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                          What If I Came Knocking?-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.

Based off the live version:

Tuning:EADGBE


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Am                  F  Fadd9*               G
What if I came knocking on your front door some night?
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Would you open the window and drop me down the key?
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What if I came knocking on your bedpost that same night?
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Would you open up your heart or try to get the best of me?


Am F Fadd9* G


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What if I came knocking on your brain the next day
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And ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?
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Would you build up your big walls and try to hide behind that smile
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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
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And came on strong would you think
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That there's something wrong with me?
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Or could it be your fear, of trying something real
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Or just afraid to touch a guy like me?


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So what if I came knocking?
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So what if I came knocking?

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[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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Am               F Fadd9*         G
What if I came crying after just a few weeks
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And said I misread my heart
                  G
It's not really meant to be? 

Am F Fadd9* G

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So if you hear some knocking on your window tonight
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You can bet that it's,huh, probably me
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But let it be known that we're just a pair of tumbling dice
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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?