Getting Ready for Christmas Day chords by Paul Simon

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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From  (A major) early in November to the last week of December
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I got money mat (D major) ters weighing me down
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Oh, the  (A major) mu sic may be  (D major) merry,
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but it's only tempor (A major) ary
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I know Santa Claus is  (D major) comin' to town  (A major) 
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In the days I work my  (D major) day job,
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in the nights I work my  (A major) night
But it all comes down to
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 (D major) workin' man's pay
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Gettin'  (A major) ready,  (D major) I'm gettin' ready  (A major) 
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Ready for  (D major) Christmas Day  (A major) 

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Verse 2
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(Gettin' ready  (A major) for Christmas
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 (D major) Day)
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(And let me  (A major) tell you,  (G major) namely,
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) the undertaker)
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 (D major) (He's getting ready for your
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 (G major) (Not only that,  (D major) the jailer,
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 (A major) he's getting ready  (D major) for  (A major) you)
(Christmas Day, hmm?)
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 (D major) (And not only  (A major) the jail (G major) er, but  (A major) the lawyer,
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the po (D major) lice force)
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(Now getting ready  (A major) for
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 (D major) Christmas Day  (A major) 
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(And I want you to bear it  (D major) in  (A major) mind)

Verse 3
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I got a  (A major) nephew in Ir (D major) aq,
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it's his  (A major) third  (D major) time  (A major) back
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But it's endin' up the  (D major) way it began
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With the luck  (A major) of a beginner,
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 (G major) he'll be  (D major) eatin'  (A major) turkey dinner
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On some mountain top in  (D major) Pakistan  (A major) 
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Gettin' ready  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (G major) Oh we're  (A major) gettin' ready  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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For the  (A major) power and the glory
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 (G major) And the story  (D major)  (A major) of the Christmas Day  (D major) 

Verse 4
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 (A major) (Getting ready,
for Christmas)
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(Done made it up  (D major) in your mind  (G major) that I'm going,
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 (A major)  (G major) New York,  (D major) Philadelphia,  (A major)  (D major) Chicago)
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(I'm going,  (A major) on a trip, getting ready,
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 (D major) for  (A major) Christmas Day)
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(But when Christmas  (D major) come,
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 (A major)  (D major) nobody knows  (G major) where you'll  (A major) be)
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(You might ask me,  (D major) 
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I may be layin'  (A major) in some  (D major) lonesome grave)
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(Getting ready,  (A major) for Christ (D major) mas
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 (D major)  (A major) Day)

Verse 5
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Getting ready  (A major) 
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Oh we're getting  (D major) ready
For the power and the glory
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And the story  (A major) of the  (D major) Christmas Day  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Yes, we're getting ready
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(Getting  (D major) 

Verse 6
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ready, ready  (G major) for
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your  (A major)  (D major) prayers)
(I'm going and see my relatives
in a distant land)
(Getting ready,
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 (A major) getting ready for Christ (D major) mas  (A major) Day)

Verse 7
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If I could  (A major) tell my Mom and Dad that
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the things we  (D major) never  (A major) had
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Never  (D major) mattered, we were always okay
Getting ready, oh ready
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 (A major) Ready for  (D major) Christmas Day  (A major) 
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Ready,  (D major)  (A major) getting ready  (D major) 
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For the power  (A major) and the glory
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 (D major) And the story  (A major) of the Christmas