I WISH WE'D ALL BEEN READY       Larry Norman


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Life was filled with guns and war, everyone got trampled on the floor
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
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Children died the days grew cold, a piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
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There's no time to change your mind, the Son has come and you've been left behind

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A man and wife asleep in bed, she hears a noise and turns her head, he's gone
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
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Two men walking up a hill, one disappears and one's left standing still
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
C                  G                     D                C         Csus     G
There's no time to change your mind, the Son has come and you've been left behind

G                                                                   C
Life was filled with guns and war, and everyone got trampled on the floor
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
G                                                                     C
Children died the days grew cold, a piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
            G   D    C  D
I wish we'd all been ready
C                  G                 D                  C    C  D      
There's no time to change your mind, how could you have been so blind
    C                G                 D                C      Csus        G 
the Father spoke the demons dined, the Son has come and you've been left behind

D     C       Csus   G     D         C        Csus      G
   you've been left behind        Don't  be  left   behind

I first saw Larry perform this song in Chicago in 1979, and he ended
the concert with it. Over the years we have used to end our sets at
coffeehouses and churches. The ending is from Larry in concert. He would
slow the tempo down for the last two lines. "Don't be left behind".