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                          What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE
  Am    F  Fadd9*   G (sounds best if you really let the high E ring w/each chord)
e|-0----0--0---0----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1----1--1---1----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----2--0h2-2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----3--3---3----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0----x--x---x----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-x----x--x---x----3-----------------------------------------------------------|
AmWhat if I came knockFing Fadd9*on your front door sGome night?
AmWould you open the winFdow Fadd9*and drop me down the keyG?
AmWhat if I came knockinFg oFadd9*n your bedpost that same Gnight?
AmWould you open up your Fheart or try to get the Gbest of me?
Am F Fadd9* G
AmWhat if I came knockiFng Fadd9*on your brain the nexGt day
AmAnd ask for your truFth Fadd9*and your love and your honGesty?
AmWould you build up yoFur bFadd9*ig walls and try to hide behGind that smile
AmOr would you try to pFull the wool right over meG?
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
                   Am    FFadd9*           G  
So what if I came kicking scared you a little bit
AmAnd came on strong wFouFadd9*ld you thinkG  
AmThat there's somethiFng Fadd9*wrong with me?G  
AmOr could it be your FfeFadd9*ar, of trying somethinGg real
AmOr just afraid to touFch a guy like mGe?
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
Am[Drums]
            G (x6) 
e|A--Gsus--x--A---F-0Gsus---x-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3------1---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--0--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0---x---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3------x---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
AmWhat if I came crFyiFadd9*ng after just a Gfew weeks
AmAnd said I misread Fmy Fadd9*heart
It's not really meGant to be? 
Am F Fadd9* G
AmSo if you hear some FknFadd9*ocking on your window toGnight
AmYou can bet that it'Fs,Fadd9*huh, probably meG  
AmBut let it be known FthFadd9*at we're just a pair of Gtumbling dice
AmAnd the outcome of Fthese crap shoots is Ghard to see
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
AmSo what if I came knoFckiFadd9*ng?G  
AmKnock, knock, FknFadd9*ock, knock, knock, knockingG  
AmKick, kicFk, Fadd9*kickG  
AmWhat if I came FknFadd9*ocking?G  
AmOn your front porcFh tonight, Gtonight?
 G(x6) Am  

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What If I Came Knocking

by John Mellencamp

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Fadd9*

Gsus

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by:Nick V.

E-mail:[email protected]

Tuning:EADGBE

Am F Fadd9* G (sounds best if you really let the high E ring w/each chord)

e|-0----0--0---0----3-----------------------------------------------------------|

B|-1----1--1---1----3-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|-2----2--0h2-2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|

D|-2----3--3---3----0-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-0----x--x---x----0-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-x----x--x---x----3-----------------------------------------------------------|

Am F Fadd9* G

What if I came knocking on your front door some night?

Am F Fadd9* G

Would you open the window and drop me down the key?

Am F Fadd9* G

What if I came knocking on your bedpost that same night?

Am F G

Would you open up your heart or try to get the best of me?

Am F Fadd9* G

What if I came knocking on your brain the next day

Am F Fadd9* G

And ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?

Am F Fadd9* G

Would you build up your big walls and try to hide behind that smile

Am F G

Or would you try to pull the wool right over me?

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

Am F G

Fadd9*

So what if I came kicking scared you a little bit

Am F Fadd9* G

And came on strong would you think

Am F Fadd9* G

That there's something wrong with me?

Am F Fadd9* G

Or could it be your fear, of trying something real

Am F G

Or just afraid to touch a guy like me?

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

[Drums]

G (x6)

A Gsus A F Gsus

e|----x------0---x-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----3------1---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-2--0--2---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-2--0--2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-0--0--0---x---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----3------x---3-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Am F Fadd9* G

What if I came crying after just a few weeks

Am F Fadd9*

And said I misread my heart

It's not really meant to be?

Am F Fadd9* G

So if you hear some knocking on your window tonight

Am F Fadd9* G

You can bet that it's,huh, probably me

Am F Fadd9* G

But let it be known that we're just a pair of tumbling dice

Am F G

And the outcome of these crap shoots is hard to see

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

Am F Fadd9* G

So what if I came knocking?

Am F Fadd9* G

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knocking

Am F Fadd9* G

Kick, kick, kick

Am F Fadd9* G

What if I came knocking?

Am F G

On your front porch tonight, tonight?

G Am

(x6)

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