Chords for Death and the Beautiful Lady

Your _ _ time has [D] _ [A] _ _
come to [D] _ _
leave.
[A] Oh, [Bm] yes. _ _
[E] Are you [A] ready? _ _
_ [B] Mm-hmm.
[A] _ _
Are you ready?
Are [D] you ready?
_ [A] Oh, Lord, [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] to go. _ _
Oh, yes.
[D] My [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
mind [Bm] has gone back [A] to a story. _
A Baptist [D] preacher [A] told me _ _ [B] about death [D] _ _ _
and a beautiful [A] lady.
[Bm] _ _
[E] He said that was a lady and she was so [A] beautiful _ _ that everybody [Bm] [A] loved her.
And people would come from [D] miles around to [A] see her [Bm] dance. _ _
[E] People loved her so well, [A] she didn't even have to lock her door.
[Bm] And you [A] know, folks, I'd love you if you don't have to lock your door, my [D] friends.
So one day, [A] while she was [Bm] sitting in her powder room, looking in a mirror,
[A] _ she began to brag.
She [Bm] said, [A] my, I'm pretty.
And while she was sitting [D] there, _ _ somebody [A] walked up [Bm] and knocked on her door.
[E] She said, come on [A] in, whoever you are.
And [Bm] the man [A] got on inside.
It was a tall man with [D] a long, cold face.
[A] She [Bm] looked at him.
She said, who [E] are you?
He said, [A] my name is Death. _
She [Bm] said, oh, I'm [A] not ready.
I'm not ready.
I'm not ready.
I'm [D] not ready. _
She [A] kept on [Bm] saying.
She _ [E] said, I'm not [A] ready.
I don't have my [Bm] fitness fixed.
[A] _ She said, I'm not ready.
[D] Death said, come down, lady.
[A] I didn't [Bm] come for you. _
[E] He said, I was in the [A] neighborhood. _
I got [B] over there.
[A] I'd been sick a long time and lived next door.
He said, [D] but I heard so much about you.
[A] I thought [Bm] _ I would [E] drop by to see you.
_ [A] Then he looked at her.
He said, my lady, [Bm] you're [A] pretty.
She said, I know.
He [D] said, and everybody loves you.
[A] _ [Bm] She said, I [E] know that too.
[A] He said, but did you know one day, _ _ [Bm] one day, [A] one day, one day,
I'm going to come back for you.
[D] She said, just give me a warning [A] _ [Bm] and let me know.
[E] And then Death [A] went on his way. _
Way [Bm] after a [A] while, _ Father Time began to [D] move in. _
And the [A] story [Bm] Mother Nature had created,
[D] she had to [A] go downtown and [Bm] get some [A] makeup.
She was going to wrinkles on her face.
_ [D] _ She had to go downtown [A] and get some [Bm] dye.
She had [D] to get some false [A] teeth.
Way after a while, by, [Bm] by, [A] by, by, by, [F#] by, by, by, by,
[D] _ she began to sit down and look at herself [A] again.
[Bm] She said, I done got old [A] now, _ but I'm still pretty.
_ These eyeglasses, they were coming.
The makeup [D] covered the wrinkles in my face.
For a [C#m] while, she [Bm] was sitting there. _
[E] Somebody walked up and [A] knocked on her door.
She said, come [Bm] on [A] in, _ wherever you are.
And when that man [D] got on the inside, it was Death.
She said, [A] it's you, [Bm] Death.
You [D] must have been in the neighborhood
[A] and decided to drop by to see me.
He said, [Bm] all I [A] know, _ _ I'll come for you.
[D] She said, but you told me you [A] were going to let [Bm] them know
before you [E] come back.
He said, [A] do you remember the time
_ [Bm] when your [A] eyesight got them?
He said, [D] that was me. _
He said, [B] another time a [Bm] pain struck in the leg.
[D] The wood up or down your back.
He said, [A] that was me.
I was on my way.
I was on my way.
I was on my way back [D] for you.
And he kept on talking to her [A] real soft.
[Bm] He said, lady, [E] your time [A] _ _ _
has [D] _ [A] come.
Your time has come.
He said, lady, you got [D] to leave here.
He kept on talking to her real [Bm] soft.
Real soft.
He said, [E] lady, are you [A] ready?
Are you ready?
[Bm] He [A] kept on talking to her.
He said, are you [B] ready?
Are [D] you ready?
And as I look over the [A] crowd this [Bm] evening,
it [E] makes me want to ask you [A] all the same thing.
How many of [Bm] you all [A] deaf have already given warning?
How many of you all [D] got glasses on your face?
How [C#m] many of you all [Bm] got false teeth?
[E] How many sometimes go to bed at [A] night and can't sleep?
Old summer come from [Bm] somewhere.
[A] _ Sometime and get in the bed with you.
You have to get out of the bed [D] and walk up the floor.
All night [A] long.
[Bm] That's deaf lady know his own little [A] way.
His own little way.
His own little way.
[Bm] His own [A] little way back for you. _
His own little way back [D] for you. _ _
_ [A] Oh yeah.
[Bm] Are you ready?
[E] _ _ _ [A] To go.
_ Oh yeah.
[D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] To go.
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