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People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
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00:00 Song Demo
00:34 Lesson Intro
01:26 Chords
03:10 Transform your strumming!
03:42 Strumming Pattern (simpler)
06:44 Strumming Pattern (busier)
10:05 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

CAPO 1

 

[INTRO]

|C    Am  |F    C   | (x2)

 

[VERSE 1]

C          Am               F       C

People get ready, there's a train a coming

C                  Am                F      C

You don't need no baggage, you just get on board 

C               Am                F       C

All you need is faith to hear the diesels humming

 Em            Dm               F        C

Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord

 

[INTERLUDE]

|C    Am  |F    C   |  

 

[VERSE 2]

C          Am            F        C

People get ready for the train to Jordan;

C               Am              F        C

It's picking up passengers from coast to coast 

C            Am            F         C

Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em;

Em               Dm               F         C

there's hope for all among those loved the most.

 

[INTERLUDE] 

|C    Am  |F    C   | (x2)

 

 

[VERSE 3]

C              Am           F        C

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner;

C              Am                  F        C

Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own 

C            Am          F            C

Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner;

Em             Dm                       F         C

for there's no hiding place against the Kingdom's throne

 

 

[VERSE 4]

C          Am               F       C

People get ready, there's a train a coming

C                  Am                F      C

You don't need no baggage, you just get on board 

C               Am                F       C

All you need is faith to hear the diesels humming

 Em            Dm               F        C

Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord