Poison Ivy chords by The Rolling Stones

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

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

Intro:
E   D  E x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
E           D  E
La la la la
            D  E
La la la la