I've provided two versions here. The first is a live version from the youtube video link. The second is below
it and follows the chords in Ritter's official songbook.
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From this solo version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIy2IoSZMuM
Standard tuning; no capo
[Verse 1]
G
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
C/G
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
G
The pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
D
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
G
And now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
C/G
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
G
Eve ate the apple ‘cause the apple was sweet
D
What kinda’ god would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?
[Chorus]
G
And I'm
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
D
Getting ready to get down
[Verse 2]
G
Now, people cross the street when you walk in their direction
C/G
Talk between their teeth throwin' epithets
G
And the doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
D
But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession
G
It's four long years studying the bible
C/G
Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
G
Back off the bus in your own hometown
D
Say you didn't like me then you probably won't like me now
[Chorus]
G
And I'm
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
D
Getting ready to get down
[Bridge]
Em
All the men of the country club, the ladies of 'xiliary
C/G
Talk about love like its apple pie and liberty
G
To really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
D
Dry as a page of the king james version
Em
No ooh la-las, no oh, hell yeses
C/G
No I can't waits I gotta see you againses
G
Turn the other cheek, take no chances
D
Jesus hates your high school dances
[Break]
G C/G G D x2
[Verse 3]
G
Said your soul needed savin’ so they sent you off to bible school
C/G
You learned a little more than they had heard was in the golden rule
G
Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
D
Be a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief
G
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
C/G
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout the who you ought to be
G
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
D
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving
[Chorus]
G
And I'm
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
D
Getting ready to get down
[Verse 4]
G
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
C
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
G
The pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
D
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
G
And now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about
C
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
G
The Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
D
If you wanna’ see a miracle, watch me get down
[Chorus]
G
And I'm
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
D
Getting ready to get down
[Chorus]
Em
I am
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
D
Getting ready to get down
[Outro]
G C/G G D G
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These are the chords provided by Josh Ritter's official songbook.
Standard tuning; Capo 5
[Verse 1]
C/G
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
F
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
C/G
Pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
G
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
C/G
And now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
F
Everything they ever seemed to hope you'd never figure out
C/G
Eve ate the apple ‘cause the apple was sweet
G
What kind a god would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?
[Chorus]
C/G
And I'm
F
Getting ready to get down
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
[Verse 2]
C/G
Now, people cross the street when you walk in their direction
F
Talk between their teeth throwin' epithets
C/G
And the doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
G
But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession
C/G
It's four long years studying the bible
F
Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
C/G
Back off the bus in your own hometown
G
Say you didn't like me then you probably won't like me now
[Chorus]
C/G
And I'm
F
Getting ready to get down
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
[Bridge]
Am
All the men of the country club, the ladies of 'xiliary
F
Talking 'bout love like its apple pie and liberty
C/G
To really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
G
Dry as a page of the King James version
Am
No ooh la-las, no oh, hell yeses
F
No I can't waits I gotta see you againses
C/G
Turn the other cheek, take no chances
G
Jesus hates your high school dances
[Break]
C/G F C/G G x2
[Verse 3]
C/G
Said your soul needed savin’ so they sent you off to bible school
F
You learned a little more than they had heard was in the golden rule
C/G
Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
G
Be a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief
G/G
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
F
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout the who you ought to be
C/G
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
G
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving
[Chorus]
C/G
And I'm
F
Getting ready to get down
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
[Verse 4]
C/G
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
F
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
C/G
The pastor got a look and said, y'all had better hurry
G
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
C/G
And now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about
F
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
C/G
The Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
G
If you wanna’ see a miracle, watch me get down
[Chorus]
C/G
And I'm
F
Getting ready to get down
C/G
Getting ready to get down
F
Getting ready to get down
[Chorus]
Am
I am
F
Getting ready to get down
C/G
Getting ready to get down
G
Getting ready to get down
[Outro]
C/G F C/G G C/G
