I'm Gettin Nuttin For Christmas chords by Shirley Temple

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
A     D
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7          D
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 1:
  D               G        D
I broke my bat on Johnny's head;
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
  D               G        D
I hid a frog in sister's bed;
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                     G
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug;
A            D
I made Tommy eat a bug;
Bm                     Em
Bought some gum with a penny slug;
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A     D
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7          D
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 2:
  D               G        D
I put a tack on teacher's chair
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
  D               G        D
I tied a knot in Susie's hair
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                G
I did a dance on Mommy's plants
A                  D
Climbed a tree and tore my pants
Bm               Em
Filled the sugar bowl with ants
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A     D
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7          D
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Verse 3:
  D               G     D
I won't be seeing Santa Claus;
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
   D                G    D
He won't come visit me because
D        A7          D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                 G
Next year I'll be going straight;
A                 D
Next year I'll be good, just wait
Bm                      Em
I'd start now, but it's too late;
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

Chorus:
A     D
Oh... I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
A                   A7          D
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

Outro:
       Em                 D
So you better be good whatever you do
       G                  F#m
'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you,
Em         A7          D
You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.