Josh Ritter - Getting ready to get down

^GMama got a look at you and got a little worried ^C/GPapa got a look at you and got a little worried The ^Gpastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry Send her ^Doff to a little bible college in Missouri And ^Gnow you come back, saying you know a little bit about ^C/GEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out ^GEve ate the apple ‘cause the apple was sweet What kinda’^D god would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?

And ^GI'm Getting ready to ^C/Gget down Getting ready to ^Gget down Getting ready to ^Dget down

Now, ^Gpeople cross the street when you walk in their direction ^C/GTalk between their teeth throwin' epithets And the ^Gdoctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses But to ^Dlive the way you please doesn't sound like possession It's ^Gfour long years studying the bible ^C/GInfidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs ^GBack off the bus in your own hometown Say you ^Ddidn't like me then you probably won't like me now

And ^GI'm Getting ready to ^C/Gget down Getting ready to ^Gget down Getting ready to ^Dget down

All the ^Emmen of the country club, the ladies of 'xiliary ^C/GTalk about love like its apple pie and liberty To ^Greally be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin ^DDry as a page of the king james version

No o^Emoh la-las, no oh, hell yeses No I^C/G can't waits I gotta see you againses Tur^Gn the other cheek, take no chances ^DJesus hates your high school dances

Said your ^Gsoul needed savin’ so they sent you off to bible school You ^C/Glearned a little more than they had heard was in the golden rule Be g^Good to everybody, be a strength to the weak Be a ^Djoy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief And ^Ggive your love freely to whoever that you please Don't ^C/Glet nobody tell you 'bout the who you ought to be And ^Gwhen you get damned in the popular opinion It's ^Djust another damn of the damns you're not giving

And ^GI'm Getting ready to ^C/Gget down Getting ready to ^Gget down Getting ready to ^Dget down

^GMama got a look at you and got a little worried ^CPapa got a look at you and got a little worried The ^Gpastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry Send her ^Doff to a little bible college in Missouri And ^Gnow, you come back, saying you know a little bit about ^CEvery little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out The ^GRed Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount If you ^Dwanna’ see a miracle, watch me get down

And ^GI'm Getting ready to ^C/Gget down Getting ready to ^Gget down Getting ready to ^Dget down

I ^Em am Getting ready to ^C/Gget down Getting ready to ^Gget down Getting ready to ^Dget down