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Cuts Like a Knife

I'm Ready

Artist: Adams, Bryan
Album: Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Music and lyrics by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance
Added on Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Hits: 80
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
G | G | G | G

Verse 1: 0:04
G                  Em
  I'd like to see you,
             F
Thought I'd let you know;
Am            C
  I wanna be with you
      G  C/G
Everyday.
0:16
G                 Em
  'Cause I got a feeling
          F
That's beginning to grow,
Am                 C
  And there's only one thing
   D
I can say:

Chorus 1: 0:29
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.
0:42
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F      Fadd9 C
I'm ready,  I'm ready,
0:54
     F/C     C       F/C C
I'm ready as I'm gonna  be.

Instrumental: 0:59
G Em | F | Am C | G C/G

Verse 2: 1:13
G                Em
  You left me a long note
          F
When she left me here.
Am                  C
  You told me that love was
         G   C/G
Hard to find.
1:26
G                Em
  But baby, it's easy
          F
And I'll make it clear,
Am                   C
  There's only one thing
       D
On my mind.

Chorus 2: 1:38
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.
1:51
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F      Fadd9 C
I'm ready,  I'm ready,
2:03
     F/C     C       F/C C
I'm ready as I'm gonna  be. Oh yeah!

Instrumental: 2:09
G Em | F | Am C | G C/G
2:22
G Em | F | Amadd9 Am | D | D

Chorus 3: 2:34
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,  oh yeah!
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.  Don't you know,
2:47
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,  yeah,
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.

Chorus 4: 3:01
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,  oh yeah!
     Dm   F     Fadd9    C
I'm ready   to hold  you.
3:14
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.

Chorus 5: 3:27
     G7 C/G G     A#   C  G
I'm ready     to love you,
     Dm   F     Fadd9   C
I'm ready   to hold you.

Coda: 3:41
G7:C/G G | A#:C G
Dm F | Fadd9 C...

Key

key
G
original
key
G
G# F#
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Alternate video from MTV Unplugged session, 1996
Live in New York for MTV unplugged, 1997
40th Anniversary, Live At Royal Albert Hall, 2022

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