"I Wish We'd All Been Ready"

By DC Talk

Off the Single "Jesus Freak"

Written by Larry Norman

From: Myron Marston  E-mail:  marston@foxcomm.net

(C) 1995 Forefront communications



E-mail me with any comments, corrections, or suggestions!



Play the chords in the () with a capo @ 3rd fret

Otherwise, play the chords outside the ()





F(D)		          F(D)sus   F(D)

Life was filled with guns and war



F(D)7			             Bb(G)

And all of us got trampled on the floor



	      F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I wish we'd all been ready



F(D)		        F(D)sus    F(D)

Children died, the days grew cold



F(D)7			         	   Bb(G)

A piece of bread could by a bag of gold



	      F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I wish we'd all been ready



Bb(G)	          F(D)

There's no time to change your mind



Eb(C)		      Bb(G) 		     F(D)

The son has come and you've been left behind.







F(D)	            F(D)sus  F(D)

A man and wife, asleep in bed



F(D)7				                 Bb(G)

She hears a noise, and turns her head, he's gone



	      F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I wish we'd all been ready



F(D)	        F(D)sus F(D)

Two men walking up a hill



F(D)7		                      Bb(G)

One disapears and one's left standing still



	    F(D)    C(A)    Bb(G)   C(A)

I wish we'd all been ready



Bb(G)	          F(D)

There's no time to change your mind



Eb(C)		      Bb(G) 		   F(D)

The son has come and you've been left behind.





Solo: not relative to capo



p=pull off

h=hammer on



e-5--5-5--5-6p5--5-5---5-5-5--8-10-8-5------------------5-3---3--

B--------------------------------------7h8-6--3--3-6-3------6----

G----------------------------------------------------------------

D----------------------------------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------





Bb(G)

The Father spoke



F(D)

The demons dined



Eb(C)

How could you



Bb(G)

Have been so blind?







Bb(G)	               F(D)

There's no time to change your mind



Eb(C)		      Bb(G) 		   F(D)

The son has come and you've been left behind.



Bb(G)	               F(D)

There's no time to change your mind



Eb(C)		      Bb(G) 		   F(D)

The son has come and you've been left behind.





	       F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I hope we'll all be ready

				F(D)

		You've been left behind.



	       F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I hope we'll all be ready

				F(D)

		You've been left behind.



	       F(D) C(A) Bb(G) C(A)

I hope we'll all be ready

				F(D)

		You've been left behind.