Get me to the church on time (video)

( Doolittle’s friends : )

G C G

There's just a few more hours, that's all the time you've got,

C E D D7

a few more hours before they tie the knot !

G

( Doolittle : ) There's drinks and girls all over London,

and I've gotta track 'em down in just a few more hours.

Haha, set 'em up, me darlin' !

( Doolittle & Friends : )

G

1. I'm getting married in the morning,

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

D

Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper,

D D7 G - D

but get me to the church on time !

G

2. I gotta be there in the morning,

spruced up and looking in my prime.

D

Girls, come and kiss me, show how you'll miss me,

D D7 G

but get me to the church on time !

C G

If I am dancing, roll up the floor!

A A7 D

if I am whistling (whistle) me out the door !

G

3. I'm getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

C G E

Kick up a rumpus, but don't lose the compass,

Bm C G Em

and get me to the church, get him to the church,

G Em C D G - D

for Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time !

G

4. I'm getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

D

Some bloke who's able, lift up the table,

D D7 G

but get me to the church on time !

C G

If I am flying, then shoot me down !

A A7 D

If I am wooing, get her out of town !

G

5. Oh, I'm getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

C G E

Feather and tar me, call out the army,

Bm C G Em

but get me to the church, get me to the church,

G Em C D G - D

oh, for Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here)

G

6. He’s getting married in the morning,

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

D

Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper,

D D7 G

but get me to the church on time !

G

7. He’s gotta be there in the morning,

spruced up and looking in his prime.

D

Girls, come and kiss me, show how you'll miss me,

D D7 G

but get me to the church on time !

C G

If I am dancing, roll up the floor!

A A7 D

if I am whistling (whistle) me out the door !

G

8. Oh, he's getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

C G E

Punch me or jail me, stamp me and mail me

Bm C G Em

but get me to the church, get him to the church,

G Em C D G

for Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time !

B7

+ E ~ + Girls, come and kiss me, show how you'll miss me,

E

but get me to the church on time !

B7

+ E ~ + Kick up a rumpus, but don't lose the compass,

E

but get me to the church on time !

A E

If I am flying, then shoot me down !

F# B7

If I am wooing, get her out of town !

E

9. He’s getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

B7 E C#

Some bloke who's able, lift up the table,

E A B7 E

but get me to the church on time ! + A - E - F# - B7

+ G - D - G - E

G C

+ But get me to the church !

(no capo again from here)

G C

+ Get me to the church ! - - -

G

10. Starlight is reelin' home to bed now,

morning is smearin' up the sky,

D

London is waking, daylight is breaking,

D D7 G

good luck, old chum, good health, good-bye.

G

11. I'm getting married in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.

C G E

Hail and salute me, then haul off and boot me,

Bm C G Em

and get me to the church, get me to the church,

G em C D7 G

for Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

(Loewe / Lerner)