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Getting Ready For Christmas Day by Paul Simon
Getting Ready For Christmas Day
Tuning: Standard
The riff is played from beginning to end (might as well be a loop, too).
I'm not sure whether the bass on the A string is really there, it might
just be EQ-ed out.
Riff (all through the song)
A D/A
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----|3---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-3-2----/|7---------------|
G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7---------------|
D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7---------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---0-------0---|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---------------|
E|----------------|-------(3)------|----------------|----------------|
A D A
e|----------------|2---0-------0---|----------------|----------------|
B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----|3---2---3---2---|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------|
G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---2---2---|2-2---2-2-------|2---------------|
D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---2---2---|2-2---4-4-------|2---------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro turnaround
A D A
e|----------------|----------------|
B|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2-2-------|2---------------|
D|2-2---4-4-------|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
RIFF (2x)
VERSE
A
From early in November
To the last week of December
D
I got money matters weighing me down
A
Oh, the music may be merry
But it's only temporary
D A
I'm no Santa Claus who's coming to town
VERSE
A
In the day I work my day job
In the night I work my night
D
But it all comes down to working man's pay
A
Gettin' ready, yeah, I'm getting' ready
D A
Ready for Christmas day
RIFF (2x)
VERSE
A
I got a nephew in Iraq
It's his third time back
D
But it's ending up the way it began
A
With the luck of a beginner
He'll be eating turkey dinner
D A
On some mountain top in Pakistan
CHORUS
A D
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' ready
A
For the power and the glory
D A
And the story of Christmas day
RIFF (2x)
RIFF (+ Solo)
CHORUS
A D
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' ready
A
For the power and the glory
D A
And the story of Christmas day
RIFF
(Yes, we're getting ready, ready)
VERSE
A
I could tell my mum and dad
That the things we never had
D
Didn't matter, we were always O.K.
A
Getting' ready, oh, ready
D A
Ready for Christmas day
CHORUS
A D
Ready, gettin' ready
A
For the power and the glory
D A
And the story of Christmas day
OUTRO
| A D | A | A D | A
(Outro turnaround)
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