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Knocking at Your Back Door

Deep Purple
Tab
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Song

Deep Purple

Knocking At Your Back Door

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/)

From "Perfect Strangers", 1984

Riff 1 (intro):

E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--6--9--7--6--2--4--2--0--4--2--2h4----------------------|
D--7--7--9--7--7--2--4--2--0--4--2--2h4------------------x 2-|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2 :

E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------7---------------------------------|
D--------9-------------7----------------7--------------------|
A-----9------------5-----------------7-----------------------|
E---7------------------------------5-------------------------|

"Sweet.." "But ..." "Because she was......."

E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D----------5----------------7----------x 4-|
A------5-----------------------------------|
E---3----------5----5-5--------------------|

Pre-Chorus Riff:

E-------------------------------3----------------------------|
B-------------------------------3----------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E----5h7-----9-------3----------3----------------------------|

"i can't deny it"

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------7------------------------|
A---------------5-----7----9-----0--------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

"with that smile on her face"

E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------0-----------------------------------------------|
D---------0--------------------------------------------------|
A------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E----3--------------------------0----------------------------|

"it's not the kill"

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------7---------------------------|
A-------------5-----7---9-----0-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

"It's the thrill of the chase"

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| h Hammer-on

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