{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1755873,"song":"Getting Ready To Get Down","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380037-getting-ready-to-get-down-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1755873?type=chord","rating":4.93113,"votes":99,"content":"Basic chords are 'F, Bb, F, C' throughout\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMama got a look at you and got a little worried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPapa got a look at you and got a little worried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThe pastor got a look and said, \"Y'all had better hurry\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend her off to a little Bible college in Missouri[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now you come back, saying you know a little bit about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nEve ate the apple cause the apple was sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat kinda God would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, people cross the street when you walk in their direction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTalk between their teeth and throwin' epithets[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's four long years studying the Bible[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nInfidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBack off the bus in your own hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSay you didn't like me then, you probably won't like me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll the men of the country club, the Ladies of 'Xiliary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTalk about love like it's apple pie and liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry as a page of the King James version[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo \"ooh la-las,\" no \"oh, hell yeses\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNo \"I can't wait 'til I gotta see you agains's\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust turn the other cheek, take no chances[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nJesus hates your high school dances[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid your soul needed saving, so they sent you off to Bible school[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou learned a little more than they had heard was in the Golden Rule[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd give your love freely to whoever that you please[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]   \r\nDon't let nobody tell you 'bout to who you oughta be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when you get damned in the popular opinion[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's just another damn of the damns you're not giving[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm gettin' ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMama got a look at you and got a little worried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPapa got a look at you and got a little worried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThe pastor got a look and said, \"Y'all had better hurry\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend her off to a little Bible college in Missouri[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Red Sea, The Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you wanna see a miracle, watch me GET DOWN![/tab]\r\n\r\n    \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm gettin' ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGetting ready to get down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Basic chords are 'F, Bb, F, C' throughout\n\n\n[Intro]\nF  Bb  F  C     x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF  Bb  F  C    x2\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF  Bb  F  C \nF  Bb  F  G","chords":["F","Bb","C","Dm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}