Get Ready
Performed By: LIVE
From the album: "Songs from Black Mountain"
Lyrics & Music Written By: Edward Kowalczyk
Comments, questions, corrections, requests are welcome
Chords Used In Order of Appearence
(Low to High):
C | x 3 2 0 1 0
Am | x 0 2 2 1 0
Verse 1:
(Note: While playing each chord, there is a part where
the two "top strings" of each chord are played
open twice quickly, then hammered-on quickly back
to the original chord. Like this):
C Am
| 0 0 | | 0 0 |
| 1 1 | | 1 1 |
| 0 0 0 0 | | 2 0 0h2 2 |
| 2 0 0h2 2 | | 2 0 0h2 2 |
| 3 0 0h3 3 | | 0 0 0 0 |
| x x x x | | x x x x |
strum strum strum strum
C Am
Come on get ready, this is the Spring of our love
C Am
Come on get ready, feels like it's ordained from above
C Am
We have the power to do what we came to do
*
C Am G (continue into chorus)
This is the hour, the sun is shining on you
Chorus:
C Am
The future is now, the past is gone forever
F G
We can come together, the light is our way
C Am
The future is now, the past is gone forever
F
We belong together....
C (down strum)
Get ready
Chorus picking part:
(Let notes ring)
C Am
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 0 2 |
| Db | 0 2 0 2 |
| Ab | 3 0 |
| Eb | |
The future is now The past is gone forever
F G
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 0 |
| Db | 0 3 0 |
| Ab | 0 3 |
| Eb | 1 3 |
We can come together The light is our way
Repeat first three parts of chorus (C, Am, F), then end with:
C
| eb | |
| Bb | 1h3 1 |
| Gb | 0 0 |
| Db | 0 2 2 |
| Ab | 3 |
| Eb | |
Get ready
Verse 2:
C Am
Come on get ready, the beach is washing away
C Am
Come on get ready, the high tide of our love is here to stay
C Am
We will have the power to do the good and the true
*
C Am G (continue into chorus)
This is the hour, the whole world is waiting for you
(Chorus repeats then into solo at end of chorus)
Solo:
(Note: There is obviously an easier way to play
the end of this. However, I find that playing
it the way that I have tabbed sounds better)
C G C
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 0 0 |
| Db | 0h2 2 2 0 0h2 2 |
| Ab | 3 3 3 3 2 2 0 3 3 3 |
| Eb | |
| 8 8 7 3 5 3 3h5p3h5p3h5p3~~~~ |
| |
| 4 5/7 7 |
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| |
After solo:
(Chorus repeats once without guitar until):
G
We can come together, the light is our way
(G is downstrummed 6 to 8 times, then second half of chorus repeats with guitar)
(Chorus is then repeated again with different lyrics (get ready x4) and variation to
part):
x2
C Am
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 0 2 |
| Db | 0 2 0 0 2 0 |
| Ab | 3 0 |
| Eb | |
Get ready Get ready
Ending:
(Comprised of two parts. Part 1 is the end solo, Part 2 is a second guitar playing power chords)
Part 1
End solo:
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 4" 5" 7" 4" 2" 4" 5" 7" 9" |
| Db | |
| Ab | |
| Eb | |
| |
| 8" 5" 5~~~~ |
| 4" 5" 7" 4" 2" 4" 5" |
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| |
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Part 2
Power chords (let ring)
| eb | |
| Bb | |
| Gb | 5 5 |
| Db | 5 7 5 7 |
| Ab | 3 7 3 7 |
| Eb | 5 5 |
| |
| |
| 5 5 5~~~~ |
| 5 7 5 7 5~~~~ |
| 3 7 3 7 3~~~~ |
| 5 5 |
END