D                                                 Bm
If you're not living, like you should be living,  You better give all that you've got.
                 A                                G                              D
'Cause when you hear the trumpet sound, you're already off the ground, ready or not.

[Verse 2]
    D                                                    Bm
And if your diary, is not all what it should be, you'd better rearrange the plot.
                A                               G                          D
'Cause in the twinkling of an eye, There'll be Jesus in the sky, ready or not.

[Chorus 1]
     G    D/G  A/G         G     D/G   A/G   G   Bm        A/B   Bm   A/B   Bm   A/B
The time  has  come  to  change  from  cold  to  hot.
 Bm      A                                  G                               D
 By the time you see Him there, you'll be flying through the air, ready or not.

[Verse 3]
   D                                                       Bm
So if you're waiting, for just the right occasion, you'd better give your finest shot.
         A                             G                              D
You got no time left to lose, turn to God or sing the blues, ready or not.

[Verse 4]
     D                                                   Bm
If you're not living, like you should be living, You'd better give all that you've got.
               A                               G                               D
'Cause by the time you see His face, you'll be on your way to space, ready or not.

[Chorus 2]
     G    D/G  A/G         G     D/G   A/G   G   Bm        A/B   Bm   A/B    Bm  A/B
The time  has  come  to  change  from  cold  to  hot.
       Bm         A                              G                         D
'Cause in the twinkling of an eye, there'll be Jesus in the sky, ready or not.

[Close]
         Bm                D                Bm               D
Ready or not…    Ready or not.    Ready or not…    Ready or not.