Get Ready
Performed By: LIVE
From the album: "Songs from Black Mountain"
Lyrics & Music Written By: Edward Kowalczyk
Comments, questions, corrections, requests are welcome
Eb(D#) tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb) Low to high
(D# G# C# F# A# d#) Low to High
Chords Used In Order of Appearence
(Low to High):
C | x 3 2 0 1 0
Am | x 0 2 2 1 0
G | 3 2 0 0 3 3
*G | 3 5 5 4 3 3
F | x 0 3 2 1 1
*F | 1 3 3 2 1 1
*Played as barre throughout verses, as open for chorus (picking part)
However, you may alternate as you wish
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
*G (barre) is downstrummed 6 to 8 times before chorus
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 Ameb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------0----------------------------------------2----|Db|-----------------0----2-----------------------------------0----2---------|Ab|------------3----------------------------------------0-------------------|Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The future is now The past is gone forever
F Geb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|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:
Ceb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|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
*G (barre) is downstrummed 6 to 8 times before chorus
(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 Ceb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|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------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 Ameb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|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"---------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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----------------|
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