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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)
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)------|----------------|----------------|
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
e|----------------|----------------|
B|2-2---3-3-------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2-2-------|2---------------|
D|2-2---4-4-------|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
From early in November
To the last week of December
I got money matters weighing me down
Oh, the music may be merry
But it's only temporary
I'm no Santa Claus who's coming to town
In the day I work my day job
In the night I work my night
But it all comes down to working man's pay
Gettin' ready, yeah, I'm getting' ready
Ready for Christmas day
Riff (2x)
I got a nephew in Iraq
It's his third time back
But it's ending up the way it began
With the luck of a beginner
He'll be eating turkey dinner
On some mountain top in Pakistan
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' ready
For the power and the glory
And the story of Christmas day
Riff (2x)
Riff (+ Solo)
Gettin' ready, oh, we're getting' ready
For the power and the glory
And the story of Christmas day
Riff
(Yes, we're getting ready, ready)
I could tell my mum and dad
That the things we never had
Didn't matter, we were always O.K.
Getting' ready, oh, ready
Ready for Christmas day
Ready, gettin' ready
For the power and the glory
And the story of Christmas day
| A D | A | A D | A
(Outro turnaround)