Diddly Squat

Eb5/Bb xxx346 

Note: Chords in (parentheses) are single notes 
 = Strum once 

Intro 

Bb/F   F   Fsus4  F/C    Bb/F   F   Fsus4  F/C 

Bb   Cm7   Dm7   Gm7   Cm7   F 

Bb   Db7   Cm7   B7   Bb   Db   Cm   B 


 
      Bb         Cm            Dm7      Gm7 
Oh, I just got a message from 'ol Saint Nick 
    Cm7   F7       Bb    F 
Way up in Christmasland 
       Bb            Cm       Dm7            Gm7 
And he says that the toys for good girls and boys 
    Cm7           F 
Are bein' made as planned 


Pre Chorus 
          Eb               Ebm         Bb              C7 
There's a truck for little Billy and a dolly for Molly dear 
 
 
    Bb        Cm7     Dm7    Gm7 
But you ain't gettin' diddly squat 
           Cm7           F       Bb     F7#9 
'Cause you really messed up this year 
 

Interlude 
Bb   Cm   Dm7   G7   Cm7    F   Bb 

 
        Bb     Cm         Dm7        Gm7 
Oh, the winter fields are white with snow 
         Cm7       F7      Bb      F 
And the lights are shining bright 
    Bb         Cm           Dm7   Gm7 
And wee little heads tucked up in bed 
        Cm7               F    F7 
Dream of sugar plums this night 


Pre Chorus 
          Eb               Ebm             Bb              C7 
You might dream of big red apples and those candy canes so near 
 
 
    Bb        Cm7     Dm7    Gm7 
But you ain't gettin' diddly squat 
           Cm7           F       Bb     F7#9 
'Cause you really messed up this year 
 

Interlude 
Bb   Cm   Bb7   G7   Cm7    F7     Bb Bb 

 
Bb                     D7  Bb7 
Fa-la-la-la, you're in trouble! 
Cm7         Dm7    F7    Bb 
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la! 

Piano Solo 
(F)(Eb)(D)(C)(Bb)(C)(D)(Bb) 

Instrumental with Orchestra 
Bb           C    C7    C7 (D)(Eb)(F)(F)(F)(F)(Gb)(F)(Eb)(Eb) 
                            (Tacet Guitar, Orchestra pays single notes) 
F7#9  F7#9  F7#9 
 
 
G7        Eb                  Ebm7 
When your mother asked you to wash the dishes 
      Bb 
Well, you said, "No no no!" 
    Eb                 Ebm 
And you would not pick up your socks 
       Cm                         F7    F7    Db 
So you might find a stocking full -  of - coal 
F            G7   G 
 Ho-ho-ho! 
 

 
    C/G           Dm      Em7      Am7 
Oh, you know that Santa's watching you 
       Dm      G7        C/G 
And he keeps a great big list 
    C/G    Dm           Em7        Am7 
And when I tell him the things you do 
   Dm7             Eb5/Bb Eb Eb5/Bb Eb Eb5/Bb 
He really will be                               mad 


Pre Chorus 
      F              Fm                  C               D7 
He'll sit you on his knee and then he'll whisper in your ear 
 

 
F         Dm      Em7    Am7 
You ain't gettin' diddly squat 
           Dm7 
'Cause you really messed up.... 
        Em7              Bbm 
Oh, you really messed up.... 
        Dm7         G                     C     Am   Dm   G   C   Am   Dm7   G 
Oh, you really, you really messed up this year!............................... 
C    Am    Dm    G    C 
 

Outro 
N.C.                            C 
You ain't gettin' diddly squat!