D G D A G D A [Verse 1] D You may be rich you may be poor G D You may be on you may be home A G But when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Verse2] D You may be high You may be low G D You may be down No place to go A G But when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Chorus] D You gotta move You gotta move G D You gotta move, child You gotta move A G Oh, when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Verse 3] D You may be black You may be white G D You may be wrong You may be right A G But when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Verse 4] (not Cassandra but Referent Gary Davis 1962) D You may run, can't be caught G D You may hide, can't be found A G Brother when God gets ready, D A you got to move [Chorus] D You gotta move You gotta move G D You gotta move, child You gotta move A G And, when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Verse 5] (not Cassandra but Stones 1971) D You see that woman Who walks the street G D You see that police Upon his beat A G But when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Chorus] D You gotta move You gotta move G D You gotta move, child You gotta move A G Oh, when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move [Repeat out] D A G And, when the Lord gets ready D A You gotta move yeeeeaar