People Get Ready

Words & Music by Curtis Mayfield
Sung By John Denver
on All Aboard! (1997)


 G          Em                C       D G
People get ready, there's a train a' coming.
                   Em                C      G   
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board.
                 Em                  C       D  G
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming.
                   Em                C        G
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.
            Em             C       D  G
People get ready for the train to Jordan.
            Em              C        G
Picking up passengers from coast-to-coast.
          Em                C        D      G
Faith is key, open up the doors and board them.
                 Em             C         G
There's hope for all among the loved the most.
                   Em            C        D  G
But there ain't no room for the hopeless sinner.
                   Em          C       G
Who would hurt all mankind to save his own.
               Em          C            D  G
Have pity on those whose choices grow thinner.
                   Em                C        G
There's no hiding place from the kingdom's throne.
 G          Em                C       D G
People get ready, there's a train a' coming.
                   Em                C      G   
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board.
                 Em                  C       D  G
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming.
                   Em                C        G
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.
  C        G
Thank the Lord.