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

[Refrão]
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. 


[Refrão]
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. 


[Refrão]
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. 


[Refrão]
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.