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CHORD CHARTS MAYFIELD, CURTIS - PEOPLE GET READY
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People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield
Chords in parentheses anticipated (played early) one beat.
This version skips the key change up ½ step to avoid awkward barre chords.
Capo 1
Chord Guide
32 1
C: x32010
231
Am: x02210
134211
F: 133211
12
Em: 022000
231
Dm: xx0231
/ C - - Am / - - - - / F - - C / - - - - / x2
Chorus:
C (Am)
People get ready
F (C)
There's a train a comin'
C (Am)
You don't need no baggage
F (C)
You just get on board
C (Am)
All you need is faith
F (C)
To hear the diesels hummin'
Em (Dm)
Don’t need no ticket
F (C)
You just thank the Lord
/ C - - Am / - - - - / F - - C / - - - - /
C (Am)
So people get ready
F (C)
There's a train to Jordan
C (Am)
Picking up passengers
F (C)
Coast to coast
C (Am)
Faith is the key
F (C)
Open the doors and board ‘em
Em (Dm)
There's hope for all
F (C)
Among those loved the most
/ C - - Am / - - - - / F - - C / - - - - /
C (Am)
There ain't no room
F (C)
For the hopeless sinner
C (Am)
Who would hurt all mankind
F (C)
Just to save his own
C (Am)
Have pity on those whose
F (C)
Chances grow thinner
Em (Dm)
For there’s no hiding place
F (C)
Against the kingdom's throne
Chorus 2:
C (Am)
So people get ready
F (C)
There's a train a comin'
C (Am)
You don't need no baggage
F (C)
You just get on board
C (Am)
All you need is faith
F (C)
To hear the diesels hummin'
Freely:
Em (hold)
Don’t need no ticket
F (hold) C (hold)
You just thank the Lord
/ C - - Am / - - - - / F - - C (hold)
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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