View Guitar Chords for Getting ready to get down - chords ver. 1
Standard tuning; no capo [Verse 1]GMama got a look at you and got a little worried C/GPapa got a look at you and got a little worried The Gpastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry Send her Doff to a little bible college in Missouri And Gnow you come back, saying you know a little bit about C/GEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out GEve ate the apple ‘cause the apple was sweet What kinda’D god would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?[Chorus]And GI'm Getting ready to C/Gget down Getting ready to Gget down Getting ready to Dget down[Verse 2]Now, Gpeople cross the street when you walk in their direction C/GTalk between their teeth throwin' epithets And the Gdoctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses But to Dlive the way you please doesn't sound like possession It's Gfour long years studying the bible C/GInfidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs GBack off the bus in your own hometown Say you Ddidn't like me then you probably won't like me now[Chorus]And GI'm Getting ready to C/Gget down Getting ready to Gget down Getting ready to Dget down[Bridge]All the Emmen of the country club, the ladies of 'xiliary C/GTalk about love like its apple pie and liberty To Greally be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin DDry as a page of the king james versionNo oEmoh la-las, no oh, hell yeses No IC/G can't waits I gotta see you againses TurGn the other cheek, take no chances DJesus hates your high school dances[Break] G C/G G D x2 [Verse 3]Said your Gsoul needed savin’ so they sent you off to bible school You C/Glearned a little more than they had heard was in the golden rule Be gGood to everybody, be a strength to the weak Be a Djoy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief And Ggive your love freely to whoever that you please Don't C/Glet nobody tell you 'bout the who you ought to be And Gwhen you get damned in the popular opinion It's Djust another damn of the damns you're not giving[Chorus]And GI'm Getting ready to C/Gget down Getting ready to Gget down Getting ready to Dget down[Verse 4]GMama got a look at you and got a little worried CPapa got a look at you and got a little worried The Gpastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry Send her Doff to a little bible college in Missouri And Gnow, you come back, saying you know a little bit about CEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out The GRed Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount If you Dwanna’ see a miracle, watch me get down[Chorus]And GI'm Getting ready to C/Gget down Getting ready to Gget down Getting ready to Dget down[Chorus]I Em am Getting ready to C/Gget down Getting ready to Gget down Getting ready to Dget down[Outro] G C/G G D G