Are You Ready For Love
The Complete Thom Bell Sessions
ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE
Year: 1979
Album: THE THOM BELL SESSIONS
Writers: Thom Bell, Leroy Bell and Casey James
b a b a d f#
Bm A G D
b a b a d d
Bm A G D
b a b a d f#
Bm A G D
b a b a d d
Bm A G D
*b a b a d f#
Bm A G D
b a b a d d
Bm A G D
*b a b a d f#
Bm A G D
b a b a d d
BB A G D D D
Bm Bm A A
Catch a star if you can
A/G
Wish for something special
G G D D G G D D D D
Let it be me, my love is free
Bm Bm A A
Sing a song to yourself
A/G
Think of someone listening
G G D D G G D D
One melo-dy, you're all for me
MELODY: b c# d c# b b b d e d d
CHORDS:(gliss^) Bm Em7
I'll write a symphony just for you and me
MELODY: b d f# e d f# e d b c# d c# b b
CHORDS: Em D/F# G Bm
If you let me love you, I'll paint a masterpiece
MELDOY: b d e d d
CHORDS: Em7
Just for you to see
MELODY: b d f# e d f# e d f# e d f# e
CHORDS: Em D/F# Gmaj7 A
If you let me love you, let me love you
G G D D G G D D Em
Are you ready, are you ready for love
D/F# G
Yes I am
A G G D D G G D D Em
Are you, are you ready, are you ready for love
D/F# G
Yes I am
A G G D D G G D D Em G
Are you, are you ready, are you ready for love
G D
b a b a d f#
Bm A G D
Ooh, ooh, baby.
G D
b a b a d d
Bm A G D D D
Ooh, ooh, baby.
Bm Bm A A
You're the one like the sun
A/G G G
Shine your love around me
D D G G D D D D
You'll always be the one for me
Bm Bm A A
Say the word and I'll be there
A/G G G
Loving you forever
D D G G
Don't let me go
D D
Just say it's so
MELODY: b c# d c# b b b d e d d
CHORDS:(gliss^) Bm Em7
We'll hear the mu-sic ring from the mountain tops
MELODY: b d f# e d f# e d
CHORDS: Em D/F# G
To the valley below us
MELODY: b c# d c# b b
CHORDS: Bm
We'll sere-nade the world
MELDOY: b d e d d
CHORDS: Em7
With a lulla-by
MELODY: b d f# e d f# e f# e d f# e
CHORDS: Em D/F# Gmaj7 A
So the an-gels will know us, an-gels will know us
G G D D G G D D Em
Are you ready, are you ready for love
D/F# G
Yes I am
A G G D D G G D D Em
Are you, are you ready, are you ready for love
D/F# G
Yes I am
A
Are you
(REPEAT AS MANY TIMES AS DESIRED)
(AT SOME POINT, GO INTO THE FOLLOWING:)
G G D D G G D D Em
Are you ready, are you ready for love
D/F# G
Yes I am
A G G D D G G D D Em
Are you, are you ready, are you ready for love
G Ab A Bb B G G
Yes I am, yes, I am, yes I am, yes I am, yes I am______.
(RETURN TO REGULAR CHORUS)
Feel free to play with the fadeout. It's meant to be a sort of R&B jam, but make it what you like. Remember that the sessions with Thom Bell were a fun project for Elton. Playing the music from these sessions should be fun for you, too.
*As an alternative, use the string melody heard during this part:
e f# e f# g b d b a b
Bm A G D
e f# d b a b a
Bm A G D
Chorded by Rob (Glitz Pianoman)