How to play Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan
Four chords, G, D, Am and C, strummed 16 times at 69 BPM. Each shape is drawn out below with the whole sequence, then how to practice it with Lark.
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The chords
The big names are the chords in the order you strum them. On the six lines below, each chord sits on the string its lowest note is played on.
Read it chord by chord
- G strum, lowest note on the low E string, fret 3
- D strum, lowest note on the open D string
- Am strum, lowest note on the open A string
- Am strum, lowest note on the open A string
- G strum, lowest note on the low E string, fret 3
- D strum, lowest note on the open D string
- C strum, lowest note on the A string, fret 3
- C strum, lowest note on the A string, fret 3
- G strum, lowest note on the low E string, fret 3
- D strum, lowest note on the open D string
- Am strum, lowest note on the open A string
- Am strum, lowest note on the open A string
- G strum, lowest note on the low E string, fret 3
- D strum, lowest note on the open D string
- C strum, lowest note on the A string, fret 3
- C strum, lowest note on the A string, fret 3
Plain text tab
G D Am Am G D C C G D Am Am G D C C
The shapes
G
4 strums
D
4 strums
Am
4 strums
C
4 strums
- Chords
- G D Am Cfour shapes
- Chord changes
- 11in 16 strums
- Strummed most
- G4 times
- Tempo
- 69 BPM35 BPM at half speed
How to practice it
Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every chord.
Start slow
Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (35 BPM), 0.75x (52 BPM) or 1x (69 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.
Loop the hard part
Set a loop around any stretch of strums and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: strums 4 to 7, the busiest stretch in this tab (Am, G, D, C).
Play it and watch the score
Lark listens through your mic for each chord as you strum it. Every chord turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.
Read the coach's note
When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.
