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What If I Came Knocking chords by
John Mellencamp
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Key: G# minor•
Intro 1
Em
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Verse 1
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What if I came knocking
F#
F#
2

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D
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Em
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On your front door some night?
Em
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Would you open the window
B
B
2

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D
D

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And drop me down the key?
C
C

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What if I came knocking
D
D

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On your bedpost that same night?
Em
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Would you open up your heart
C
C

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D
D

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Or try to get the best of me?
Interlude 1
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C

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D
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Verse 2
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B
B
2

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C
C

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What if I came knocking
D
D

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On your brain the next day
Em
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And ask for your truth and your love
B
B
2

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D
D

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and your honesty?
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B
B
2

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Would you build up your big walls
C
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D
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And try to hide behind that smile
Em
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Or would you try to pull the wool
C
C

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right over me?
D
D

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Em
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Verse 3

C
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So what if I came knocking?
D
D

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Em
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C
C

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So what if I came knocking?
D
D

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Em
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B
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So what if I came kicking
C
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F#
F#
2

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D
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And it scared you a little bit
Em
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And I came on strong
Em
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Would you think
B
B
2

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That there's something
D
D

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wrong with me?
Em
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B
B
2

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C
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Or could it be your fears
C#
C#
4

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D
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Of try ing something real
Em
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Or just afraid to touch
C
C

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A guy like me?
D
D

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Verse 4
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C
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What if I came knocking?
Em
Em

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What if I came
C
C

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D
D

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Em
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knocking?
C
C

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What if I came knocking
D
D

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Em
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On your front door some
C
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night? Ahh
Interlude 2
D
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C
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Verse 5
D
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So let's just say it worked out
C#
C#
4

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D
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Like a storybook dream
Em
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And we lived happily ever after
D
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D
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Em
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Fa la la la
C
C

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But what if I came crying
D
D

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After just a few weeks
Em
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C
C

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And said I misread my heart
D
D

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This is not really meant to be? yeah
Verse 6
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Em
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D
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So
Em
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D
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Em
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if you hear some knocking
D
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Em
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On your window tonight
C
C

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You can bet that it's
D
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Em
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probably me
B
B
2

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But let it be known
C
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D
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That we're just a pair of tumbling dice
Em
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And the outcome of these crap shoots

Is hard to see
D
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Verse 7
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So what if I came knocking?
D
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Em
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So what if I came
C
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D
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Em
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knocking?
C
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D
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So what if I came knocking
Em
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On your front door tonight? Ahh
D
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Em
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So what if I came knocking?
D
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Knock, knock, knock, knock,
Em
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knock, knocking
D
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Em
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Kick, kick, kick
C
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What if I came knocking
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On your front porch tonight, tonight?
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • F#

    2

  • B

    2

  • C#

    4

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

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The original key of What If I Came Knocking by John Mellencamp is G# minor.

The primary chords used in What If I Came Knocking are G#m, E, F#, A#, D#, E#.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like G#m, E, F#, A#, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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