People Get Ready
Mel O'Joe
by Curtis Mayfield
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| People get | ready, there's a | train a | coming; |
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| you d | on't need no | baggage, you just | get on | board |
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| A | ll you need is | faith to hear the | diesels | humming; |
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| do | n't need no | ticket, you just | thank the | Lord |
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| People get | ready for the | train to | Jordan; |
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| it's p | icking up | passengers from | coast to | coast |
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| Fa | ith is the | key, open the | doors and | board 'em; |
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| there's h | ope for all a | mong those | loved the | most. |
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| There ain't no | room for the | hopeless | sinner; |
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| who w | ould hurt | all mankind just to | save his | own |
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| Have p | ity on | those whose | chances grow | thinner; |
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| for th | hiding place against the | Kingdom's | throne |
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| So, | people get | ready, there's a | train a | coming; |
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| you d | on't need no | baggage, you just | get on | board |
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| A | ll you need is | faith to hear the | diesels | humming; |
| C#m | Bm | D | A |
| d | on't need no | ticket, you just | thank the | Lord |
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| You d | on't need no | ticket, you just | thank the | Lord |