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This is the picking at the beginning of the song. The picking varies throughout the rest of the song. You could even just play what ever come natural when playing the chords, instead of trying to restrict yourself to how it sounds on record. (My 2 cents)
|-3---3--------------2-0-------|-----------------0--------------------|--------
|-3-----3---3------3-----3---3-|----------1--------------1------------|--------
|-0-------0------2---------2---|-0------0---0----------0---0-0------0-|--------
|-0------------0---------------|-0-2----------2------2-------0-2------|--------
|------------------------------|--H---3-----------------------H---3---|--------
|-3----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------
G5 D Am
-3--------------2-------2-0-------|-0-----H-------0----------------------|
-3---3-------3--3-------3-------0-|-1----0-1-------------1---------------|
-0---0-----0----2----2-------2----|-2--2-----2---------2---2------0---0--|
-0---0-----0----0----0------------|-2----------2-----2-------0-2----2----|
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Riff of the Month 10/1/06
Band - Guns N' Roses / Bob Dylan
Album - Use Your Illusion 2 / Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (soundtrack)
Song - Knocking On Heaven's Door
Band Info
First Release of the song Knocking on heavens Door was in the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid movie by Bob Dylan in 1973.
Guns N' Roses consisted of Axl Rose (on vocals), Slash (on guitar), Duff McKagen (on bass), Steve Adler (on drums) and Izzy Stradlin (on guitar) when they formed in June, 1985. In a just a few years, Guns N' Roses became a multi-million heavy metal music force with a rough and gritty sound that broke through all the way to the pop charts. They got their name by combing 2 other band names, the "L.A. Guns" and the "Hollywood Roses," which Rose and Stradlin had played with separately.
Guns N' Roses released there cover version of Knocking on heavens Door on September 17, 1991. From a live concert Axl Rose says that Bob Dylan greatly inspired him to write the album Young Guns album.
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Since I love this song, I'm even tossing in the first solo! I play this song with my band all the time, so this solo is 100% Correct to the album. (Guns N' Roses Version!)
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------15-------------------------15/17--15--|
G|--12-14brp12-14-----14br-1212~~~---------12------------|
D|--------------------------------------/14--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------15----------15-|
B|-13p12-13/15---13p12-13---12--------1213--1312---/17---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------14-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-17br17---17br17br15-------22--20192019-22--20-2020----|
B|---------------------------------------------------17--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------15--||
B|--15brbr----------------||
G|----------14brbr--12----||
D|------------------------||
A|------------------------||
E|------------------------||
