Knock three times (1970)
C - F - G -
G7
C
1. Hey girl, what ya doin'
down there,
G
dancin' alone every night while I
live right above you.
G7 G G7
I can hear your music playin',
I can feel your body swayin',
G G7 C
one floor below me you don't
even know me, I love you.
C7 F
C
Oh, my darling, knock three times on the ceiling, if you want me,
G
C
twice on the pipe, if the answer is no.
C7 F
C
Oh my sweetness,
x x x means you'll meet me in the hallway,
G
C
twice on the pipe
x x means you ain't gonna show.
- F C
2. If you look out your window tonight,
G
pull in the string with the
note that's attached to my heart.
G7 G G7
Read how many times I saw you,
how in my silence I adored you,
G G7 C
only in my dreams did that
wall between us come apart.
+ CHORUS (original
moves up half a note to capo 2nd here)
3. = repeat verse 1, first two lines as instrumental
+ repeat CHORUS …
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dawn)