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Keep A Knockin

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The intro starts out in G. You have to capo 1.
GKeep a knockin' but you can't come in keep a knockin' but you can't come in 
Dkeep a knockin' but you can't come in cGome back tomorrow night and try it 
again. YGou said you love me but you can't come in you said you love me but 
you can't come in yDou said you love me but you can't come in coGme back 
                                   G,   D  G  
tomorrow night and try it again. (Solo) Keep a knockin' but you can't come 
in keep a knockin but you can't come in Dkeep a knockin but you can't 
come in Gcome back tomorrow night and try it again. YGou said you love me 
but you can't come in you said you love me but you can't come in yDou said 
you love me but you can't come in cGome back tomorrow night and try it 
        G,    D  G  
again. (Solo) Keep a knockin' but you can't come in keep a knockin' 
but you can't come in kDeep a knockin' but you can't come in cGome back 
tomorrow night and try it again. YGou said you love me but you can't 
come in you said you love me but you can't come in yDou said you love me 
but you can't come in cGome back tomorrow night and try it again.
(Fade to end in G)

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Keep A Knockin

by Little Richard

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

The intro starts out in G. You have to capo 1.

Keep a knockin' but you can't come in keep a knockin' but you can't come in

D G

keep a knockin' but you can't come in come back tomorrow night and try it

again. You said you love me but you can't come in you said you love me but

D G

you can't come in you said you love me but you can't come in come back

G D G

tomorrow night and try it again. (Solo) Keep a knockin' but you can't come

in keep a knockin but you can't come in keep a knockin but you can't

G G

come in come back tomorrow night and try it again. You said you love me

but you can't come in you said you love me but you can't come in you said

you love me but you can't come in come back tomorrow night and try it

G D G

again. (Solo) Keep a knockin' but you can't come in keep a knockin'

D G

but you can't come in keep a knockin' but you can't come in come back

tomorrow night and try it again. You said you love me but you can't

come in you said you love me but you can't come in you said you love me

but you can't come in come back tomorrow night and try it again.

(Fade to end in G)

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