People Get Ready chords by Impressions

"People Get Ready"
                           (Curtis Mayfield)

[Curtis Mayfield used an open F# tuning (low to high: F# A# C# F# A# F#);
 I've notated the breaks in both standard and open F# (capoed at the 7th
 fret) below.  -- AWR]

Intro (w/wordless vocal, 2X):

	Db      Bbm             Gb/Ab      Db
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

	Db         Bbm              Gb/Ab   Db
	People get ready, ...
	     Db           Bbm              Gb/Ab    Db
	You don't need no baggage, ...
	         Db      Bbm             Gb/Ab    Db
	All you need is ...
	Fm            Ebm               Gb        Db
	Don't need no ticket, you ...

Guitar break #1:

	standard tuning:

	(Db)     (Bbm)       (Ebm)   (Db6)
	 v       v   v   v     v       v   v   v
	-4/6\4---------------|---------------------
	-4/6\4---------------|-----------------9---
	-----------6---------|-6h8p6---------6-6---
	-----------8---6---6-|-8-----8-----8-8-8---
	-----------8---8-8---|-6-------9---8-------
	---------------------|-----------9---------

	open F# tuning [capo VII]:

	   (Db)     (Bbm)       (Ebm)   (Db6)
	    v       v   v   v     v       v   v   v
	Db ---------------------|---------------------
	F  -3/5\3---------------|-----------------3---
	Db -2/4\2-----0---------|-0h2p0---------0-0---
	Ab -----------2---0---0-|-2-----2-----2-2-2---
	F  -----------0---0-0---|---------1---0-------
	Db ---------------------|-2---------0---------

Verse 2:

	People get ready for the train ....

Guitar break #2 (w/key change to D):

	standard tuning:

	(Db) (Bbm)        (Gb)       (Db)
	 v   v   v   v     v     v    v   v
	-----------------|--------------------
	-6h7-6-----------|--------------6-----
	-6---6-6---------|-6--6--6--6-8-6-----
	-6-----8---8-6-8-|6h8-8-6h8-6-6-----3-
	-4-----8---------|-9----------6-4-----
	-----------------|--------------------

	(D)   (Bm)       (G/D)  (D)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-7h8-7-----------|-3-3---3---------
	-7---7-7---------|-4-4---2-----2---
	-7-----9---9-7-9-|-5-5---4---4-----
	-4-----9---------|-5-5---5---------
	-----------------|-----------------

	open F# tuning [capo VII]:

	   (Db) (Bbm)        (Gb)       (Db)
	    v   v   v   v     v     v    v   v
	Db -----------------|--------------------
	F  -0h1-0-----------|--------------0-----
	Db -0---0-0---------|-0--0--0--0-2-0-----
	Ab -0-----2---2-0-2-|0h2-2-0h2-2-0-------
	F  -------0---------|-1----------------0-
	Db -0---------------|------------2-0-----

	   (D)   (Bm)       (G/D)  (D)
	    v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	Db -----------------|-----------------
	F  -1h2-1-----------|-----------------
	Db -1---1-1---------|-1-1---1---------
	Ab -1-----3---3-1-3-|-3-3---1-----1---
	F  -------1---------|-2-2---1---1-----
	Db -1---------------|-1-1---1---------

Verse 3:

	  D             Bm  G/A                   D
	There ain't no room     for ...
	           D           Bm          G/A       D
	Who would hurt all mankind ..
	      D       Bm         G/A           D
	Have pity on those whose ...
	           F#m         Em                G          D
	For there's no hiding place ...

[repeat verse 1 in D]:

	So people get ready, ...
	You don't need no baggage, ..
	All you need is faith ...
	F#m            Em              [N.C.]
	Don't need no ticket, you ....

Coda (string tag):

	D        Bm              G/A      D6/9
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers