Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 

Mama put those guns to the ground 
'Cause I can't shoot them anymore 
That cold black cloud is comin' down 
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door 

Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
Just like so many times before 
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 
 
 

Additional verses: from Ed Bick's Grateful Dead Songlist 

Come take these guns off of me 
'Cause I won't shoot them anymore 
Lord the sun is setting over me 
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door 

Come wipe these tears from my eyes 
I won't shed them anymore 
The sun is setting in western skies 
People I believe I must be knockin' on heaven's door 

Baby stay right here with me 
'Cause I can't see you anymore 
This ain't the way it's supposed to be 
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door 

Son won't you remember me? 
I can't be with you anymore 
A lawman's life is never free 
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door. 

Mama, wipe the blood from my face 
I'm sick and tired of the war 
Got a lonely hard feeling and it's hard to trace 
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, put my guns in the ground 
I can't shoot them anymore. 
That long black train is a-pullin' on down 
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, wipe the blood off of my face 
I can't see through it anymore 
i need someone to talk to and I've no hiding place 
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, I can hear that thunder roar 
Echoin' down from God's distant shore 
I can hear 'em callin' out from my soul 
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, put my guns in back the ground 
I can't fire them anymore. 
That long black cloud is fallin' down 
I feel I'm lookin' at heaven's door. 

Mama, take this blood off of my face 
I can't see through it anymore 
It's a feeling I just can't trace 
Feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, tow my barge down to sea 
Pull it down from shore to shore 
Two brown eyes lookin' at me 
Feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, take this gun and put it far away 
I won't fire it anymore 
I'll be leavin' for far away 
Feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama, wipe these tears off of my face 
I can't see through them anymore 
Gettin' out of here into some other place 
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door. 

Mama wipe the tears from my eyes 
I just can't see thru them anymore 
It's getting harder and harder to see thru this sunrise 
And I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door 

Mama wipe the tears from my eyes 
I just can't see thru them anymore 
Does it come as any surprise 
that I am knockin' on heaven's door 

Mama, wipe the blood from my face 
I can't see through it anymore 
Sometimes I feel so out of place 
And I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.