Lyrics

"You Got To Move"

Slow, blues tempo…
You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You gotta move
When the Lord gets ready
You’ve gotta move.

You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich
God knows, you may be poor
But when the Lord gets ready
You’ve got to move.

Shift tempo to upbeat boogie woogie…

You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You gotta move
When the Lord gets ready
You got to move.

You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich
You may be poor
But when the Lord gets ready
You’ve gotta move.

Instrumental break...

They put old Daniel
In the Den
He did not worry
Who was his friend
Cause when the Lord was ready
He got to move.

You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You gotta move….yeah!
When the Lord gets ready
You got to move.

You may be rich
You may be poor
That bill man knockin’
At your door
But when the Lord gets ready
You’ve got to move

You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You gotta move, yeah...
When the Lord gets ready
You got to move.

You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You gotta move
When the Lord gets ready
When the Lord gets ready
When the Lord gets ready
You got to move!

Mississippi Fred McDowell & Rev. Gary Davis
This version in the tradition of the great Rosetta Tharpe.