Can't You Hear Me Knockin
Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
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C D
Yeah, you got satin shoes
C G* D
Yeah, you got plastic boots
C D
Y'all got cocaine eyes
C G D
Yeah, you got speed-freak jive
C D
Can't you hear me knockin' on your window
C G D
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door
C D C (riff part)
Can't you hear me knockin' down your dirty street, yeah
G F C G
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
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C D
Can't you hear me knockin', ahh, are you safe asleep?
C G D
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, down the gas light street, now
C D C
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, throw me down the keys
Alright now
G F C G
Hear me ringing big bell tolls
Hear me singing soft and low
I've been begging on my knees
I've been kickin', help me please
(Hear me prowlin'), I'm gonna take you down
(Hear me growlin'), Yeah, I've got flatted feet now, now, now, now
(Hear me howlin'), And all, all around your street now
(Hear me knockin'), And all, all around your town
D (hit D; stop time 8 count)
(play this 8 times:)
D
E|------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-----8-------------|
G|-------6h7---0--7--0--7----5--7-----|
D|---------------------------5--7-----|
A|--8h9-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
(then start riffing on Dm for a bit; something like this...)
E|---------------------1---1------|--------3---3----------1---1----
B|--------3_---------3---3---3----|------3---3---3------3---3---3--
G|-----2-----------2--------------|----2--------------2------------
D|--0------------0----------------|--0--------------0--------------
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
(go into this for several measures)
Dm Em Dm Em
E|--8-------7---------------8------10-|--7-------------------------|
B|--6--(6)--8--(8)----------6-------8-|--8-------------------------|
G|--5--(5)--7--(7)----------5-------7-|--7-------------------------|
D|--7-------9---------------7-------9-|--9-------------------------|
A|--5-------7---------------5-------7-|--7-------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
(finally just play a funky, almost reggae Dm/D5 rhtyhm for jam)
Riff on this motif to begin peak/end the jam:
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Lastly, do this motif 4x and end (this takes us from Dm to D7 (mixo)):
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NOTES
G* (play it like this:)
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