Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab
Poison Ivy
Written by Lieber and Stoller
Intro
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Verse 1
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She comes on like a rose
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But everybody knows
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She'll get you in Dutch
[G]
You can look but you better not touch
Chorus
[Em] [B(7)]
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
[Em]
Late at night while you're sleeping
[Am] [Em] [D]
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
Verse 2
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She's pretty as a daisy
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But look out man, she's crazy
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She'll really do you in
[G]
If you let her get under your skin
Chorus
[Em] [B(7)]
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
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You're gonna need an ocean
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Of calamine lotion
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You'll be scratching like a hound
[G]
The minute you start to mess around
Chorus
[Em] [B(7)]
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
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You're gonna need an ocean
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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(7)]
Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy
[Em]
Late at night while you're sleeping
[Am] [Em] [D]
Poison Ivy comes a-creeping around
Outro
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La la la la
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La la la la
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La la la la
(repeat and fade)
