Chords for "I Want To Be Ready When You Come" (1981)- Rev. J. Cleveland

[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ [B] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] A _ _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _
lot of people play in [Am] church [A] nowadays.
No _ [F] doubt if you just ask the question, how many are saved, a whole lot of folk would
raise your hand.
[D] _
[Bm] _ [G] But I want to tell you something tonight, everybody talking about [Em] heaven, [F] _ _ [B] ain't going.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Everybody's singing about [Bb] heaven.
_ [Ab] Am I [F] right?
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ A lot of things I want to be, [F] _ _ but I [G] want to be ready _ [D] when they [A] come.
_ _ A little song we're about to sing [F] says any hour, I don't know when it's coming, but any
hour [B] that he might, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
[B] the old folk sing, when he call me I'll answer.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Do you know I wouldn't spend [Fm] a lifetime singing [Am] and preaching, _
[F] _ then mess around and lose my soul. _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ I wonder [Dm] tonight if [C] I [G] wouldn't be, I don't [Am] want to impose on you, but the Bible says
let the redeemed of the [A] Lord say something.
[F] _ _ How [Am] many of you are planning to go back with him? _
[B] Say [G] praise to the Lord.
_ _ [C] Well, I know one thing, I know I'm not [F] what I [Em] want to be, but bless God, [Cm] I'm not what
I used to [G] be.
Because Christ has made a difference [C] in my life.
[Bb] Am I right, singers?
[C] _ _
[F] _ We get weak along the way.
_ We never told nobody we were [B] perfect, [G] but we're working on it.
_ I want to be [F] ready.
I want to be ready.
A few [G] weeks ago, talking [A] to one of my choir members, _ [B] and I got after him for not [A] being
at rehearsal, and he [F] said, I promise you, Reverend, [D] I'll be there [Em] next Saturday.
[C] _ _
[B] And next [G] Saturday we had his funeral.
_ Hallelujah.
[F] _ [C] We don't know around [F] what corner [G] our [C] time is coming, but [Gm] the scripture said be [Ab] instant
in season [F] and out of season.
_ [C] Whenever he comes, _
[B] I want to be [G] ready.
You don't have to say it loud, but just [F] touch somebody next to you [C] and tell them, I really
[G] want to be ready. _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ Hold _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Hold _ me.
[G] _ _ _
For I'm your [Cm] child.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ Choose _
_ [G] me.
Make me. _
And mold [C] me into [F] _ _ [G] _
[B] something.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Choose [Em] _ [F] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Bm] me.
[G] _ _ _ And use [Dm] _ [F] me.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ Oh, [Fm] Lordy, [Gb] thank you, [F] Jesus.
_ Oh, _ _ [Am] _
[B] oh, _ [G] _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [F] oh.
And use me day after [G] day after day after [D] day.
[Em] _ [A] Yeah. _
_ [C] _ _ Yes, I do. _ _
[Em] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [A] I love [Dm] you.
[Em] I pray the clouds.
[F] Right, [G] you'll be there. _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] I [C]'ll see [Am] when _ _ [Abm] _ [G] you come.
_ _ [Em] _ Yeah.
_ [F] _
[Em] _ _ [F] I want to [G] be.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
Hold me.
_ That's [B] to [G] keep me from doing the wrong thing.
_ _ _ [F] _ Because _ _ [G] I _ _ [C] am your [Gm] child.
[C] _ _ [F] You can't get nobody else.
Choose me.
_ [Em] If they don't want to sing, call me.
Use me.
Use me.
If they don't want to sing, call [F] me.
I will live.
Hey!
_ [G] _ [A] All the while.
Hey!
_ [F] I want _ to [C] be.
Hey!
_ [Em] _ When you come.
When you come.
[A] When you come.
[Dm] In and [Em] out.
In and [F] out.
[G] In and out.
Come [D] on.
[Em] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Come on.
Come _ [E] on.
[Em] Ready?
_ I want to be. _ _
[F] _ I [Em] want to [Dm] be.
Your child.
[C] Your child.
Yes, I do.
[F] _ [Bb] [C] Choose me and [F] choose me.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] [Em] I want to be.
_ _ _ [A] When you come.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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