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I Wish We'd All Been Ready

Verse 1
C
Life was filled with guns and war 
    C7                            F
And ev'ry one got trampled on the floor.
            Em  Dm   F    G7
I wish we'd all been read-y.
C
Children died, the days grew cold, 
  C7                                F
A piece of bread would buy a bag of gold.
            Em  Dm   F    G7
I wish we'd all been read-y.
Bridge 1
F                  C 
There's no time to change your mind 
    Bb              F                                C
The Son is come and you've been left behind, left be-hind.
Verse 2
C
Man and wife asleep in bed, 
    C7                                     F
She hears a noise and turns her head, He's gone.
            Em  Dm   F    G7
I wish we'd all been read-y.
C                             C7                               F
Two men coming up a hill, one disappears and one left standing still.
            Em  Dm   F    G7
I wish we'd all been read-y.
Bridge 2
F                  C                Bb                 Dm
There's no time to change your mind  How could you have been so blind?
    F                 C
The Father spoke, the demons dined, 
    Bb              F                   C
The Son is come and you've been left be-hind.
F                   C     F                   C
You've been left be-hind. You've been left be-hind.