Getting Ready For Christmas Day chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

|Intro|
d = strike down
u = strike up
x = not strike

  A augmentedA    B minorBm A augmentedA   D MajorD C# minorC#m B minorBm A augmentedA
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E MajorE|-x-------x---x---|-x---x---x---x---|
  d u d u d u d u  d  d  d  d

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  d u d u d u d u  d

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D MajorD|-2-------4---2---|-x---x---4---2---|
A augmentedA|-x-------x---x---|-x---x---x---x---|
E MajorE|-x-------x---x---|-x---x---x---x---|
  d u d u d u d u  d  d  d  d

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  d u d u d u d u  d


Verse 1:
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From early in November to the last week of December
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I got money matters weighing me down
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Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary
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I know Santa Claus is coming to town

Verse 2:
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In the days I work my day job, in the nights I work my night
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But it all comes down to working man's pay
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Getting ready, I'm getting ready
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Ready for - Christmas Day


Bridge:
(spoken, while intro riff continues)
N.C.
Getting ready for Christmas Day
N.C.
And let me tell you, namely, the undertaker
N.C.
He's getting ready for your body
N.C.
Not only that, the jailer he's getting ready for you
N.C.
Christmas Day, hmm?
N.C.
And not only the jailer, but the lawyer, the police force
N.C.
Now getting ready for Christmas Day
N.C.
And I want you to bear it in mind


Verse 3:
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I got a nephew in Iraq it's his third time back
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But it's ending up the way it began
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With the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner
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On some mountain top in Pakistan


Verse 4:
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Getting rea-dy, oh we're getting rea-dy
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For the power and the glory and the story
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Of the Christmas Day


Bridge:
(spoken, while intro riff continues)
N.C.
Getting ready, for Christmas Day
N.C.
Done made it up in your mind that I'm going
N.C.
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
N.C.
I'm going, on a trip, getting ready, for Christmas Day
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But when Christmas come, nobody knows where you'll be
N.C.
You might ask me
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I may be layin' in some lonesome grave
N.C.
Getting ready, for Christmas Day


Interlude:
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Verse 5:
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Getting rea-dy, oh we're getting rea-dy
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For the power and the glory and the story
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Of the Christmas Day

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Yes, we're getting rea-dy


Bridge:
(spoken, while intro riff continues)
N.C.
Getting ready, ready for your prayers
N.C.
"I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land"
N.C.
Getting ready, getting ready for Christmas Day


Verse 6:
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If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had
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Never mattered we were always okay
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Getting ready, oh ready
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Ready for - Christmas Day


Verse 7:
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Ready, getting ready
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For the power and the glory and the story of
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Christmas Day


Outro:
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