Art Mooneys Orchestra - Im Gettin Nuttin For Christmas

Nuttin' For Christmas:Art Mooney And His
Orchestra. Barry Gordon vocal. #6 in 1955.

CHORUS:
D
Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
A
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
      A                        D
Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

#1.
D                 G        D
I broke my bat on Johnny's head.
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D               G        D
I hid a frog in sister's bed.
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                     G
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug,
A            D
I made Tommy eat a bug..
D                      G
Bought some gum with a penny slug.
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

CHORUS:
D
Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
A
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
      A                        D
Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

#2.
D               G         D
I put a tack on teacher's chair.
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                G      D
I tied a knot in Suzy's hair.
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                G
I did a dance on Mommy's plants.
A                  D
Climbed a tree and tore my pants.
G                A
Filled that sugar bowl with ants.
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

CHORUS:
D
Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
A
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
      A                        D
Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

#3.
D                 G     D
I won't be seeing Santa Claus.
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                   G    D
He won't come visit me because..
D        A           D
Somebody snitched on me.
D                 G
Next year I'll be going straight,
A                 D
next year I'll be good, just wait.
G                  A
I'd start now, but it's too late.
A                    D
Somebody snitched on me.

CHORUS:
D
Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
A
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
D
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas.
      A                        D
Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

OUTRO:
D      A              D
So you better be good whatever you do,
       A                  D
'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you,
A                      D
You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.