I'm A Getting Ready To Go Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
I'm A Getting Ready To Go
Written and Recorded by Loretta Lynn
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I get down on my knees every day and I pray
These tears I'm a cryin' are tears of joy
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washed my sins away
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livin' for the Lord
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know
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dressin'
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I'm a gettin' ready to
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I'm a gettin' ready to go to a place called
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heaven
I'm gonna praise my Savior's name every day that I'm
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livin'
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Glory hallelujah I'm not ashamed to let my salvation
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show
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dressin'
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I'm a gettin' ready to
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I'm gonna walk in death with Jesus and my God
I wanna know everything's a gonna be alright
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lay me under the sod
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gathers His sheep I wanna be as white as
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snow
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I'm a gettin' ready to
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This ole world's just my
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I'm a gettin' ready to
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I'm A Getting Ready To Go?
- The song I'm A Getting Ready To Go was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
