Muddy Waters – Im Ready (Guitar)

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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                 D7  A7
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