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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 1

Bob Dylan © 1973 Ram's Horn Music

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)


Feb 1973
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID
BIOGRAPH
GREATEST HITS Vol. 3
THE BEST OF BOB DYLAN
THE ESSENTIAL BOB DYLAN
DYLAN 2007

  Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid sessions, Burbank Studios CA - February 1973  

Ma, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.

Ma, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door. 
    

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 2


Feb 1973
PECO'S BLUES (T-391)
GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 3 The Third One Now (T-636)

  Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid sessions, Burbank Studios CA - February 1973, #1  

It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.

Put my guns in the ground
I don't need them anymore
Long black train is comin' 'round
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, take this badge off-a me
I don't need it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
Feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Ma, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot 'em anymore
That long black train is comin' around
I'm knockin' upon heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door... 
    

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 3


14 Jan 1974
LOVE SONGS FOR AMERICA (T-128)

17 Jan 1974
BOB DYLAN / THE BAND (vinyl bootleg)

30 Jan 1974
BEFORE THE FLOOD
BOB DYLAN LIVE 1961-2000

  Live, Tour '74, Boston  MA - 14.jan.1974  
  Live, Tour '74, Charlotte  NC - 17.jan.1974  
  Live, Tour '74, Charlotte  NC - 30.jan.1974  

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark too dark to see
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick an' tired of the war
Got a lone black feelin' an' it's hard to trace
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That long black train is pullin' on down
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door... 
    

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 4


29 Oct 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS

4 Nov 1975
THE HURRICANE CARTER BENEFIT (vinyl bootleg)

11 Nov 1975
TELL IT LIKE IT IS (T-245)
PLYMOUTH ROCK (T-525)

19 Nov 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #2

20 Nov 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #3
THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 5 LIVE 1975 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE

21 Nov 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #4

21 Nov 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #5
GET READY! TONIGHT BOB'S STAYING HERE WITH YOU (T-129)

4 Dec 1975
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #6

8 Dec 1975
NIGHT OF THE HURRICANE 1 (T-813)

Rolling Thunder Revue (October-December 1975):  
    Providence  RI - 4.nov.1975  
    Palace Theater, Waterbury CT - 11.nov.1975  
    Memorial Auditorium, Worcester MA - 19.nov.1975  
    Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge MA - 20.nov.1975  
    Boston Music Hall, Boston MA - 21.nov.1975 afternoon  
    Boston Music Hall, Boston MA - 21.nov.1975 evening  
    Forum de Montréal, Montréal QU - 4.dec.1975  
    Madison Square Garden, NYC ''Night of the Hurricane'' - 8.dec.1975  

Rehearsal, Falmouth, 29.oct.1975, 3 verses 

Mama, take these bells out of my ears
I can't hear them anymore
They're bringin' me down an' givin' me tears
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, take this blood from my hand
Give it back to the store
I'm feelin' gone and it's too hard to bend
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, put my guns upon the wall
They remind me of too many unsettled scores
Put 'em away before i use 'em all
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

The revue versions share last verse, sung by Roger McGuinn 

Providence, 4.nov.1975, verses 1, 2 and 3 
Mama, take these tears out of my eyes
I can't see thru 'em anymore
Just for one time love to see the sun rise
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, wipe the blood off of my face
I can't see thru it anymore
I need someone to talk to an' a new hidin' place
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, i can hear that thunder roar
Echoin' down from god's distant shore
I can hear it callin' out for my soul
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door...

The following revue versions have only 2 verses and share verse 2, sung by Roger McGuinn 

Waterbury, 11.nov.1975, verse 1 
Mama, take these bells out of my ears
I can't hear them anymore
They're bringin' me down an' givin' me tears
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door

Worcester, 19.nov.1975, verse 1 
Mama, take these chains off of my legs
I can't walk so good with 'em on anymore
Old Gypsy told me to stay full like an egg
An' i feel like i'm lookin' into heaven's door

Cambridge, 20.nov.1975 and Boston, 21.nov.1975 evening, verse 1 
Mama, wipe the blood off-a my face
Can't see through it anymore
I need someone to talk to an' a new hidin' place
Feel like i'm lookin' at heaven's door

Boston, 21.nov.1975 afternoon, verse 1 
Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I can't see through it anymore
I'll be bound an' go down to a new hidin' place
Feel like i'm lookin' at heaven's door

Forum Montreal, 4.dec.1975, verse 1 
Mama, take the tears out of my [eyes]
I can't see around them anymore
It's gettin' harder, harder to see the sun rise
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door

MSG New York, 8.dec.1975, verse 1 
Mama, take these tears out of my eyes
I can't see through them anymore
Just for once i'd like to see the sun rise
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door 
    

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5


30 Jan 1978
THE RUNDOWN REHEARSAL TAPES (T-746)
DARKNESS AT THE BREAK OF NOON (T-016)
RUNDOWN TO MAGGIE (T-131)

  Far East Tour rehearsals, Rundown Studios, Santa Monica Ca - 30.jan.1978

Mama, take this badge off-a me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.

Mama, put my guns back in the ground
I can't fire them any more
That long black cloud is pullin' down
I feel like i'm lookin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, take this blood off-a my face
I can't see through it anymore
I got a long bad feelin' [ carried in my case ]
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door... 
    

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door 6


1 Mar 1978
BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN

  Live Far East Tour, Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo - 1.mar.1978  

Mama, take this badge off-a me
I can't use it anymore
Gettin' dark, too dark to see
Feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't fire them any more
That long black train is pullin' down
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...

Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I can't see through it anymore
It's a feelin' that i just can't trace
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door...  
    

 Recording dates & record list

Feb 1973 1 PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID
BIOGRAPH
GREATEST HITS Vol. 3
THE BEST OF BOB DYLAN
THE ESSENTIAL BOB DYLAN
DYLAN 2007
Feb 1973 2 PECO'S BLUES (bootleg)
GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 3 The Third One Now (bootleg)
14 Jan 1974 3 LOVE SONGS FOR AMERICA (bootleg)
17 Jan 1974 3 BOB DYLAN / THE BAND (vb)
30 Jan 1974 3 BEFORE THE FLOOD
BOB DYLAN LIVE 1961-2000
23 Mar 1975 LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 1975 (bootleg) "Knockin' On The Dragon's Door"
29 Oct 1975 4 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS
4 Nov 1975 4 THE HURRICANE CARTER BENEFIT (vb)
11 Nov 1975 4 TELL IT LIKE IT IS (bootleg)
PLYMOUTH ROCK (bootleg)
19 Nov 1975 4 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #2
20 Nov 1975 4 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #3
THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 5 LIVE 1975 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE
21 Nov 1975 4 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #4
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #5
GET READY! TONIGHT BOB'S STAYING HERE WITH YOU (bootleg)
4 Dec 1975 4 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE LIVE 1975 RECORDINGS #6
8 Dec 1975 4 NIGHT OF THE HURRICANE 1 (bootleg)
30 Jan 1978 5 THE RUNDOWN REHEARSAL TAPES (bootleg)
DARKNESS AT THE BREAK OF NOON (bootleg)
RUNDOWN TO MAGGIE (bootleg)
1 Mar 1978 6 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN
22 Nov 1980 A MUSICAL RETROSPECTIVE (bootleg)
10 Jul 1981 IN THE SUMMERTIME (bootleg)
25 Jul 1981 AVIGNON (bootleg)
10 Nov 1981 STADIUMS OF THE DAMNED (bootleg)
27 Jun 1981 THE BOOTLEG SERIES Vol. 13 1979/1981 TROUBLE NO MORE (DeLuxe Edition)
1 Jul 1984 OVER THE BROKEN GLASS (bootleg)
25 Feb 1986 ACROSS THE BORDERLINE
TRUE CONFESSIONS (bootleg)
DUELLING BANJOS (bootleg)
4 Jul 1987 FOXBORO (bootleg)
26 Jul 1987 DYLAN & THE DEAD
4 Sep 1988 WANTED MAN (bootleg)
19 Oct 1988 STUCK INSIDE OF NEW YORK (bootleg)
10 Jun 1989 BUFFALO SKINNERS (bootleg)
16 Oct 1992 MY BACK PAGES (single)
TRANSMISSIONS
16 Oct 1992 IN THE GARDEN (bootleg)
21 Feb 1993 AND THE NEVER ENDING TOUR BAND (bootleg)
20 Feb 1994 TRIPLE NIGHT (bootleg)
18 Nov 1994 MTV UNPLUGGED
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR MTV UNPLUGGED (single)
COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED (bootleg)
27 May 1995 LOUD AND STRONG (bootleg)
21 Jun 1995 THE PEDLAR NOW SPEAKS (bootleg)
4 Jul 1995 REVISITING AUTOBAHN '95 (bootleg)
19 Dec 1997 OH BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE (bootleg)
HARD TO FIND Vol. 5 (Lost Track Searcher) (bootleg)
DON'T BE LATE (bootleg)
28 Apr 2002 BRUSSELS 2002 (bootleg)
30 Apr 2002 PARIS SECOND 2002 (bootleg)
7 Oct 2002 DON'T SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (bootleg)