Chords for The Impressions - "People Get Ready" 2/2/12
Tempo:
68.25 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F
F#
D#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So [Am] if you walk in red, [C] or the train gets far enough
It's picking up passengers, [F] coast [C] to coast
Baring for parking, [F] open the [C] doors and pull up
[Em] Cause [Dm] there's a spot for you [F] in the [C] Terrace
Ooooooh, [Am] [F] [C] ooooooh,
[C#] [A#] [F#] ooooooh
[C#] Now you listen
[A#m] Now there ain't [C#] no room
For some hopeless sinner
[A#m] Who will hurt all [G#] alone
They say, [C#] you're gonna need me now
[A#m] and have any old [F#] car or ski.
[C#] Chances for failure, [Fm] but there's no [D#] added value
[G#] against the [C#] freedom's drug.
So sing along, come on.
If people get paid, there's a [C#] trade-off coming.
You don't need the baggage, [F#] you just get [C#] on board.
Cause all you need [F#] is faith to give up Jesus' [C#] pardon.
[Fm] You don't need no [D#m] ticket.
[D#]
Just hold on, the train ain't up to station [D#m] yet.
You got to wait for the train to pull out of this place.
You can't get ahead of yourself.
You got to wait for the train to pull in, then you got to get on board,
and then you got to do [F#] something, and I'll get to it later.
But you first need to understand what [D#] it's going to take to ride this train.
[D#m] See, to ride this train, you don't need a whole lot of money.
[F#] It doesn't matter, cause you can't buy tickets on this train.
To ride this train, you don't bring no [F] baggage.
[D#m] I said don't bring any baggage.
You don't know what I'm talking about.
[D#] I'm talking about baggage such as all that [F] jealousy, all that envy, all that [F#] hatred.
All that's got to go.
[F] We don't need no baggage on this train.
[C#] But here's what you got to [F] do.
Are you ready to hear what you got to do?
Do you want to know what you got to do?
Here's what you got to do.
Listen to me very carefully.
[F] You must be able to love.
Now y'all [Fm] don't know what I'm talking about.
I ain't talking about all that hoochie coochie, coochie coochie.
I ain't talking about that.
Not on this song.
To ride this train, you must be able to love.
You must first love [F] God.
[D#] I ain't talking about soul.
I'm talking about your God.
[F#] With all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul.
And then, you got to love [D#] yourself.
See, before you love your neighbor, you got to love yourself.
Because if you [A#m] don't love yourself, your neighbor is going to be in a [D#] whole lot of trouble.
So love yourself.
Love God.
And love your neighbor as yourself.
And when you do all that, now you know what I want you to say.
[C#] You just look toward [D#m] heaven.
And [D#] just [G#] think good.
[C#] [A#m] [F#] [C#]
It's picking up passengers, [F] coast [C] to coast
Baring for parking, [F] open the [C] doors and pull up
[Em] Cause [Dm] there's a spot for you [F] in the [C] Terrace
Ooooooh, [Am] [F] [C] ooooooh,
[C#] [A#] [F#] ooooooh
[C#] Now you listen
[A#m] Now there ain't [C#] no room
For some hopeless sinner
[A#m] Who will hurt all [G#] alone
They say, [C#] you're gonna need me now
[A#m] and have any old [F#] car or ski.
[C#] Chances for failure, [Fm] but there's no [D#] added value
[G#] against the [C#] freedom's drug.
So sing along, come on.
If people get paid, there's a [C#] trade-off coming.
You don't need the baggage, [F#] you just get [C#] on board.
Cause all you need [F#] is faith to give up Jesus' [C#] pardon.
[Fm] You don't need no [D#m] ticket.
[D#]
Just hold on, the train ain't up to station [D#m] yet.
You got to wait for the train to pull out of this place.
You can't get ahead of yourself.
You got to wait for the train to pull in, then you got to get on board,
and then you got to do [F#] something, and I'll get to it later.
But you first need to understand what [D#] it's going to take to ride this train.
[D#m] See, to ride this train, you don't need a whole lot of money.
[F#] It doesn't matter, cause you can't buy tickets on this train.
To ride this train, you don't bring no [F] baggage.
[D#m] I said don't bring any baggage.
You don't know what I'm talking about.
[D#] I'm talking about baggage such as all that [F] jealousy, all that envy, all that [F#] hatred.
All that's got to go.
[F] We don't need no baggage on this train.
[C#] But here's what you got to [F] do.
Are you ready to hear what you got to do?
Do you want to know what you got to do?
Here's what you got to do.
Listen to me very carefully.
[F] You must be able to love.
Now y'all [Fm] don't know what I'm talking about.
I ain't talking about all that hoochie coochie, coochie coochie.
I ain't talking about that.
Not on this song.
To ride this train, you must be able to love.
You must first love [F] God.
[D#] I ain't talking about soul.
I'm talking about your God.
[F#] With all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul.
And then, you got to love [D#] yourself.
See, before you love your neighbor, you got to love yourself.
Because if you [A#m] don't love yourself, your neighbor is going to be in a [D#] whole lot of trouble.
So love yourself.
Love God.
And love your neighbor as yourself.
And when you do all that, now you know what I want you to say.
[C#] You just look toward [D#m] heaven.
And [D#] just [G#] think good.
[C#] [A#m] [F#] [C#]
Key:
C#
F
F#
D#
C
C#
F
F#
So [Am] if you walk in red, [C] or the train gets far enough
It's picking up passengers, [F] coast [C] to coast
_ Baring for parking, [F] open the [C] doors and pull up
[Em] Cause [Dm] there's a spot for you [F] in the [C] Terrace _
Ooooooh, [Am] _ _ [F] _ [C] ooooooh, _
[C#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F#] ooooooh
[C#] Now you listen
[A#m] Now there ain't [C#] no room
For some hopeless sinner
[A#m] Who will hurt all [G#] alone
They say, [C#] you're gonna need me now
[A#m] and have any old [F#] car or ski.
[C#] Chances for failure, [Fm] but there's no [D#] added value
[G#] against the [C#] freedom's drug.
So sing along, come on.
If people get paid, there's a [C#] trade-off coming.
You don't need the baggage, [F#] you just get [C#] on board.
Cause all you need [F#] is faith to give up Jesus' [C#] pardon.
[Fm] You don't need no [D#m] ticket.
_ [D#] _ _ _ _
Just hold on, the train ain't up to station [D#m] yet.
You got to wait for the train to pull out of this place.
You can't get ahead of yourself.
You got to wait for the train to pull in, then you got to get on board,
and then you got to do [F#] something, and I'll get to it later.
But you first need to understand what [D#] it's going to take to ride this train.
[D#m] See, to ride this train, you don't need a whole lot of money.
[F#] It doesn't matter, cause you can't buy tickets on this train.
To ride this train, you don't bring no [F] baggage.
[D#m] I said don't bring any baggage.
_ You don't know what I'm talking about.
[D#] I'm talking about baggage such as all that [F] jealousy, all that envy, all that [F#] hatred.
All that's got to go.
[F] We don't need no baggage on this train. _ _
_ [C#] But here's what you got to [F] do.
Are you ready to hear what you got to do?
Do you want to know what you got to do?
Here's what you got to do.
Listen to me very carefully. _ _
[F] You must be able to love.
Now y'all [Fm] don't know what I'm talking about.
I ain't talking about all that hoochie coochie, coochie coochie.
I ain't talking about that.
Not on this song.
To ride this train, you must be able to love.
You must first love [F] God.
[D#] I ain't talking about soul.
I'm talking about your God.
[F#] With all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul.
And then, you got to love [D#] yourself. _ _
See, before you love your neighbor, you got to love yourself.
Because if you [A#m] don't love yourself, your neighbor is going to be in a [D#] whole lot of trouble.
So love yourself.
Love God.
And love your neighbor as yourself.
And when you do all that, now you know what I want you to say.
[C#] You just look toward [D#m] heaven.
_ _ _ And [D#] just _ [G#] think good.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
It's picking up passengers, [F] coast [C] to coast
_ Baring for parking, [F] open the [C] doors and pull up
[Em] Cause [Dm] there's a spot for you [F] in the [C] Terrace _
Ooooooh, [Am] _ _ [F] _ [C] ooooooh, _
[C#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F#] ooooooh
[C#] Now you listen
[A#m] Now there ain't [C#] no room
For some hopeless sinner
[A#m] Who will hurt all [G#] alone
They say, [C#] you're gonna need me now
[A#m] and have any old [F#] car or ski.
[C#] Chances for failure, [Fm] but there's no [D#] added value
[G#] against the [C#] freedom's drug.
So sing along, come on.
If people get paid, there's a [C#] trade-off coming.
You don't need the baggage, [F#] you just get [C#] on board.
Cause all you need [F#] is faith to give up Jesus' [C#] pardon.
[Fm] You don't need no [D#m] ticket.
_ [D#] _ _ _ _
Just hold on, the train ain't up to station [D#m] yet.
You got to wait for the train to pull out of this place.
You can't get ahead of yourself.
You got to wait for the train to pull in, then you got to get on board,
and then you got to do [F#] something, and I'll get to it later.
But you first need to understand what [D#] it's going to take to ride this train.
[D#m] See, to ride this train, you don't need a whole lot of money.
[F#] It doesn't matter, cause you can't buy tickets on this train.
To ride this train, you don't bring no [F] baggage.
[D#m] I said don't bring any baggage.
_ You don't know what I'm talking about.
[D#] I'm talking about baggage such as all that [F] jealousy, all that envy, all that [F#] hatred.
All that's got to go.
[F] We don't need no baggage on this train. _ _
_ [C#] But here's what you got to [F] do.
Are you ready to hear what you got to do?
Do you want to know what you got to do?
Here's what you got to do.
Listen to me very carefully. _ _
[F] You must be able to love.
Now y'all [Fm] don't know what I'm talking about.
I ain't talking about all that hoochie coochie, coochie coochie.
I ain't talking about that.
Not on this song.
To ride this train, you must be able to love.
You must first love [F] God.
[D#] I ain't talking about soul.
I'm talking about your God.
[F#] With all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul.
And then, you got to love [D#] yourself. _ _
See, before you love your neighbor, you got to love yourself.
Because if you [A#m] don't love yourself, your neighbor is going to be in a [D#] whole lot of trouble.
So love yourself.
Love God.
And love your neighbor as yourself.
And when you do all that, now you know what I want you to say.
[C#] You just look toward [D#m] heaven.
_ _ _ And [D#] just _ [G#] think good.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _