Poison Ivy Chords

Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab
 
Poison Ivy
Written by Lieber and Stoller
 
[Intro]
| G   | G  F G | G   | G  F G |
 
[Verse 1]
    G                    G F G
She comes on like a rose
    G               G F G
But everybody knows
G                       G F G
She'll get you in Dutch
        G
You can look but you better not touch
 
[Chorus]
       Em          B
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
        Em
Late at night while you're sleeping
       Am                    Em     D
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
 
[Verse 2]
      G                 G F G
She's pretty as a daisy
    G                         G F G
But look out man, she's crazy
       G                G F G
She'll really do you in
       G
If you let her get under your skin
 
[Chorus]
       Em          B
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
        Em
Late at night while you're sleeping
       Am                    Em     D
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
 
[Bridge]
C
Measles make you mumpy and mumps will make you lumpy
    G
And chicken pox will make you jump and twitch
  C
A common cold will fool you and whooping cough can cool ya
    D
But Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch
 
[Verse 3]
       G                   G F G
You're gonna need an ocean
   G               G F G
Of calamine lotion
          G                       G F G
You'll be scratching like a hound
    G
The minute you start to mess around
 
[Chorus]
       Em          B
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
        Em
Late at night while you're sleeping
       Am                    Em     D
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
 
[Bridge]
C
Measles make you mumpy and mumps will make you lumpy
    G
And chicken pox will make you jump and twitch
  C
A common cold will fool you and whooping cough can cool ya
    D
But Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch
 
[Verse 4]
       G                   G F G
You're gonna need an ocean
   G               G F G
Of calamine lotion
          G                       G F G
You'll be scratching like a hound
    G
The minute you start to mess around
 
[Chorus]
       Em          B
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
        Em
Late at night while you're sleeping
       Am                    Em     D
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
 
[Outro]
G           G F G
La la la la
G           G F G
La la la la
G           G F G
La la la la
 
(repeat and fade)
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