Gotta Knock A Little Harder chords by The Seatbelts

Chords with lyrics

So I've been looking at the tabs already posted for this song and, while they've taught me all I need
to know, I've found that the ideal tuning for this song is, in fact, double dropped D MajorD i.e. tune both
the first and sixth string down to D. Now, I'm just an amateur and couldn't suss out the key change
in this song, but for an acoustic performance, it's still pretty good. I hope you guys enjoy this
classic tune and, as always, disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer: it's not my song, don't sue me.

Chords:

  G+G  A7A7  FF  C/FC/F  E5E5 (I think...)
||--0---0----0----0----0---||
||--3---2----1----1----6---||
||--0---0----0----0----5---||
||--0---2----0----2----0---||
||--5---0----3----3----0---||
||--5---0----3----3----0---||

Intro: G+G  A7A7  FF C/FC/F  G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
             |_________|
               |
           Just a quick riff

G+G
Happiness is just a word to me,
    A7A7              FF
And it might have meant a thing or two
     C/FC/F   G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
if I had known the difference.

G+G
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
    A7A7          FF
And my life, another smokin? gun
        C/FC/F    G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
A augmentedA sign of my indifference.

E5E5
Always keepin? safe inside
       FF       C/FC/F
Where no one ever had a chance
         G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
To penetrate a break in.

E5E5
Let me tell you some have tried,
    FF        C/FC/F
but I slam the door so tight
            G+G
That they could never get in.

Verse 2 :

G+G
Kept my cool under lock and key
    A7A7
And I never shed a tear
 FF        C/FC/F   G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
Another sign of my condition.

G+G
Fear of love or bitter vanity
   A7A7
That kept on the run
  FF            C/FC/F  G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
The main of events at my confession.

E5E5
I kept a chain upon my door
      FF          C/FC/F
That would shake the shame of Cain
        G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
into a blind submission.

E5E5
The burning ghost without a name
     FF         C/FC/F
Was still calling all the same
          G+G
But I just wouldn?t listen.


Chorus 1 :

G+G
The longer I'd stall

The further I'd crawl
A7A7
The further I'd crawl

The harder I'd fall
FF      C/FC/F    G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
I was crawlin' into the fire


G+G
The more that I saw

The further I'd fall
A7A7
The further I'd fall

The lower I'd crawl
FF       C/FC/F    G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
I kept fallin' into the fire


Bridge :

G+G A7A7 FF C/FC/F G+G - C/FC/F - G+G x2
     [Into the fi-ya!]

Verse 3 :

G+G
Suddenly it occurred to me
  A7A7           FF
The reason for the run and hide
        C/FC/F   G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
Had totaled my existance

G+G
Everything left on the other side
   A7A7             FF
Could never be much worse that this
          C/FC/F   G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
But could I go the distance

E5E5
I faced the door and all my shame
    FF          C/FC/F
Tearin' off each piece of chain
        G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
Until they were broken

E5E5
But no matter how I tried
     FF         C/FC/F
The other side was locked so tight
           G+G
The door it wouldn't open


Chorus 2 :

G+G
Gave it all that I got

And started to knock
A7A7
Shouted for someone

To open the lock
    FF  C/FC/F       G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
I just gotta get through the door

    G+G
And the more that I knocked

The hotter I got
  A7A7
The hotter I got

The harder I'd knock
    FF  C/FC/F         G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
I just gotta break through the door

           G+G
Gotta knock a little harder
           A7A7
Gotta knock a little harder
           FF  C/FC/F
Gotta knock a little harder
         G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
Break through the door

           G+G
Gotta knock a little harder
           A7A7
Gotta knock a little harder
           FF  C/FC/F
Gotta knock a little harder
         G+G - C/FC/F - G+G
Break through the door


It's not pinpoint accurate, but if you don't obsess over that, it's a perfectly good tab. Enjoy!