Avril Lavigne (born Avril Ramona Lavigne, September 27, 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada), is a Juno award-winning and Grammy-award nominated singer, songwriter. In 2002, Lavigne reached mainstream success after her debut single, Complicated, and her debut album Let Go, gained lots of media attention and honourably earned her reputation of a 'skater punk' persona and 'pop punk princess' when she was only 17 years old. Since her professional debut
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Artist: Avril Lavigne Song: Knockin' On Heaven's Door Album: Hope Originally Performed: Guns' N' Roses From: Cicak Bing-Bing E-mail: [email protected]
Standard Tuning: EADGbe
Note: Check out these chords. On the 6th(E) string that got the X, you can place your tumb on it but don't press it. Yup, the G could be a stranger to some of you guys but it is correct. You can still play another type of Gmajor, it's ok. I'm just following the video clip, if I'm not wrong, that's the way Avril's lead guitarist play them.
Chords Used:
CmajorGmajorFmajorDminor e| 0 3 1 1 b| 1 3 1 3 G| 0 4 2 2 D| 2 5 3 0 F| 3 5 3 X E| 3 X X X
Note: For the intro the first struming start from the first string e to the last string E with one finger or with guitar pick at the C chord.
Intro: CmajGmajDmin
CmajGmajFmaj Yeah, yeah, yeah,
CmajGmajFmajDmin Yeah, yeah, yeah,
CmajGmajFmaj Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Verse 1:
CmajGmajFmajDmin Momma, take this badge off of me,
CmajGmajFmaj I can't use it anymore,
CmajGmajFmajDmin It's getting dark, too dark to see,
CmajGmajFmaj Feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door,
Chorus:
CmajGmajFmajDmin Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
CmajGmajFmaj Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
CmajGmajFmajDmin Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
CmajGmajFmaj Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
Verse 2:
CmajGmajFmajDmin Momma, put my guns in the ground,
CmajGmajFmaj I can't shoot them anymore,
CmajGmajFmajDmin That long black cloud is coming down,
CmajGmajFmaj I Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door,
Chorus:
CmajGmajFmajDmin Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
CmajGmajFmaj Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
CmajGmajFmajDmin Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door, (Yeah, yeah...)
CmajGmajFmaj Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
Ending:
CmajGmajFmajDmin Yeah, yeah, yeah,
CmajGmajFmaj Yeah, yeah, yeah,
CmajGmajFmajDmin Yeah, yeah, yeah,
CmajGmajFmaj Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Note: For better understanding, listen to the song and try it out. Enjoy!