{"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":2398419,"song":"Knockin On Mine","artist":"Paul Westerberg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11494651-knockin-on-mine-chords-by-paul-westerberg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2398419?type=chord","rating":4.8776,"votes":13,"content":"[tab][Main A Riff - variations on these A shapes]\r\ne|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|\r\nB|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|\r\nG|-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-2--|\r\nD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|\r\nA|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|\r\nE|--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nRead common knowledge stockpile your brain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey teach you to fix what needs to be broke\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI say he who laughs first didn't get the joke -        Go on and tap your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nQuit knocking on mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nAn English teacher from Vancouver[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe asked me to write something for her students.\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI wrote knowledge adds wisdom let slide -[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/C#[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe says now really - I wanna tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nQuit knocking on mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nKnowledge is power got your books, go read 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWisdom is ignorance; stupidity I call freedom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nComic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography - Anything you wanna read[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGo out and sit in a field sometime[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nQuit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n...power got your books, go read 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWisdom is ignorance; stupidity (ha!) I call freedom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nYou read common knowledge every day.[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou're as common as that newspaper you throw away\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWon't you ever change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWon't you ever learn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nQuit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nThey teach you to fix what needs to be broke\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nShe asked me to write something for her students.\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\nYou're as common as that newspaper you throw away","chords":["A","B","G","D","E","D/C#","Bm","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}