Getting Ready for Christmas Day Paul Simon
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Getting Ready For Christmas Day - Paul Simon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul Simon
Getting Ready For Christmas Day (2010)
(Paul Simon)
Now on: "So Beautiful Or So What" (2011)
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.
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Riff (all through the song)
[A] [D/A]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----|3---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-3-2----/|7---------------| G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7---------------| D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---0---2---|2-0-2-0-2-2----/|7---------------| A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---0-------0---|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---------------| E|----------------|-------(3)------|----------------|----------------|
[A] [D] [A]
e|----------------|2---0-------0---|----------------|----------------| B|2-0-2-0-3-2-----|3---2---3---2---|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------| G|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---2---2---|2-2---2-2-------|2---------------| D|2-0-2-0-2-2-----|2---2---2---2---|2-2---4-4-------|2---------------| A|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro turnaround
[A] [D] [A]
e|----------------|----------------| B|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------| G|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------| D|2-2---4-4-------|2---------------| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
[A]From early in November
To the last week of December
I got money matters weighing me [D]down
Oh, the [A]music may be merry
But it's only temporary
I'm no Santa Claus who's [D]coming to [A]town
In the [A]day I work my day job
In the night I work my night
But it all comes down to working man's [D]pay
Gettin' [A]ready, yeah, I'm getting' ready
Ready for [D]Christmas [A]day
Riff (2x)
I got a [A]nephew in Iraq
It's his third time back
But it's ending up the way it be[D]gan
With the [A]luck of a beginner
He'll be eating turkey dinner
On some mountain top i[D]n Pakist[A]an
Gettin' [A]ready, oh, we're getting' rea[D]dy
For the [A]power and the glory
And the story of [D]Christmas [A]day
Riff (2x)
Riff (+ Solo)
Gettin' [A]ready, oh, we're getting' rea[D]dy
For the [A]power and the glory
And the story of [D]Christmas [A]day
Riff
(Yes, we're getting ready, ready)
I could [A]tell my mum and dad
That the things we never had
Didn't matter, we were always O.[D]K.
Getting' [A]ready, oh, ready
Ready for[D] Christmas [A]day
[A]Ready, gettin' rea[D]dy
For the [A]power and the glory
And the story of[D] Christmas [A]day
| A D | A | A D | A
(Outro turnaround)
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