Getting Ready For Christmas Day

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                Getting Ready For Christmas Day - Paul Simon

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Written by Paul Simon
Released in 2010.
Then on: "So Beautiful Or So What" 
(2011)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

A funny little tune: lots of speech 
samples running in the background, 
the
sparse playback (strummed acoustic 
guitar plus drum loop) slightly
phased/auto-volumed but Simon's 
voice mixed up front and floating 
pleasantly
above all the rumble. The lyrics are
 full of humour and wordplay. A very
enjoyable Christmas surprise.

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The riff is played from beginning to
 end (might as well be a loop, too).
I'm not sure whether the bass on the
 A string is really there, it might
just be EQ-ed out.


Riff (all through the song)
  A                               
E|----------------|---------------
B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----| 3---2---0---2-
G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----| 2---2---0---2-
D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----| 2---2---0---2-
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----| 0---0-------0-
E|----------------|-------(3)-----
                     D/A
E|-|----------------|---------------
B|--|2-0-2-0-3-2----/|7-------------
G|--|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7-------------
D|--|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7-------------
A|--|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0-------------
E|-|----------------|---------------


  A                               
E|----------------| 2---0-------0-
B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----| 3---2---3---2-
G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----| 2---2---2---2-
D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----| 2---2---2---2-
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----| 0---0---0---0-
E|----------------|---------------
          D          A
E|--|----------------|--------------
B|--|2-2---3-3-------|2-------------
G|--|2-2---2-2-------|2-------------
D|--|2-2---4-4-------|2-------------
A|--|----------------|--------------
E|-|----------------|---------------


Outro turnaround
  A     D          A
E|----------------|---------------
B|2-2---3-3-------| 2-------------
G|2-2---2-2-------| 2-------------
D|2-2---4-4-------| 2-------------
A|----------------|---------------
E|----------------|---------------


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[Riff] (2x)


[Verse]
     A
From early in November

To the last week of December
                                D
I got money matters weighing me down
        A
Oh, the music may be merry

But it's only temporary
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                         D         
I'm no Santa Claus who's coming to 
A
town


[Verse]
       A
In the day I work my day job

In the night I work my night
But it all comes down to working 
      D
man's pay
        A
Gettin' ready, yeah, I'm getting' 
ready
          D         A
Ready for Christmas day


[Riff] (2x)


[Verse]
        A
I got a nephew in Iraq

It's his third time back
                                D
But it's ending up the way it began
         A
With the luck of a beginner

He'll be eating turkey dinner
                      D       A
On some mountain top in Pakistan


[Chorus]
        A                        
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' 
    D
ready
        A
For the power and the glory
                 D         A
And the story of Christmas day


[Riff] (2x)


[Riff] (+ Solo)


[Chorus]
        A                        
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' 
    D
ready
        A
For the power and the glory
                 D         A
And the story of Christmas day


[Riff]
(Yes, we're getting ready, ready)


[Verse]
        A
I could tell my mum and dad

That the things we never had
                                D
Didn't matter, we were always O.K.
         A
Getting' ready, oh, ready
         D          A
Ready for Christmas day


[Chorus]
A                 D
Ready, gettin' ready
        A
For the power and the glory
                D          A
And the story of Christmas day


[Coda]
| A D | A | A D | A
(Outro turnaround)