Poison Ivy chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

POISON IVY
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1964 EP THE ROLLING STONES)

Intro:
E MajorE  D MajorD E MajorE x2

1st Verse:
E MajorE            D MajorD E MajorE
She comes on like a rose
          D MajorD E MajorE
And everybody knows
            D MajorD E MajorE
She'll get you in dutch
       N.C.
You can look but you'd better not touch

Chorus:
N.C.  C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C# minorC#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F# minorF#m               C# minorC#m
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

2nd Verse:
E MajorE            D MajorD E MajorE
She's pretty as a daisy
               D MajorD E MajorE
But look out man she's crazy
            D MajorD E MajorE
She'll really do you in
      N.C.
If you let her get under your skin

Chorus:
N.C.  C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C# minorC#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F# minorF#m               C# minorC#m  BB
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Bridge:
A augmentedA
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
  E MajorE
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
 A augmentedA
A majorA common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
  BB
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch

3rd Verse:
E MajorE             D MajorD E MajorE
You're gonna need an ocean
          D MajorD E MajorE
Of calamine lotion
                 D MajorD E MajorE
You'll be scratching like a hound
   N.C.
The minute you start to mess around

Chorus:
N.C.  C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C# minorC#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F# minorF#m               C# minorC#m  BB
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Bridge:
A augmentedA
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
  E MajorE
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
 A augmentedA
A majorA common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
  BB
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch

4th Verse:
E MajorE             D MajorD E MajorE
You're gonna need an ocean
          D MajorD E MajorE
Of calamine lotion
                 D MajorD E MajorE
You'll be scratching like a hound
   N.C.
The minute you start to mess around

Chorus:
N.C.  C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C# minorC#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F# minorF#m               C# minorC#m  BB
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Outro:
E MajorE      D MajorD E MajorE
La la la la
      D MajorD E MajorE
La la la la

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