Getting Ready to Get Down

G C/G G D throughout except for Em C/G G D in the bridge. 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? G And I'm C/G Getting ready to get down G Getting ready to get down D Getting ready to get down 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 G And I'm C/G Getting ready to get down G Getting ready to get down D Getting ready to get down 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 G C G D x2 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 G And I'm C/G Getting ready to get down G Getting ready to get down D Getting ready to get down 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 G And I'm C/G Getting ready to get down G Getting ready to get down D Getting ready to get down Em I am C/G Getting ready to get down G Getting ready to get down D Getting ready to get down GCCDG