Knocking on Heaven's Door

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Written by: Dylan
Produced by: Gordon Carroll
Released: July '73 on Columbia
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 12

Three years had passed since his last studio album, and Dylan seemed at a loss. So he accepted an invitation to go to Mexico for Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, for which he shot a bit part and did the soundtrack. For a death scene, Dylan delivered this tale of a dying sheriff, who wants only to lay his "guns in the ground."

Appears on: The Essential Bob Dylan (Sony)

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