Getting Ready to Get Down — Josh Ritter
Chords and lyrics for Getting Ready to Get Down by Josh Ritter (key of F).
Intro
[F] [Bb] [F] [C]
Verse 1
[F]Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
[Bb]Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
The [F]pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
Send her [C]off to a little Bible college in Missouri
And [F]now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
[Bb]Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
[F]Eve ate the apple cause the apple was sweet
What kinda [C]God would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?
Chorus
And [F]I'm
Getting ready to [Bb]get down
Getting ready to [F]get down
Getting ready to [C]get down
Verse 2
Now [F]people cross the street when you walk in their direction
[Bb]Talk between their teeth and throwin' epithets
And the [F]doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
But to [C]live the way you please doesn't sound like possession
It's [F]four long years studying the Bible
[Bb]Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
[F]Back off the bus in your own hometown
Say you [C]didn't like me then, you probably won't like me now
Chorus
But [F]I'm
Getting ready to [Bb]get down
Getting ready to [F]get down
Getting ready to [C]get down
Bridge
All the [Dm]men of the country club, the ladies of 'xilliary
[Bb]Talk about love like it's apple pie and liberty
To [F]really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
[C]Dry as a page of the King James version
No [Dm]"ooh la-las", no "oh, hell yesses"
No [Bb]"I can't waits, I gotta see you againses"
[F]Turn the other cheek, take no chances
[C]Jesus hates your high school dances
Instrumental
[F] [Bb] [F] [C]
Verse 3
Said your [F]soul needed saving, so they sent you off to Bible school
You [Bb]learned a little more than they had heard was in the Golden Rule
"Be [F]good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
Be a [C]joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief"
And [F]give your love freely to whoever that you please
Don't [Bb]let nobody tell you 'bout the who you oughta be
And [F]when you get damned in the popular opinion
It's [C]just another damn of the damns you're not giving
Chorus
And [F]I'm
I'm gettin' ready to [Bb]get down
Getting ready to [F]get down
Getting ready to [C]get down
Verse 4
[F]Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
[Bb]Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
The [F]pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
Send her [C]off to a little Bible college in Missouri
And [F]now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
[Bb]Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
The [F]Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
If you [C]wanna see a miracle, watch me GET DOWN!
Chorus
And [F]I'm
Getting ready to [Bb]get down
Getting ready to [F]get down
Getting ready to [C]get down
[Dm]I...
I'm gettin' ready to [Bb]get down
Getting ready to [F]get down
Getting ready to [C]get down
Outro
[F] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] [Bb] [F] [C/G]
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