Verse 1: E E7 You can read it in the paper A7 G#7 Or watch it on the news A F#7 Everybody's got the pre-apocalyptic blues E B E E7 B7 You better be ready when the sh*t goes down Verse 2: E7 You better head on down to Costco G#7 Get you a bucket full of rice and beans F#7 A year's supply of 2-ply for your composting latrines E7 B7 E E7 So you'll be ready when the sh*t goes down
Chorus: G#7 Don't hesitate don't procrastinate C#M7 Or you'll all be running scared G#7 C#M7 There ain't no second chances for bravory impaired F#7 'cause you know there's a couple of commies' hiding underneath your bed B7 C7 B And the zombies gonna eat up all the brains in your head Verse 3: E I got a Rambo knife with a compass G#7 And ballistic bug out bag F#7 Got a AK47 'bout a hundred Dexter Mags E7 B7 E E7 B7 E Gonna be ready when the sh*t goes down Bridge: E G#7 A F#7 E7 B7 E E7 Verse: Em Isis and Al-Qaeda B7 About a billion red Chinese E F#7 E You say you ain't worried and I say honky please E7 B7 E You better be ready when the sh*t goes down G#7 C#M7 By my Jacuzzi there's an Uzi and an RPG G#7 C#M7 Got a stinger missile mounted on my SUV F#7 They won't get to me no matter who they are B F#7 B7 I got land mines buried all over my yard Outro: E 'Cause I read it in the paper I watched it on the news A7 F#7 And now I've got the pre-apocalyptic blues E7 Em7 B7 E7 I'm gonna be ready when the sh*t goes down G E A A7 D E Will you be ready when the sh*t goes down