1. People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield (1965) : recorded by the Impressions
Covered by lots, most notable, Eva Cassidy, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck.
D Bm7 G A D
People get ready, there's a train a-coming,
Bm7 G D
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board,
D Bm7 G A D
All you need is faith, to hear the diesels humming,
Bm7 F#m7 G D
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.
Instrumental Break - D Bm7 G A D
People get ready, for the train to Jordan,
Picking up passengers, from coast to coast,
Faith is the key, open the doors and board them,
There's room for all, among the loved and lost.
Instrumental Break - D Bm7 G A D
Now there ain't no room, for the hopeless sinner,
Who’s hard on mankind, Just to save his own,
Have pity on those, whose chances are thinner,
Cause there's no hiding place, from the Kingdom’s Throne.
Oh, people get ready, there's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith, to hear diesels a- humming
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
Instrumental - D Bm7 G A D
D Bm7 G A
I'm getting ready
I - I'm ready yeah yeah yeah
Oh I'm getting ready oh - oh
I'm ready yeah

2. What A Wonderful World-- By George David Weiss and Bob Thiele
Recorded By Louis Armstrong
Intro - F | F+ | Bbmaj7 | C7 |
F Am Bb Am
I see trees of green, red roses too
Gm7 F A7 Dm
I see them bloom, for me and you,
C# Gm7/C C7 F / F+ / Bbmaj7 / C7 /
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night,
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world (F / Bb / / / F /)
C7 F
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
C7 F
Are also on the faces of people goin' by
Dm C Dm C
I see friends shaking hands, saying, "How do you do?"
Dm F#dim7 Gm7 F#dim7 Gm7 C7
They're really saying, "I love you." I hear
(back to verse)
Babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know,
And I think to myself what a wonderful world (F / Am7b5 /)
D7 Gm7 Gm7/C C7b9 F Bb6 F
Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world.