F
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Bb
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
    F 
The pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
         C
Send her off to a little Bible college in Missouri

    F
And now you come back, saying you know a little bit about
Bb
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
F
Eve ate the apple cause the apple was sweet
           C
What kinda God would ever keep a girl from getting what she needs?


[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 F
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down

[Verse 2]
     F
Now, people cross the street when you walk in their direction
Bb
Talk between their teeth and throwin' epithets
        F
And the doctor thinks the devil must've got you by your senses
       C
But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession

     F
It's four long years studying the Bible
Bb
Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
F
Back off the bus in your own hometown
        C
Say you didn't like me then, you probably won't like me now


[Chorus]
    F
But I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 F
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down


[Bridge]
        Dm
All the men of the country club, the Ladies of 'Xiliary
Bb
Talk about love like it's apple pie and liberty
   F
To really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin
C
Dry as a page of the King James version

    Dm
No "ooh la-las," no "oh, hell yeses"
    Bb
No "I can't wait 'til I gotta see you agains's"
     F
Just turn the other cheek, take no chances
C
Jesus hates your high school dances


[Instrumental]
F  Bb  F  C    x2


[Verse 3]
          F
Said your soul needed saving, so they sent you off to Bible school
    Bb
You learned a little more than they had heard was in the Golden Rule
    F
"Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
     C
Be a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief"

    F
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
      Bb   
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout to who you oughta be
    F
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
     C
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving


[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                     Bb
I'm gettin' ready to get down
                 F
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down


[Verse 4]
F
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Bb
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
    F 
The pastor got a look and said, "Y'all had better hurry"
         C
Send her off to a little Bible college in Missouri

    F
And now, you come back, saying you know a little bit about
Bb
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
    F
The Red Sea, The Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
       C
If you wanna see a miracle, watch me GET C WN!

    
[Chorus]
    F
And I'm
                 Bb
Getting ready to get down
                 F
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down
  Dm
I...
                     Bb
I'm gettin' ready to get down
                 F
Getting ready to get down
                 C
Getting ready to get down


[Outro]
F  Bb  F  C 
F  Bb  F  G