Josh Ritter Getting Ready To Get Down chords

Getting Ready To Get Down by Josh Ritter

Basic chords are 'F, Bb, Dm, C' throughout


INTRO CHORDS: F, Bb, Dm, C x2

F
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Bb
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
    Dm 
The pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
         C
Send her off to a little Bible college in Missouri

    F
And now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
Bb
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
Dm
Eve ate the apple cause the apple was sweet
           C
What kinda God would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?


[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 Dm
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down

     F
Now, people cross the street when you walk in their direction
Bb
Talk between their teeth and throwin' epithets
        Dm
And the doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
       C
But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession

     F
It's four long years studying the Bible
Bb
Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
Dm
Back off the bus in your own hometown
        C
Say you didn't like me then, you probably won't like me now


[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 Dm
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down


[Bridge]
        Dm
All the men of the country club, the Ladies of 'Xiliary
Bb
Talk about love like it's apple pie and liberty
   F
To really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
C
Dry as a page of the King James version

    Dm
No "ooh la-las," no "oh, hell yeses"
    Bb
No "I can't wait 'til I gotta see you agains's"
     F
Just turn the other cheek, take no chances
C
Jesus hates your high school dances


INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: F, Bb, Dm, C x2


          F
Said your soul needed saving, so they sent you off to Bible school
    Bb
You learned a little more than they had heard was in the Golden Rule
    Dm
"Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
     C
Be a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief"

    F
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
      Bb   
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout to who you oughta be
    Dm
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
     C
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving


[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 Dm
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down


F
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Bb
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
    Dm 
The pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
         C
Send her off to a little Bible college in Missouri

    F
And now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about
Bb
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
    Dm
The Red Sea, The Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
       C
If you wanna see a miracle, watch me GET DOWN!

    
[Chorus] x2
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 Dm
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down