"Got To Be Ready" (1977) Rance Allen Group Chords
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
D
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [A] What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and
[G] lose his [A#m] soul?
Oh, oh, oh
[C#m] The moral [Bm] promise to no one
[D] And when you leave, [G] you can't take [A] your gold
Best [F#]
thing to [Bm] do is to [A] live like he said
[Em] And keep his command, [A#m] yeah
I [Bm] just got to say
And [Em] I hope that you understand
[A#] You got to be [D]
ready
Hey, hey, hey
Got to be ready, yeah [Bm] Mm-hmm
Got to be [D] ready
Got to be ready
Ready [Bm] [B]
[G] when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
Mm-hmm
[D] Oh, oh, oh For [C] me
Hey, [Bm]
hey, hey
Farewell
[D]
Farewell
White men [Bm] change
But a fool [C#m] stays the same
Which [G] one of the [Em] two are you?
[A#m]
[C#m] [Bm]
[A] You know [G] someone's gonna run [E] into [A#m] you
[E]
Turn [C#m] yourself [Bm] around and make [A] a new [D] start
This message I give [E] from my [A#m] heart, yeah
[C#m]
[Bm] To meet the almighty God, [A#m] yeah
Got to be ready
[D] Oh, yeah
Got to be ready, yeah
[Bm] Hey, you, hey, you
[D]
Got to be ready
[Bm] Oh, yeah
You got to be [G] ready when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
[Em] I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
[G] Mm-hmm
[D]
For [C] me
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah
[D]
[C#m] [Bm] The [A] sun is going down
[G] Tell me what you're gonna [Em] do
[A#m] When [C#m] the train comes
[Bm] You think it's [F#m] gonna wait [E] on you
[A#m]
[C#m] [Bm] [C#m]
And don't [G] forget to shine [Em] your shoes, [A#m] yeah
Back [A]
[Bm] to [F#m] check you out
Don't let him find [G] a spot for a [Em] fool on you
[A#m] You got [D] to be ready Wow, wow
[Bm]
[D]
You got to be [Bm] ready
Ready, ready, ready
[B]
You got to be [G] ready when he comes
[B] [G]
[B] [G]
Ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, hey
[Bm]
Got to be ready
[D]
[C]
[Bm] Yeah
[C]
[Dm] You got to be [C] ready
[Bm] You got to be ready
[Am] [D]
I'm a good [C]
[B] man
You got [C] to be ready
I [D] got to be ready
[C] Show us [Bm] what you got
You got to be [D] ready
You got to be ready
[C]
[Bm] [Dm]
[D]
[G] lose his [A#m] soul?
Oh, oh, oh
[C#m] The moral [Bm] promise to no one
[D] And when you leave, [G] you can't take [A] your gold
Best [F#]
thing to [Bm] do is to [A] live like he said
[Em] And keep his command, [A#m] yeah
I [Bm] just got to say
And [Em] I hope that you understand
[A#] You got to be [D]
ready
Hey, hey, hey
Got to be ready, yeah [Bm] Mm-hmm
Got to be [D] ready
Got to be ready
Ready [Bm] [B]
[G] when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
Mm-hmm
[D] Oh, oh, oh For [C] me
Hey, [Bm]
hey, hey
Farewell
[D]
Farewell
White men [Bm] change
But a fool [C#m] stays the same
Which [G] one of the [Em] two are you?
[A#m]
[C#m] [Bm]
[A] You know [G] someone's gonna run [E] into [A#m] you
[E]
Turn [C#m] yourself [Bm] around and make [A] a new [D] start
This message I give [E] from my [A#m] heart, yeah
[C#m]
[Bm] To meet the almighty God, [A#m] yeah
Got to be ready
[D] Oh, yeah
Got to be ready, yeah
[Bm] Hey, you, hey, you
[D]
Got to be ready
[Bm] Oh, yeah
You got to be [G] ready when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
[Em] I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
[G] Mm-hmm
[D]
For [C] me
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah
[D]
[C#m] [Bm] The [A] sun is going down
[G] Tell me what you're gonna [Em] do
[A#m] When [C#m] the train comes
[Bm] You think it's [F#m] gonna wait [E] on you
[A#m]
[C#m] [Bm] [C#m]
And don't [G] forget to shine [Em] your shoes, [A#m] yeah
Back [A]
[Bm] to [F#m] check you out
Don't let him find [G] a spot for a [Em] fool on you
[A#m] You got [D] to be ready Wow, wow
[Bm]
[D]
You got to be [Bm] ready
Ready, ready, ready
[B]
You got to be [G] ready when he comes
[B] [G]
[B] [G]
Ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
Hey, hey
[Bm]
Got to be ready
[D]
[C]
[Bm] Yeah
[C]
[Dm] You got to be [C] ready
[Bm] You got to be ready
[Am] [D]
I'm a good [C]
[B] man
You got [C] to be ready
I [D] got to be ready
[C] Show us [Bm] what you got
You got to be [D] ready
You got to be ready
[C]
[Bm] [Dm]
[D]
Key:
Bm
G
D
B
C
Bm
G
D
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [A] What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and _
[G] _ _ lose his [A#m] soul?
Oh, oh, oh
[C#m] The moral [Bm] promise to no one
[D] And when you leave, [G] you can't take [A] your gold
_ _ _ Best _ [F#] _
thing to [Bm] do is to [A] live like he said
[Em] And _ keep his command, [A#m] yeah
I _ _ _ _ [Bm] just got to say
And [Em] I hope that you _ understand
[A#] You got to be [D]
ready
Hey, hey, hey
Got to be ready, yeah [Bm] Mm-hmm _
Got to be [D] ready _ _ _
_ _ Got to be ready
Ready _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G] _ when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
I _ got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ For [C] me _
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
_ Mm-hmm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, oh, oh For [C] me
_ _ Hey, [Bm]
hey, hey
Farewell
[D] _ _ _ _
Farewell
_ _ _ _ White men [Bm] change
But a fool [C#m] stays the same
Which [G] one of the [Em] two are you?
[A#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ You know [G] someone's gonna run [E] into [A#m] you
_ _ [E] _
Turn [C#m] yourself [Bm] around and make [A] a new [D] start
This message I give [E] from my [A#m] heart, yeah
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ To meet the almighty God, [A#m] yeah
Got to be ready
_ [D] Oh, yeah _
Got to be ready, yeah
[Bm] Hey, you, hey, you
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ Got to be ready
_ [Bm] Oh, yeah
You _ _ got to be [G] ready when he comes [B] back
_ You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ [Em] I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ For [C] me
_ _ Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
[G] Mm-hmm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ For [C] me _ _ _
Yeah, _ [G] _ yeah, yeah, yeah
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ The [A] sun is going down
[G] _ Tell me what you're gonna [Em] do
[A#m] When _ _ [C#m] the train comes
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ You think it's [F#m] gonna wait [E] on you
_ [A#m] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ And don't [G] forget to shine [Em] your shoes, [A#m] yeah
Back _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] to [F#m] check you out
Don't let him find [G] a spot for a [Em] fool on you
[A#m] You got [D] to be _ _ _ ready Wow, wow
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You got to be [Bm] ready
Ready, ready, ready
_ [B] _
You got to be [G] ready when he comes
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
_ _ Hey, hey
[Bm] _
Got to be ready
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Yeah
[C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] You got to be [C] _ _ _ _ ready
[Bm] You got to be ready
[Am] _ _ _ [D]
I'm a good _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] man
You got [C] to be ready
I [D] got to be _ _ _ _ _ ready
[C] Show us _ _ [Bm] what you got
You got to be [D] ready
You got to be ready _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ lose his [A#m] soul?
Oh, oh, oh
[C#m] The moral [Bm] promise to no one
[D] And when you leave, [G] you can't take [A] your gold
_ _ _ Best _ [F#] _
thing to [Bm] do is to [A] live like he said
[Em] And _ keep his command, [A#m] yeah
I _ _ _ _ [Bm] just got to say
And [Em] I hope that you _ understand
[A#] You got to be [D]
ready
Hey, hey, hey
Got to be ready, yeah [Bm] Mm-hmm _
Got to be [D] ready _ _ _
_ _ Got to be ready
Ready _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G] _ when he comes [B] back
You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
I _ got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ For [C] me _
Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
_ Mm-hmm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, oh, oh For [C] me
_ _ Hey, [Bm]
hey, hey
Farewell
[D] _ _ _ _
Farewell
_ _ _ _ White men [Bm] change
But a fool [C#m] stays the same
Which [G] one of the [Em] two are you?
[A#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ You know [G] someone's gonna run [E] into [A#m] you
_ _ [E] _
Turn [C#m] yourself [Bm] around and make [A] a new [D] start
This message I give [E] from my [A#m] heart, yeah
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ To meet the almighty God, [A#m] yeah
Got to be ready
_ [D] Oh, yeah _
Got to be ready, yeah
[Bm] Hey, you, hey, you
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ Got to be ready
_ [Bm] Oh, yeah
You _ _ got to be [G] ready when he comes [B] back
_ You got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ [Em] I got to [G] be ready when he comes [B] back
_ For [C] me
_ _ Hey, [Bm] hey, hey
[G] Mm-hmm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ For [C] me _ _ _
Yeah, _ [G] _ yeah, yeah, yeah
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ The [A] sun is going down
[G] _ Tell me what you're gonna [Em] do
[A#m] When _ _ [C#m] the train comes
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ You think it's [F#m] gonna wait [E] on you
_ [A#m] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ And don't [G] forget to shine [Em] your shoes, [A#m] yeah
Back _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] to [F#m] check you out
Don't let him find [G] a spot for a [Em] fool on you
[A#m] You got [D] to be _ _ _ ready Wow, wow
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You got to be [Bm] ready
Ready, ready, ready
_ [B] _
You got to be [G] ready when he comes
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Ready when he comes [B] back
For [C] me
_ _ Hey, hey
[Bm] _
Got to be ready
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Yeah
[C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] You got to be [C] _ _ _ _ ready
[Bm] You got to be ready
[Am] _ _ _ [D]
I'm a good _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] man
You got [C] to be ready
I [D] got to be _ _ _ _ _ ready
[C] Show us _ _ [Bm] what you got
You got to be [D] ready
You got to be ready _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _