I'm Gettin Nuttin For Christmas chords by Shirley Temple

Chords with lyrics

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

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D MajorD
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7     D MajorD
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 1:
 D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
I broke my bat on Johnny's head;
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
 D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
I hid a frog in sister's bed;
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
D MajorD           G+G
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug;
A augmentedA      D MajorD
I made Tommy eat a bug;
B minorBm           E minorEm
Bought some gum with a penny slug;
A augmentedA          D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D MajorD
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7     D MajorD
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 2:
 D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
I put a tack on teacher's chair
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
 D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
I tied a knot in Susie's hair
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
D MajorD        G+G
I did a dance on Mommy's plants
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Climbed a tree and tore my pants
B minorBm        E minorEm
Filled the sugar bowl with ants
A augmentedA          D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D MajorD
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7     D MajorD
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 3:
 D MajorD        G+G   D MajorD
I won't be seeing Santa Claus;
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
  D MajorD        G+G  D MajorD
He won't come visit me because
D MajorD    A7A7     D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.
D MajorD         G+G
Next year I'll be going straight;
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Next year I'll be good, just wait
B minorBm           E minorEm
I'd start now, but it's too late;
A augmentedA          D MajorD
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D MajorD
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A augmentedA          A7A7     D MajorD
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Outro:
    E minorEm         D MajorD
So you better be good whatever you do
    G+G         F# minorF#m
'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you,
E minorEm     A7A7     D MajorD
You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.