Getting Ready to Get Down Josh Ritter
G C/G G D throughout except for Em C/G G D in the bridge.
[G]Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
[C/G]Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
The [G]pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
Send her [D]off to a little bible college in Missouri
And [G]now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
[C/G]Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
[G]Eve ate the apple 'cause the apple was sweet
What kinda'[D] god would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?
And [G]I'm
Getting ready to [C/G]get down
Getting ready to [G]get down
Getting ready to [D]get down
Now, [G]people cross the street when you walk in their direction
[C/G]Talk between their teeth throwin' epithets
And the [G]doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
But to [D]live the way you please doesn't sound like possession
It's [G]four long years studying the bible
[C/G]Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
[G]Back off the bus in your own hometown
Say you [D]didn't like me then you probably won't like me now
And [G]I'm
Getting ready to [C/G]get down
Getting ready to [G]get down
Getting ready to [D]get down
All the [Em]men of the country club, the ladies of 'xiliary
[C/G]Talk about love like its apple pie and liberty
To [G]really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
[D]Dry as a page of the king james version
No o[Em]oh la-las, no oh, hell yeses
No I[C/G] can't waits I gotta see you againses
Tur[G]n the other cheek, take no chances
[D]Jesus hates your high school dances
G C G D x2
Said your [G]soul needed savin' so they sent you off to bible school
You [C/G]learned a little more than they had heard was in the golden rule
Be g[G]ood to everybody, be a strength to the weak
Be a [D]joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief
And [G]give your love freely to whoever that you please
Don't [C/G]let nobody tell you 'bout the who you ought to be
And [G]when you get damned in the popular opinion
It's [D]just another damn of the damns you're not giving
And [G]I'm
Getting ready to [C/G]get down
Getting ready to [G]get down
Getting ready to [D]get down
[G]Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
[C]Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
The [G]pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
Send her [D]off to a little bible college in Missouri
And [G]now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about
[C]Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
The [G]Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
If you [D]wanna' see a miracle, watch me get down
And [G]I'm
Getting ready to [C/G]get down
Getting ready to [G]get down
Getting ready to [D]get down
I [Em] am
Getting ready to [C/G]get down
Getting ready to [G]get down
Getting ready to [D]get down
[G] [C/G] [C] [D] [G]
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