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