me?
Am F Fadd9* G
Or could it be your fear, of trying something real
Am F G
Or just afraid to touch a guy like me?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am
[Drums]
N.C.
So let's just say it worked out like a storybook dream
N.C.
And we lived happily ever after
G (x6)
Fa la la la
A Gsus A F Gsus
e|----x------0---x-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3------1---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--0--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0---x---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3------x---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came crying after just a few weeks
Am F Fadd9*
And said I misread my heart
G
It's not really meant to be?
Am F Fadd9* G
Am F Fadd9* G
So if you hear some knocking on your window tonight
Am F Fadd9* G
You can bet that it's,huh, probably me
Am F Fadd9* G
But let it be known that we're just a pair of tumbling dice
Am F G
And the outcome of these crap shoots is hard to see
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knocking
Am F Fadd9* G
Kick, kick, kick
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking?
Am F G
On your front porch tonight, tonight?
G (x6) Am
Questions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333
What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Based off the live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JRiEKWAGh0
Tuning:EADGBE
Am F Fadd9* G (sounds best if you really let the high E ring w/each chord)
e|-0----0--0---0----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1----1--1---1----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----2--0h2-2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----3--3---3----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0----x--x---x----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-x----x--x---x----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your front door some night?
Am F Fadd9* G
Would you open the window and drop me down the key?
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your bedpost that same night?
Am F G
Would you open up your heart or try to get the best of me?
Am F Fadd9* G
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking on your brain the next day
Am F Fadd9* G
And ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?
Am F Fadd9* G
Would you build up your big walls and try to hide behind that smile
Am F G
Or would you try to pull the wool right over me?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came kicking scared you a little bit
Am F Fadd9* G
And came on strong would you think
Am F Fadd9* G
That there's something wrong with me?
Am F Fadd9* G
Or could it be your fear, of trying something real
Am F G
Or just afraid to touch a guy like me?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am
[Drums]
N.C.
So let's just say it worked out like a storybook dream
N.C.
And we lived happily ever after
G (x6)
Fa la la la
A Gsus A F Gsus
e|----x------0---x-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3------1---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--0--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0---x---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3------x---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came crying after just a few weeks
Am F Fadd9*
And said I misread my heart
G
It's not really meant to be?
Am F Fadd9* G
Am F Fadd9* G
So if you hear some knocking on your window tonight
Am F Fadd9* G
You can bet that it's,huh, probably me
Am F Fadd9* G
But let it be known that we're just a pair of tumbling dice
Am F G
And the outcome of these crap shoots is hard to see
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
So what if I came knocking?
Am F Fadd9* G
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knocking
Am F Fadd9* G
Kick, kick, kick
Am F Fadd9* G
What if I came knocking?
Am F G
On your front porch tonight, tonight?
G (x6) Am
Questions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333
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