{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1725110,"song":"What If I Came Knocking","artist":"John Mellencamp","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366970-what-if-i-came-knocking-chords-by-john-mellencamp/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1725110?type=chord","rating":4.45951,"votes":21,"content":"[tab]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                          What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed by:Nick V.\r\nE-mail:BlindTerry333@gmail.com[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTuning:EADGBE\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  Am    F  Fadd9*   G (sounds best if you really let the high E ring w/each chord)\r\ne|-0----0--0---0----3-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-1----1--1---1----3-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-2----2--0h2-2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-2----3--3---3----0-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-0----x--x---x----0-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-x----x--x---x----3-----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat if I came knocking on your front door some night?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould you open the window and drop me down the key?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat if I came knocking on your bedpost that same night?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould you open up your heart or try to get the best of me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat if I came knocking on your brain the next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould you build up your big walls and try to hide behind that smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr would you try to pull the wool right over me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  Fadd9*           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came kicking scared you a little bit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd came on strong would you think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat there's something wrong with me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr could it be your fear, of trying something real[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr just afraid to touch a guy like me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[Drums][/tab]\r\n\r\n            G (x6) \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\ne|----x------0---x-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----3------1---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-2--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-2--0--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-0--0--0---x---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----3------x---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat if I came crying after just a few weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]    \r\nAnd said I misread my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not really meant to be? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo if you hear some knocking on your window tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can bet that it's,huh, probably me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut let it be known that we're just a pair of tumbling dice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the outcome of these crap shoots is hard to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knocking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKick, kick, kick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9*[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat if I came knocking?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn your front porch tonight, tonight?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] (x6) [ch]Am[/ch]\r","plain_text":"Tuning:EADGBE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Fadd9* G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            G (x6) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Fadd9* G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG (x6) Am","chords":["E","Am","F","Fadd9","G","B","D","A","Fadd9*","Gsus"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}