Knockin On Joe chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Gm

Verse 1:

    Eb+ Dm     Eb+ Dm
These chains of sorrow,
        Gm
they are heavy, it is true
Eb
And these locks cannot be broken,
        Dm
no, not with one thousand keys
Eb+ Dm  Eb+ Dm
    Jailer, you drag a
  Gm
ball and chain you cannot see
Gm
You can lay your burden on me
Eb
You can lay down your burden on me
Cm
You can bring your burden down upon me
        Dm
But you cant lay down your memory, no

Chorus 1:

Gm              Eb
Woo woo woo woo wo wo woo woo
       Dm             Gm
Here I go! Knockin on Joe!
Eb
This square foot of sky
        Dm
will be mine til I die
            Gm
Knocking on Joe
          Eb
Woooo wooo wooo
Dm                          Gm
All down the row Knockin on Joe

Verse 2:

   Eb+ Dm     Eb+ Dm
O Warden I surrender to you
      Gm
Your fists can't hurt me anymore
       Eb
You know, these hands will never mop
     Dm
your dirty Death Row floors
   Eb+ Dm        Eb+ Dm
O Preacher, come closer,
             Gm
you don't scare me anymore
Gm
Just tell Nancy not to come here
Eb
tell her not to come
Cm
and let me die
          Dm
in the memory of her arms

Chorus 2:

Gm                             Eb
O woo woo woo Woo woo woo
          Dm            Gm
All down the row Knockin on Joe
Eb                                 Dm
O you kings of halls and ends of halls
                              Gm
You will die within these walls
               Eb
And I'll go,
Dm                                     Gm
down the row Knockin on Joe

Verse 3:

          Eb+ Dm    Eb+ Dm
O Nancy's body is a coffin,
          Gm
she wears my tombstone at her head
Eb
Her body is a coffin,
             Dm
she wears my tombstone at her head
Eb+ Dm         Eb+ Dm
She wears her body like a coffin
                     Gm
She wears a dress of gold and red
Gm
She wears a dress of gold and red
Eb
She wears a dress of red and gold
Cm
Grave-robbers at my coffin
          Dm
before my body's even cold

Chorus 3:

Gm Eb
Dm
It's a door for when I go
Gm
Knockin on Joe
Eb         Dm
These hands will never mop
                     Gm
your dirty Death Row floors
   Eb           Dm
No! You can hide! You can run!
Gm
You can run, You can hide
Eb
You can stay, you can come
Dm                   Gm
O but your trial is yet to come
Eb
Woooo wooo wooo
Dm
O you can run! You can hide!
             Gm
But you have yet to be tried!
    Eb
You can lay your burdens down here
Dm
You can lay your burden down
Gm
Knockin on Joe
Eb
You can lay your burden upon me
Dm
You can lay your burden on me
        Gm
Knockin on Joe
               Eb
You can lay it down here
        Dm
You can bring your burden down
        Gm
Knockin on Joe
Eb
You cant hurt me anymore, no
         Dm
You cant hurt me anymore
        Gm
Knockin on Joe oo
Eb
You can bring your burdens down
Dm
You can bring your burdens down here