Im Ready Chords & Tabs

by Muddy Waters

[Version Description]
From 1972. Link to the song: https://youtu.be/Wg_eaTNQaNI.
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 120
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
I'M READY
As recorded by Muddy Waters
(From the 1972 Album THE LONDON MUDDY WATERS SESSIONS)
Note: This is for the 1972 version
* Strum once

[Intro]
D7

[Chorus]
D7                                    
I am ready, as ready as anybody can be
     G7                          D7
I am ready, ready as anybody can be
     A7               G7                 D7
I am ready for you, I hope you ready for me

[Verse 1]
D7*         D7*         D7*       D7*
I got a axe-handled pistol on a graveyard frame
D7*       D7*              D7*       D7*
That shoot tombstone bullets, wearing balls and chain
D7* D7*          D7* D7*
I'm drinking TNT, I'm smoking dynamite
D7*  N.C.
I hope some screwball start a fight

[Chorus]
            G7                          D7
Because I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
     A7               G7                 D7
I am ready for you, I hope you ready for me

[Harmonica Solo]
D7    G7   D7   A7  G7  D7

[Guitar Solo]
D7    G7   D7   A7  G7  D7  A7
D7    G7   D7   A7  G7  D7  A7

[Verse 2]
D7*      D7*      D7*     D7*
I been drinking gin like never before
D7*     D7*    D7*         D7*
I feel so good I want you to know
D7*      D7*      D7*      D7*
One more drink, I wish you would
D7*   N.C.
I takes a whole lotta loving to make me feel good

[Chorus]
          G7                          D7
Well, I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
     A7               G7                 D7A7
I am ready for you, I hope you ready for me

[Guitar Solo]
D7    G7   D7   A7  G7  D7
D7    G7   D7   A7  G7  D7  A7

[Verse 3]
D7*           D7*              D7*   D7*
All you pretty little chicks with your curly hair
D7*      D7*         D7*     D7*
I know you feel like I ain't nowhere
D7*              D7*          D7*       D7*
Well, stop what you're doing, baby, come over here
D7*   N.C.
I'll prove to you baby that I ain't no square

[Chorus]
            G7                          D7   
Because I'm ready, as ready as anybody can be
     A7               G7                 D7
I am ready for you, I hope you ready for me

[Outro]
D7    G7  D7   G7   D7
A7  G7  D7