Getting Ready for Christmas Day

Getting Ready for Christmas Day easy guitar chords by Paul Simon

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  • Intro 1






    Verse 1
    From 
    early 
    in 
    November 
    to 
    the last 
    week 
    of 
    December 

    got 
    money 
    mat
    ters 
    weighing 
    me 
    down 

    Oh, 
    the 
    mu
    sic 
    may 
    be 
    merry, 

    but 
    it's 
    only 
    tempor
    ary 

    I know 
    Santa 
    Claus 
    is 
    comin' 
    to 
    town 

    In 
    the 
    days 
    work 
    my 
    day 
    job, 

    in 
    the 
    nights 
    work 
    my 
    night 

    But 
    it all 
    comes 
    down 
    to 

    workin' 
    man's 
    pay 

    Gettin' 
    ready, 
    I'm 
    gettin' 
    ready 

    Ready 
    for 
    Christmas 
    Day 

    Verse 2
    (Gettin' ready 
    for 
    Christmas 

    Day) 

    (And let me 
    tell you, 
    namely, 

    the 
    undertaker) 

    (He's getting 
    ready 
    for 
    your 

    body) 

    (Not only that, 
    the 
    jailer, 

    he's 
    getting 
    ready 
    for 
    you) 

    (Christmas Day, 
    hmm?) 

    (And not only 
    the jail
    er, 
    but 
    the 
    lawyer, 

    the po
    lice 
    force) 

    (Now getting 
    ready 
    for 

    Christmas 
    Day 

    (And I 
    want 
    you 
    to bear 
    it 
    in 
    mind) 

    Verse 3
    I got 
    nephew 
    in 
    Ir
    aq, 

    it's 
    his 
    third 
    time 
    back 

    But 
    it's 
    endin' 
    up 
    the 
    way 
    it 
    began 

    With 
    the luck 
    of 
    beginner, 

    he'll 
    be 
    eatin' 
    turkey 
    dinner 

    On 
    some 
    mountain 
    top 
    in 
    Pakistan 

    Gettin' 
    ready 

    Oh 
    we're 
    gettin' 
    ready 

    For 
    the 
    power 
    and 
    the glory 

    And 
    the story 
    of the 
    Christmas 
    Day 

    Verse 4
    (Getting ready, 

    for 
    Christmas) 

    (Done made it up 
    in 
    your mind 
    that 
    I'm going, 

    New 
    York, 
    Philadelphia, 
    Chicago) 

    (I'm going, 
    on 
    a trip, 
    getting 
    ready, 

    for 
    Christmas 
    Day) 

    (But when 
    Christmas 
    come, 

    nobody 
    knows 
    where 
    you'll 
    be) 

    (You might 
    ask 
    me, 

    may 
    be 
    layin' 
    in 
    some 
    lonesome 
    grave) 

    (Getting ready, 
    for 
    Christ
    mas 



    Day) 

    Verse 5
    Getting ready 

    Oh 
    we're 
    getting 
    ready 

    For 
    the 
    power 
    and 
    the 
    glory 

    And 
    the story 
    of 
    the 
    Christmas 
    Day 

    Yes, 
    we're 
    getting 
    ready 

    (Getting 
    Verse 6
    ready, ready 
    for 

    your 
    prayers) 

    (I'm going 
    and 
    see 
    my relatives 

    in 
    a distant 
    land) 

    (Getting 
    ready,

    getting ready 
    for 
    Christ
    mas 
    Day) 

    Verse 7
    If I 
    could 
    tell 
    my 
    Mom 
    and 
    Dad 
    that 

    the 
    things 
    we 
    never 
    had 

    Never 
    mattered, 
    we 
    were 
    always 
    okay 

    Getting 
    ready, 
    oh 
    ready 

    Ready 
    for 
    Christmas 
    Day 

    Ready, 
    getting 
    ready 

    For 
    the power 
    and 
    the glory 

    And 
    the story 
    of 
    the 
    Christmas 

    Outro 1
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