Paul Simon — Tom D
Confira a cifra completa de Getting Ready For Christmas Day no UkeMaster Pro.
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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] [D/A]
{sot}
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---------------|
{eot}
E|----------------|-------(3)------|----------------|----------------|
[A] [D] [A]
{sot}
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
{eot}
Outro turnaround
[A] [D] [A]
{sot}
E|----------------|----------------|
B|2-2---3-3-------| 2---------------|
G|2-2---2-2-------| 2---------------|
D|2-2---4-4-------| 2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
{eot}
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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
[D] [A]
I'm no Santa Claus who's coming to town
[Verse]
[A]
In the day I work my day job
In the night I work my night
[D]
But it all comes down to working 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] [D]
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' ready
[A]
For the power and the glory
[D] [A]
And the story of Christmas day
[Riff] (2x)
[Riff] (+ Solo)
[Chorus]
[A] [D]
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' 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)