What If I Came Knocking
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Tuning:EADGBE
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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
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 Fadd9* G
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?
Am
Drums
N.C.
So let's just say it worked out like a storybook dream
N.C.
And we lived happily ever after
G (x6)
Fa la la la
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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
G
It's not really meant to be?
Am F Fadd9* G
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 (x6) Am
How to play What If I Came Knocking
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.